My Themersons
Poland2026documentary80'Personalities
This film is a double portrait, or rather a triple one, as the extraordinary story of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson is told by the painter’s niece. Jasia Reichardt’s life story, deeply marked by the Holocaust, has become intertwined in a unique way with the biography of this couple of versatile, ever-experimenting artists. Adopting an unconventional form itself, the documentary combines diverse ways of artistic expression and various cinematic styles. Against the backdrop of wartime and emigrant fate, it shows how the practice of art in difficult times turns into a search for meaning and leaves a lasting mark.
- directed by
- Marcin BorchardtQ&A guest
Film director, screenwriter and film scholar with a Doctorate in Humanities in the field of art studies. He has directed several award-winning documentary films, including “The Beksińskis: A Sound and Picture Album (2017), as well as commercials, music videos, and television programmes. He is a lecturer at the Gdynia Film School and the University of Gdańsk. Author of academic monographs: 'Awangarda muzyki XX wieku. Przewodnik dla początkujących. Tom 1' (2014), and 'Anioły nie znają wstydu. Transgresja w kinie Nowego Jorku' (2018). Member of the Polish Film Academy (PAF) and the European Film Academy (EFA).
- cinematography
- Jakub Wróblewski
- script
- Marcin Borchardt
- animated by
- Jakub Strumiński
- music
- Kelly Moran, Joshua Eustis
- editing
- Monika Chyżyńska
- production
- Marta Dużbabel (Pinot Films Sp. z o.o.)
- Photo
