Skrzat. A New Begining

Poland, Czech Republic2025fiction99'Kids&Youth

Eleven-year-old Hania has to find her feet in a completely new environment after moving to a different town. She has no friends here, and on top of that, her belief in the existence of gnomes exposes her to ridicule from her peers. To get her stolen locket back, the protagonist must prove that gnomes really exist. She will then discover that true magic lies in friendship.

directed by
Krzysztof Komander

KRZYSZTOF KOMANDER Director, screenwriter and editor with permanent ties to Silesia. He is a graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice. As an assistant director and second director he cooperated with Małgorzata Szumowska, Jacek Borcuch, Marcin Wrona and Anna Kazejak. He has received several nominations to film festival awards. He has directed film studies Droga (2009) and Karol (2011) and a documentary film study, The Rules of the Game (2013).

cinematography
Piotr Dudak
script
Natalia Anna Matejka
music
Wojciech Frycz
sound
Grzegorz Rozwadowski, Sebastian Kordasz, Bartłomiej Bogacki, Michał Fojcik
production
Dagmara Piasecka
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