Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival

Hercklekoty - Heart flutters

  • Director: Eliza Godlewska, Alan Ruczyński
  • Country: Poland
  • Duration: 22'43"
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Institute: Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
  • Language: Polish

Synopsis: Kuba is a young, simple lad. He works in a carpenter's workshop and devotes every free moment to raising his twelve-year-old daughter. His appearance and manner contrast with the tenderness and care he shows towards his child. For him, family is the most important thing, which is why he hopes to build a relationship with a woman he has just started seeing.

Profile: Eliza Godlewska graduated in Directing from Warsaw Film School. Currently, she continues her studies at Kieślowski Film School. She is a laureate of an artistic scholarship that has enabled her to work on a documentary. Alan Ruczyński graduated in Applied Linguistics from the University of Warsaw and in Cinematography from Warsaw Film School. He is a student at the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and has won national and international scholarships.