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Hilma is a lush biopic about one of the first abstract painters in Western art history, a Swedish woman by the name of Hilma af Klint, who set off to challenge the entire artistic world in the late 1800s. Even though she easily mastered the more traditional avenues of illustration like portraiture and landscape paintings, Klint quickly found herself on a more spiritual plane, deciding to draw line-based symmetrical images that represented a depth beyond form.

This was all undoubtedly inspired by her familys vested interest in the studies of numbers and plants, her circle of friends (called The Five who introduced her to the pseudo-religion of Theosophy), the underlying concept of the High Masters and eventually her idol,...

[Editor’s note: This article includes some light spoilers for Prime Video’s “Upgraded.”]

If there’s one thing that’s true about art and life: Nothing is ever really free. This goes double for art that shows up in film and TV. Each piece either needs to be created purposefully for a project by the art team or licensed from the artist or estate that holds the digital/image reproduction rights to it — unless you want a tattoo artist suing you for copyright infringement for putting an actual Mike Tyson tattoo on Ed Helms’ face.

We take it for granted, but everything that we see on screen is intentional. All the art must either be created by a project’s art team or licensed, whether that be old photographs on a desk, posters on a bedroom wall, graffiti on the side of a building, or, in the case of Carlson Young’s new film, “Upgraded,” multiple galleries full of modern art. If a piece isn’t purpose-made,...

Narrative-documentary hybrid follows a man auditioning for a film while transforming his real life.

Modern Films has acquired UK-Ireland distribution rights to docu-fiction hybrid Stephen, ahead of its world premiere in international competition at Sheffield DocFest on June 16.

Melanie Manchot’s debut feature film follows Stephen Giddings, a man from an addiction-afflicted family, who auditions for and takes on a film role, while transforming his life in the real world.

Modern is setting a UK-Ireland theatrical release for the latter part of 2023, after the film has played as a video installation at the Liverpool Biennial.

Stephen is produced by Elena Hill,...

Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of the name Hilma af Klint until recently — or before finding your way to “Hilma,” Lasse Hallström’s somewhat syrupy, conventional yet still respectable attempt to broaden the general public’s knowledge of, and affection for, the Swedish abstract artist. If so, you can hardly be blamed for your unawareness, considering af Klint’s longtime (and only recently reversed) obscurity in art circles.

Hers is a story as old as time: A brilliant, ahead-of-her-time woman goes largely ignored despite significant contributions to her field, while her male counterparts claim the spotlight and all the glory. In that regard, it was af Klint herself who invented the notion of abstract painting years before Wassily Kandinsky, one of the most regarded Modernists and abstract painters of all time. And when she died in 1944, her magnificent work was locked away and kept from the public eye for years.

Chicago – The European Union Film Festival is an annual happening at Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center, and will take place in 2023 from March 1st-31st. Kicking off the Fest will be an appearance from actors Lena Olin and Tora Hallström.

Both are featured in the film “Hilma,” directed by Lasse Hallström (“Chocolat”), Tora’s father and Lena’s husband. The Opening Night event (6pm at the Siskel Center) on March 1st, 2023, will feature the appearances, the Chicago premiere of “Hilma” and a reception afterward hosted by the Honorary Consulate of Sweden. For Opening Night tickets and information, click EU Fest Opening Night.

’Hilma’ Opens the Ceuff on March 1st, 2023

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“Hilma” is a cinematically artistic biography of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (portrayed younger by Tora Hallström and in middle age by Lena Olin). Hilma died in 1944, unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract...

Like most art lovers, the prolific filmmaker Lasse Hallström had never heard of the prolific painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) until recently. Af Klint was disregarded, discouraged, sidelined and overlooked during her lifetime, but except for a four-year period, she never stopped creating. She took painting beyond representational still lifes and landscapes and into the uncharted sphere of abstraction, several years before Wassily Kandinsky would claim the mantle of that innovative leap. Her work sat in storage for 20 years after her death, per her instructions, and none of it is for sale.

What a (market-free) discovery of the groundbreaking artist it’s been, beginning with the landmark 2013 exhibit that wowed museumgoers in Stockholm before traveling to seven other European cities and New York. Halina Dyrschka’s 2019 film Beyond the Visible, the first feature-length documentary about af Klint, explores the breadth and depth of her legacy from a revisionist art history...

Hilma is a 2022 drama movie written and directed by Lasse Hallström starring Tora Hallström and Lena Olin and Tom Wlaschiha.

The film is scheduled to release in the U.S. April 14, 2023.

