THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE is the latest film by Magnus von Horn, our graduate and current lecturer at the Directing Department. The film's producer is a graduate of film production and our lecturer - Mariusz Włodarski from Lava Films, the production manager is a graduate of the Film Art Organization Department - Luiza Skrzek, the cinematographer a graduate of the Cinematography Department - Michał Dymek. The film was edited by a graduate of the Editing Department - Agnieszka Glińska, and the film’s script consultant was our lecturer at the Directing Department - Andrzej Mellin.

The film premiered at the last Cannes IFF in the Main Competition. It is the Danish candidate for the Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category. THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE was awarded the Silver Lions at the 49th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia (as well as other individual awards). For his DOP work on the film, Michał Dymek received the "Golden Frog" - an award from the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography "Camerimage".

The film will premiere in Łódź on 15, January (Wednesday) at 6:00 p.m. at the Cinema of the National Centre for Film Culture (Łódź, 1/3, Targowa Street (entrance from Wojciecha Hasa Street). The premiere will be combined with a meeting with the filmmakers. The film will be on at cinemas from 17, January.

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Film synopsis: Karoline, a young factory worker, tries to survive in Copenhagen just after World War I. When she becomes pregnant, loses her job and is left to her own devices, she meets Dagmar - the charismatic owner of an illegal adoption agency which helps mothers find new homes for their unwanted children. Having no alternative, Karoline takes a job with Dagmar as a wet nurse. The women establish a bond, but Karoline's world falls apart when she discovers the shocking truth about her employer.

See the trailer: youtube.com

still from the film THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE