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Woman Of...

Directed by Michał Englert, Małgorzata Szumowska
2023
Poland, Sweden
132 minutes
Unclassified 18+
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This Venice Golden Lion nominee is a visually resplendent epic about a woman transitioning in contemporary Poland, tracing the arc of a life – and a country – to extraordinarily moving effect.

Woman Of… traces 45 years in the life of Aniela (an exhilarating Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik) from her youth in the 1980s. Living as a man, she falls in love with the flirtatious Iza (Joanna Kulig, Cold War SFF 2018) and marries. Subsequently, Aniela experiences body dysmorphia and so must navigate the oppressive world of conservative Poland. Entering the 21st century, Aniela openly comes out, but transphobia remains ever present in her marriage and career. The delicate direction and the camerawork from DP-director Englert captures the triumphs as much as hardships in this sensitive and challenging tale, charting the lack of gender recognition in Polish law to the present day.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.
A bold gesture of cinematic allyship, drawing attention as it does to Poland’s dire record on LGBT rights
Guy Lodge, Variety
The film’s compassionate gaze and stirring performances make it an illuminating window into gender recognition in an unaccommodating environment
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
A sprawling, lyrical, and sensitive journey of a woman becoming her true self
Leila Latif, IndieWire

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Thu 6 Jun
6pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 2
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
Tue 11 Jun
6:30pm
Palace Norton Street - Cinema 3
Assisted Listening
Wheelchair
Subtitled
Past Event Cancel
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Original Title
KOBIETA Z...
Year
2023
Classification
Unclassified 18+
Country
Poland, Sweden
Language
In Polish with English subtitles
Director
Michał Englert, Małgorzata Szumowska
Producer
Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert, Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień, Katarzyna Jordan-Kulczyk, Gregory Jankilevitsch
Cast
Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Bogumila Bajor
Screenwriter
Michał Englert, Małgorzata Szumowska
Cinematographer
Michał Englert
Editor
Jarosław Kamiński
Premiere
Australian Premiere
Genre
Women Directors, Gender & Sexuality, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Films
Company Credits
Sales Agent: Memento Films
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