Wet Monday wins the Arthouse Cinema Award at the Polish Film Festival • CICAE

At the 49th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (Poland), Wet Monday by Justynia Mytnik received the Arthouse Cinema Award by the CICAE jury.

The jury, formed by Cathy Besse Gery (Maison de l'Image, Aubenas, France) and Alice Molari (Cinema Rex, Padua, Italy) stated as following:

"We really appreciate the way the director decides to shoot this story, how she brings up together tradition, fantasy and crual reality.
No doubt that it’s a brilliant film made with kindness, sensibility and hope.
Shame must change sides, and be on the side of guilty not the side of victims."

Somewhere in between childhood and adulthood, life flows for fifteen-year-old Klara within her small group of friends. The future seems bright and promising. However, it only takes one moment for everything to collapse. What really happened on Easter Monday a year ago? Who was the masked man who hurt Klara? How can one find meaning and joy in life after something like that? In her search for support and understanding, Klara turns to a new friend who is very different from the other teenagers in town. The girls will have to confront a deeply hidden trauma as they search for hope and a fresh start. Wet Monday is a magical story about the healing power of empathy, set in the colourful world of Polish Easter celebrations.

Directed by: Justyna Mytnik

Written by: Justyna Mytnik, Rosanna Hall, Monika Dembińska

Cinematography: Maciej Twardowski

Music by: Erki Pärnoja

Editor: Nikodem Chabior

Cast: Julia Polaczek, Nel Kaczmarek, Weronika Kozakowska, Jowita Budnik

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The CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award was conceived as an impetus for a film to have a wider recognition as a work of art and to stand as a mark of quality for cinema-goers and cinephiles.