Dir: Klaudiusz Chrostowski
Cast: Jakub Gierszał, Weronika Humaj, Chloe Tallack, Arthur Henri

Year of Production: 2023, Country: Poland, Polish with English subtitles.

Bartek, a 30-year-old, travels to the remote Scottish island of Foulda to face loneliness and nature, inspired by his late father’s unfulfilled dream. Klaudiusz Chrostowski’s first film, starring Jakub Gierszał in a powerful role, focuses on the importance of human connections and won the Best Micro Budget Film Award at the 2023 Gdynia Festival.

Supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, and funded by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI and Beetroots Collective (https://beetroots.org), an organisation led by a group of diverse artists and creatives aiming to promote Eastern European culture in Scotland. 

This film is curated by Agnieszka Koperniak-Kerr (Film Programming Manager).