Premise

Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) is an important part of art history and one of the first ever painters of abstract art. However, unlike the work of many of her peers at the time hers was misunderstood and neglected until long after her death. This is a story about Hilma and the circumstances which made her paintings possible. The film picks up during her early life and ends today; when her art connects with people of all religions and cultures. Just as she intended.

Hilma (2022) Director

Lasse Hallström

Cast

Lena Olin / Hilma af Klint

Tora Hallström / Young Hilma

Lily Cole / Mathilda

Tom Wlaschiha / Rudolf Steiner

Emmi Tjernström

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"We can still trust in the presence of the spirits. They surround us, and are always willing to communicate with us." Juno Films in the US has revealed a new official trailer for a biopic film called Hilma, made by director Lasse Hallström. It's a Swedish film but most of it is in English anyway. We also posted a trailer a few months ago for it UK release. It will open starting in April in the US. The film explores the incredible life of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who is now widely recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. A story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe at a time when men made all the rules.Exploring the enigmatic life of Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), whose unconventional and highly spiritual art remained fairly unknown for decades. Starring Lena Olin, Lily Cole,...

Exclusive: Juno Films has picked up North American rights to Hilma — the latest film written and directed by three-time Academy Award nominee Lasse Hallström (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape), which is poised to make its North American premiere at the Palm Springs Film Festival.

The cinematic portrait of the Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint — who’s played at different ages by Tora Hallström and Oscar nominee Lena Olin — will premiere theatrically at the Quad Cinema in NYC on April 14 before expanding nationwide.

Hilma brings to the big screen the life story of a woman who defied conventions and revolutionized the art world when her work was exhibited in its entirety in 2019 at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC. The artist died in 1944, unknown and unrecognized as the woman who invented abstract painting, displacing Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian as the initiators of abstract painting and Modernism. From her adoration of...

The story of abstract artist Hilma af Klint is told in well-appointed if disappointingly routine fashion in Lasse Hallström's biopic. His daughter Tora stars as the artist as a young woman, while she is played in the final days of her life by his wife Lena Olin in scenes that more or less bookend the film.

The meat of the action, however, shows Hilma at the start of her artistic career, which, following a family tragedy in her teens, led her to seek spiritual succour via the seances, which Hallström's suggests were largely the province of women in late 18th century Sweden. In what proves an inspirational creative mix for Hilma, she was also heavily influenced by her scientist grandfather and father, meaning that she was both seeking for the minutiae of the physical and the essence of the spiritual.

The film has feminist ideas at its core as Hilma.

Hilma tells the remarkable story of trailblazing artist Hilma af Klint, which is something of family affair with the film directed by Lasse Hallstrom, and starring his wife Lena Olin, and their daughter Tora, both playing the title role. The film boasts an impressive ensemble, and it’s the ensemble we spent time with – as we spoke to Maeve Dermody, Lily Cole & Tom Wlaschiha about this period piece.

We discussed how important women like Hilma were in history, and what it is about her art that the cast like most. They also talk about their experiences shooting the film – and of course, we couldn’t help but ask Wlaschiha about his experience shooting Stranger Things, and what it’s like starring in shows such as that and Game of Thrones.

Watch the full interview with Maeve Dermody, Lily Cole & Tom Wlaschiha here:

Synopsis

The film follows Hilma af Klint as...

Warner Bros.’ “Black Adam” made a powerful debut atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £5.6 million (6.4 million), according to numbers released by Comscore.

Disney’s Venice winner “The Banshees Of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, had a strong second place debut with £1.6 million.

In third position, Sony’s “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” collected £1.4 million in its second weekend for a total of £4.9 million. In fourth position and in its fourth weekend, Paramount’s “Smile” scared up £996,477 and now has a total of £9.01 million.

Rounding off the top five was Universal’s “Halloween Ends,” which took £703,338 in its second weekend for a total of £3.6 million.

Mubi’s “Decision to Leave,” which won best director at Cannes for Park Chan-wook, debuted in sixth place with £410,107.

This upcoming weekend, Lionsgate is opening another Cannes winner, Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” which won the Palme d’Or.

With an eye on Halloween,...

