Janka

Poland2018documentary50'Polska panorama (2018)

This portrait of Janina Ochojska, Head of the Polish Humanitarian Action, shows, above all, her private face. It is revealed by the narration of the protagonist herself and animated pictures inspired by her memories and illustrated with Grzegorz Turnau’s music. The story of her first kiss, the study of astronomy, youth marked with polio and the documentation of visits to countries engulfed in hunger and conflicts make threads of the same story, one about a sensitive human being, open to the world and assertive in her actions.

directed by
Adela Kaczmarek

A graduate of the Graphic Arts Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Her diploma film, Bay (2008), made at the Professor Jerzy Kucia’s Animated Film Studio, won a special award at the Polish Festival of Original Animated Films (OFAFA) in Krakow. She debuted with a short film The Full Sun (2012). She participated in the POLSKA.DOC workshop, where she made The Governance of Love.

cinematography
Filip Drożdż, Jakub Stolecki, Bożydar Pająk, Adela Kaczmarek
script
Adela Kaczmarek
animated by
Adela Kaczmarek, Beata Strzelecka, Paweł Garbacz, Piotr Morawski
music
Grzegorz Turnau
editing
Adela Kaczmarek
production
Marek Serafiński, Małgorzata Bosek- Serafiński (Serafiński Studio)
Photo
Kadr z filmu Janka