IMAGO / ІМАҐО

Leonid Nefedovich
Sep 25
2 min read

2023 / 113' / feature / Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic

Late 1980s, at the Polish Coast. The old communist order, with its greyness and rigid set of prohibitions and commands, is in decline. But a new order is yet to be established. Ela, the youngest of nine siblings, is just entering adulthood – already knowing she will not fit into any of these worlds.

She finds a sanctuary in the Tricity counterculture. And so she drifts along… carried by the wind of her dreams and hunger for life – until the moment she is faced with reality.

Screenings schedule:

October 1, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. at the Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon Hall

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DIRECTOR - OLGA CHAJDAS

Biography

As an 8-year-old, she wanted to become an astrophysicist, but instead of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology she enrolled in the Łódź Film School where she studies film production, while simultaneously studying directing at the Academy of Film and Television in Warsaw.

While she was a student, she worked on the sets of numerous films and series in the production department.

She also worked with Warsaw's Na Woli Theatre, where she prepared a play titled “The Last Jew in Europe”, based on a drama by Tuvia Tenenbom.

She worked an assistant on the “Prime Minister” series by Agnieszka Holland, Magdalena Łazarkiewicz and Kasia Adamik, which turned out to be an important professional experience for her.

She continued to work with Agnieszka Holland on her subsequent films, including the Oscar nominated “In Darkness” and “Mr. Jones”.

Chajdas has directed many television productions and TV series including “The Deep End” and “The Border” for HBO, “Cracow Monsters” and “1983” for Netflix, and co-directed first Polish feature film for Netflix “Erotica 2022”.

When it comes to films, she started with two short films about women at a turning point in their lives. In “3x LOVE”, the female protagonist told her partner three times that she was pregnant. Each time, she used the same words – but the mood of the conversation turned out to be completely different. Her short film titled “Morning has broken” was a story of a wife and mother who committed a terrible crime.

In 2018, Chajdas made her feature debut with “Nina”, about a woman who is looking for a surrogate but suddenly finds herself in a situation that changes her whole life and makes her answer the question of whom she truly is.

Selected filmography