Different paths to holiness
Feature-lenght film, 2023
Close your eyes and each look at your fears for yourself.
This is a picture of young people looking for new ways to understand and express themselves. The film has a mosaic structure, six stories create a portrait of our generation. Body, religion, hypnosis therapy, politics, eco-activism, shamanism are the paths on which the protagonists confront their greatest fears and obsessions in the hope of finding release.
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Written and directed by:
Aniela Astrid Gabryel
Cinematography by:
Zuzanna Kernbach
Edited by:
Katarzyna Drozdowicz,
Natalia Jacheć
Costumes:
Aleksandra Dłutowska, Bogumiła Bibel
Scenography:
Barbara Szymczak
Music:
Jakub Kurek
Vocal:
Katarzyna Kapela
Sound:
Rafał Nowak
Artistic supervision:
Mariusz Grzegorzek
’The jury was impressed by the film’s visual power, outstanding direction, and a surprisingly assured handling of a large ensemble of talented young actors for a debut work. Different Paths to Holiness is a pulsating, vibrant portrait of a contemporary generation searching for meaning. The film manages, entirely without moralizing, to make various attitudes and worldviews tangible. The human connection to the unexpectedly conceived and quite controversial characters makes their individual life struggles understandable on a psychological level as well.
Despite the complex, episodic structure, the director consistently maintains her artistic compass.The jury sees immense potential in this debut work and is already looking forward to follow the director’s development in the coming years’.
Debut22 Film Festival Jury’s statement
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