Film candyman Lasse Hallström has delivered a cloying but well performed version of the life of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint

The director is all wrong. Just as you wouldn’t call on Quentin Tarantino to make a movie about Monet and his waterlilies, Lasse Hallström is a perplexing choice for a biopic about the Swedish outsider artist Hilma af Klint. Hallström is the soft-centred director of sweet-natured heart-tuggers such as Chocolat and A Dog’s Purpose. Af Klint was completely unknown when she died in 1944, and is now finally getting the recognition she deserves; Tate Modern in London is staging an exhibition of her mystical abstract canvases next year. Under Hallström’s mushy direction, her life story is simplified, sweetened and feelgood-ified.

Still, there are some cracking performances, including by the director’s daughter Tora Hallström, who plays Hilma as a free-spirited carefree young woman with fiercely present, intense blue eyes.

Viaplay has debuted the first trailer for director Lasse Hallström’s new film, Hilma. Starring Hallström’s wife Lena Olin and his daughter Tora Hallström as the artist Hilma af Klint, who was widely recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists, the film presents a feminist tale “about the redemptive power of art, friendship, love and self-liberation.”...

"The spirits – they want us to paint the invisible worlds!" Viaplay UK has revealed the first official trailer for Lasse Hallström's Hilma, the acclaimed Swedish filmmaker with a huge filmography. This hasn't played at any festivals, strangely, and will be arriving in the UK and in Sweden in October for anyone to watch. The film explores the incredible life of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, who is now widely recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. A story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe at a time when men made all the rules. Hilma explores the enigmatic life of Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), whose unconventional and highly spiritual art remained fairly unknown for decades. Hilma boasts an outstanding female-led cast featuring Lena Olin, Lily Cole, and Tora Hallström, along with "Game of Thrones" legend Tom Wlaschiha and "Mr. Robot's" Martin Wallström.

Exclusive: Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and Lena Olin (Hunters) have signed on to star alongside Camila Mendes and Archie Renaux in Gulfstream Pictures’ romantic comedy Upgraded, which has entered production in the UK.

In the film from actor-director Carlson Young (The Blazing World), aspiring art intern Ana (Mendes) is invited on a last-minute work trip to London by her brilliant but intimidating super boss, meeting the handsome and wealthy William (Renaux) on the plane. Set in both London and New York City, the rom-com chronicles the trials and tribulations of balancing work, romance and following your dreams.

Tomei will take on the role of the formidable auction house executive Claire Dupree, a brilliant and terrifying boss to auction-house trainee Ana. Olin will play the charismatic and charming Catherine Laroche, a wealthy and influential art seller, and the mother of Ana’s love interest, William.

Developed in part by...

Tom Wlaschiha and Jazzy de Lisser (“Game of Thrones”) have joined the cast of Viaplay’s major English-language original feature “Hilma.” The film is written and directed by Lasse Hallström, the Oscar-nominated director of “The Cider House Rules” and “My Life as a Dog.”

The biopic, which explores the life of revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, will bow this fall in theaters and on Viaplay, Scandinavia’s leading streaming service.

Wlaschiha stars as Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian artist and founder of the anthroposophical spiritual movement. Steiner became a key figure and mentor for Hilma af Klint who created more than a thousand striking paintings, sketches and watercolors that remained largely unknown until decades after her death.

The film explores the enigmatic life of Klint, who navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.

“Rudolf Steiner´s...

Now available from Madison Gate Records comes Morbius Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Music by Jon Ekstrand from the latest blockbuster Marvel/Sony superhero film.

The soundtrack features 23 tracks by Ekstrand, who researched sounds that bats make and pushed his orchestra to replicate those sounds using instruments throughout the score.

Also due to the vampiric nature of the infamous Marvel antihero, the Swedish composer was also inspired by classic horror scores by the likes of John Carpenter, leaning in to the character’s monstrous nature rather than creating your expected superhero score.

Directed by Ekstrand’s longtime collaborator Daniel Espinosa, Morbius follows one of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters with Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforming into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble.

Exclusive: Nent streamer Viaplay is seeking to partner with more major U.S. distribution platforms as it beds in “for the long term,” according to EVP and Chief Content Officer Filippa Wallestam.

The Scandi SVoD, which launched in the U.S. last month on Comcast Xfinity at $4.99 per month, is speaking to other partners and hopes to unveil more tie-ups later this year, with plans to go D2C further down the line.

“The U.S. is the biggest streaming market in the world and we are in it for the long term,” said Wallestam, who was speaking exclusively to Deadline before an appearance at the Television Critics Association (TCA) tour.

“We don’t have U.S. subscriber targets but would like to add more distribution partners and strengthen our offering.”

The move to the U.S. represented the next stage in Viaplay’s expansion and further launches in The Netherlands...

