Born in Warsaw in 1982, Ania Szczepanska made her first short films in France, in the art section of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, before moving to Berlin to study philosophy and cinema. On her return to Paris, she completed a thesis in film history on the relationship between Polish filmmakers and Communist rule in working-class Poland.
CHMYZ (foal) traces the first days of a newborn horse as he encounters the world for the first time. Staying close to his mother yet propelled by curiosity, he navigates bodies, sounds, and colors in a fragile balance between protection and the urge to belong. From birth and first unsteady steps, the film culminates in the foal’s first run, capturing a movement toward presence and freedom.
Kaja Jakubowska is a filmmaker and visual artist whose cinema emerges in dialogue between documentary and fiction. Rooted in painting and photography, her work develops a film language grounded in presence and sensorial experience. Her directing method is built on attentiveness and relation, resulting in films marked by intimacy and emotional tension.
