Screenings
Online edition of the 66th KFF
Guard Up!
Poland2026documentary63'National competition
An intimate portrait of a young woman trying to find a balance between the expectations of her loved ones and her own desires. Yara, a daughter of a Moroccan boxing legend and a coach who runs a family boxing school, is being raised to become the next champion. When her parents separate, boxing remains the only thing that still connects them. As she grows up, however, she begins to question the role assigned to her and tries to redefine her identity. The time has come when she can decide her own future.
- directed by
- Katarzyna WiśniowskaQ&A guest
Graduate in Film Production from Manchester Metropolitan University and Directing from the Łódź Film School. Her student films have been screened at festivals such as Flickers’ Rhode Island, Premiers Plans d’Angers, and Kaohsiung Film Festival. She has worked as an assistant director on feature films and TV series including 'Chopin, Chopin!' (2025), 'Scarborn' (2024), 'The In-Laws' (2021), and 'Family Games' (2022). As a director, she created the second season of the series Not Me. She is also co-creator of the Canal+ Poland fiction series 'When’s the Wedding?'.
- cinematography
- Joanna Kakitek
- script
- Katarzyna Wiśniowska, Piotr Ogiński
- protagonists
- Yara Vrins, Sanae Jah, Jean-Christophe Vrins
- music
- Joanna Longić
- sound
- Kinga Zuchowicz-Pinilla
- editing
- Piotr Ogiński, Svitlana Topor
- production
- Katarzyna Kuczyńska, Tomasz Morawski, Marcin Kupiecki (HAKA FILMS)
- Photo