The rich, varied and enticing lineup of Uruguay’s inaugural Arca Intl. Film Festival underscores one fact from the festival’s get-go: In commercial terms, art-themed movies are not necessarily a backwater niche, reserved for high-brow aesthetes.

MSNBC Films won what is described as an intense bidding war to secure rights to Jr’s “Paper and Glue”; Sony Pictures Classics acquired U.S. rights to animated heist caper “Ruben Brandt, Collector,” Zeitgeist Film/Kino Lorber took those to “Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint”; further titles are handled by doyens of arthouse film or documentary sales such as Films Boutique (“Last and First Men”) and Deckert Distribution (“Caveman–The Hidden Giant”).

That market punch is no coincidence. For Arca’s open air big screen sessions, “we’ve chosen titles to appeal to a broad public, fiction titles, or documentaries which are attractive for their subjects or form, or even an...

MGM International Television Productions and Scandinavia’s local streaming leader Nent Group have signed a multi-year deal to develop and co-produce six English-language original international series for the Nordic company’s SVOD service Viaplay.

The partnership’s first two projects will be “Billy the Kid” and “Last Light,” both of which were previously announced. Under the deal, all six series will be Viaplay Originals and will launch exclusively on the service throughout the Nordics, Baltics, Netherlands and Poland, with MGM handling distribution in the rest of the world.

“Billy the Kid” is an epic romantic drama series from Michael Hirst (“Vikings”) starring British actor Tom Blyth (“Benediction”) as the famous American outlaw. The series is a co-production with Epix Studios and MGM International Television Productions, in association with Nent Group. Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders”) is directing the first two episodes of the eight-episode first season.

“Last Light,” which MGM is...

Anders Jensen, the sleek and mild-mannered president and CEO of Nent Group, has transformed the company’s Scandinavian streamer, Viaplay, into Netflix’s biggest European competitor since taking its helm in 2018. Jensen, who describes himself as a “content nerd,” is the recipient of Variety’s Vanguard Award, which will be presented at Mipcom in Cannes this year. He is behind the company’s big strategic move into scripted content.

Jensen joined the company in 2014 when it was part of the listed conglomerate Modern Times Group, before it split into two companies and rebranded its entertainment assets into Nent Group. Jensen says having a focused approach is a prerequisite to have a chance to thrive in today’s increasingly concentrated media landscape.

“A lot of companies that end up in conglomerates typically tend to be ‘de-focused,’ but if you want to transform your business, then you need to be laser-focused on...

Lily Cole (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”), Rebecca Calder (“I May Destroy You”), Maeve Dermody (“The Beast Must Die”) and Catherine Chalk (“Hereafter”) have joined the cast of “Hilma,” Lasse Hallström’s English-language biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint.

As previously announced, Lena Olin (“Enemies”) and Tora Hallström will play Klint at different ages of her life.

Now shooting in Stockholm and Vilnius (first still pictured above), the movie is a passion project for Hallström, the celebrated Swedish director of “The Cider House Rules” and “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.” It explores the enigmatic life of Klint, whose unconventional art remained largely unknown for decades. Klint navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.

“Hilma” is being produced by Nent Studios with Helena Danielsson as producer and Josephine Zapata Genetay as executive producer. The film...

“The Bridge” creator Hans Rosenfeldt is set to adapt Astrid Lindgren’s bestselling book “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” into a fantasy series for Nent Group.

The Swedish-language series will be directed by Lisa James Larsson (“Victoria”), and produced by Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn (“Beartown”) at Filmlance, a Banijay company. Sara Askelöf for Nent Group is executive producing.

The show has been ordered by Nent Group’s streamer Viaplay as its next major original. “Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” will premiere exclusively on the leading Nordic platform in 2023 with two seasons of 12 episodes. Casting for “Ronja” currently taking place.

“Ronja the Robber’s Daughter” is among the world’s most translated and bestselling authors with more than 75 books published. Lindgren, whose best known characters include Pippi Longstocking, Emil in Lönneberga and The Children of Noisy Village, has seen her books translated into over 100 languages and sold more than 165 million copies.

Nent Group, the company that operates leading Scandi streaming service Viaplay, announced today that it is committing to finance and produce two English language features films per year as it ramps up its international expansion strategy.

The outfit is already ploughing a significant amount of money into its TV productions, which will reach an impressive 50 originals per year by 2022, and its commitment to film is designed to precede its launch in the U.S. at the end of this year. The titles will be all based on Nordic true stories, but will be shot in English and made with a wide range of cast and crew. The first will be Hilma, a biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, written and directed by Oscar nominee Lasse Hallström and starring Lena Olin.

