FEAST OF FIRE

Cast
Paulina Pytlak (Anastazja – Nastka), Tomasz Sapryk (Poldek), Kinga Preis (Józefina), Joanna Drabik (Łucja), Karolina Gruszka (Lena), Katarzyna Herman (Kownacka)

Two sisters struggle with their bodies. One, pushed by her ambition, is testing where her body’s limits are, the other one – sees her own body as a prison. One believes that ballet is going to save her from her memories. The other observes the world from her balcony with such attention that she can see and hear more. Their father escapes to the only place where he really feels alive. Each of them domesticates their past and tames their present. The film is a screen adaptation of Jakub Małecki’s novel.

KINGA DĘBSKA

Born in 1969 in Białystok. Director and screenwriter. Graduated in Film Direction from FAMU in Prague and in Japanese Studies of the University of Warsaw before that. She made over a dozen awarded documentaries, including the feature-length “Actress” Aktorka which won the Eagle award. She won Best Screenplay for her feature debut, “Hel”, at the 2010 Koszalin Debut Film Festival Young and Film. Her second feature film, “These Daughters of Mine”, was an artistic and box office success and won awards such as the Audience Award, the Journalists Award and the Arthouse Cinemas Network Award at the Film Festival in Gdynia in 2015 together with many other awards in Poland and around the world. Her two latest films are “Back Then” and “Playing Hard”, the last awarded with awards such as the Audience Award at the 2019 Mastercard Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema in Cracow. She is also the author of books “These Daughters of Mine” and “Talk to Me”. Member of Polish Filmmakers Association.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023    Feast of Fire (Święto ognia)
2021    Back Then (Zupa nic)
2018    Playing Hard (Zabawa, zabawa)
2018    Plan B
2018    Here We Live (Tu się żyje) – documentary
2015-16 Single Woman (Singielka) – TV series
2015    Actress (Aktorka) – documentary
2015    These Daughters of Mine (Moje córki krowy)
2012-13 Everything Ahead of Us (Wszystko przed nami) – TV series
2009    Hel
2008    I Like the Most to Play (Najbardziej lubię grać) – documentary
2008    Six Octaves (Sześć oktaw) – documentary
2007-15 Colors of Happines (Barwy szczęścia) – TV series
2007    Joseph and His Children (Józek i jego dzieci) – documentary
2005    The Mixed Couple (Para mieszana) – documentary
2005    Healers (Uzdrowiciele) – documentary
2001    The Way, The Truth, The Life (Droga, prawda, życie) – documentary
2001    I’ll Tell You a Lullaby (Opowiem ci bajkę) – documentary
2000-15 L Like Love (M jak miłość) – TV sereis
2000    I Love Christ (Kocham Chrystusa) – documentary
1999-2015 For Better and for Worst (Na dobre i na złe) – TV series