“The Mandala” and “Mom Is Coming Back” at the Denver Polish Film Festival
Mikołaj Janik’s “The Mandala” and “Mom Is Coming Back” will be presented in the program of the forthcoming Rocky Mountain Polish Film Festival. Organized by the Kosciuszko Foundation festival will take place between November 16th – 17th.
Awarded for the best cinematography in Koszalin and with the Audience Prize in Sopot, and shown earlier within the NY New Filmmakers, Budapest Friss Huss ISFF, and Oslo Ravenheart FF, “The Mandala” in a thriller convention tells a story of a mother and son struggling with a loss.
Awarded recently at the Carpatian Mountain FF in Ukraine, and presented earlier, among others, in Thessaloniki and Washington, “Mom Is Going Back” – a documentary short – tries to answer questions like whether it is possible to journey in place, and if one can replace the Himalayan amplitude with the Beskidian hills. Ever since Weronika was born – suffering from cerebral palsy, her mother Weronika struggles with these questions attempting to continue her previous passions in a new life with her daughter.