Deadline caught up with Nent Group President and CEO Anders Jensen to discuss...

Sweden’s Nent Group commits to making two English-language films every year.

Sweden’s Lasse Hallström is to write and direct Hilma, an English-language biopic of artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, as the first title in a new film commitment from streaming operator Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group).

Nent Group has pledged to produce two English-language features every year for international audiences, focusing on stories of inspirational Nordic figures and events.

Hilma will star Lena Olin as Klint in her later years, with Olin and Hallström’s daughter Tora Hallström playing the younger version of the artist.

The...

Updated– Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) is set to produce two major English-language films every year, kicking off with “Hilma,” a biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, starring Lena Olin (“Enemies”).

Lasse Hallström (‘The Cider House Rules”), one of Sweden’s most celebrated directors, is on board to write and direct the film.

“Hilma” will explore the enigmatic life of Klint, whose unconventional art remained largely unknown for decades. Klint navigated through a male-dominated artistic scene to eventually become one of the Western world’s first abstract artists.

Olin will play Klint in her later years, while Tora Hallström (‘Hachi: A Dog’s Tale’), Olin and Lasse Hallström’s daughter, will be portraying the artist in her younger years.

“I’ve spent three years trying to understand the mystery of Hilma af Klint. This is a story about an unwavering search for the truth about humanity and the universe,...

Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group), a leading digital player in Scandinavia, is committing to produce two English-language films per year that will debut directly on its Viaplay streaming service.

The first project will be Hilma, a biopic of the revolutionary Swedish artist and feminist pioneer Hilma af Klint, written and directed by Lasse Hallström, an Oscar nominee for The Cider House Rulesand My Life As A Dog. The pic will star Lena Olin as Klint, with Hallström’s daughter Tora Hallström (Hachi: A Dog’s Tale) portraying the artist in her younger days.

The project will debut exclusively on Nent Group’s Viaplay streaming service in 2022. The film is produced by Nent Studios with Helena Danielsson as producer and Josephine Zapata Genetay as executive producer.

“Hilma and our coming films make Nent Group’s ambitions clear. Nobody in the Nordic region is thinking as big as this,...

Another important moment in the awards season has come our way today. Yes, the Academy has released their lists of what’s eligible in a few of the Oscar categories. In short, we now know what’s up for Academy Award nominations in the Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and Best International Feature categories. Until we get to a shortlist, everything is up for grabs, but now we know what’s at least in the running, and that’s good… Here now are the lists: Animated Feature Film “Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus” “Bombay Rose” “Calamity” “The Croods: A New Age” “Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train” “Dreambuilders” “Lane” “On-Gaku: Our Sound” “Onward” “Over the Moon” “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs” “Ride Your Wave” “Scoob!” “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon” “Soul” “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” “Terra Willy” “Trolls World Tour...

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This documentary convincingly argues that the Swedish painter deserves a place in the mostly male pantheon of artistic genius

This documentary makes a pretty convincing case for the admission of the Swedish artist Hilma af Klint into the boys’ club of abstract art, alongside Kandinsky, Mondrian et al. Af Klint was an outsider in her lifetime and when she died in 1944, her paintings gathered dust in her nephew’s attic. (She did her legacy no favours by stipulating in her will that none of her work should be seen for 20 years.) Today, her work is a nuisance to art history: to acknowledge her would require rewriting the entire chapter on abstract art.

Born in 1862, Af Klint grew up in middle-class privilege, encouraged by her father to paint. After graduating from the Royal Academy in Stockholm, she worked as portrait painter and illustrator before turning to radical abstract works from 1906. A maverick free-thinker,...

With the coronavirus pandemic causing TIFF to go online and reduce their line-up, this year’s Short Cuts programme has been whittled down to 35 films across 5 programmes, a reduction of more than a third compared to last year’s 55 films and 8 programmes. Despite these limitations, programmers Jason Anderson and Lisa Haller have put together a strong lineup for 2020 that should hold more than a few surprises for those willing to check out this year’s lineup.

Having seen most of what this year has to offer, here are 10 films that stand out in a slim but competitive field of short filmmaking. For more coverage from the festival, check out our preview of the most-anticipated features and read our forthcoming reviews here.

4 North A (Jordan Canning, Howie Shia)

(Screening in TIFF Short Cuts Programme 01)

A collaboration between filmmakers Jordan Canning and Howie Shia, 4 North A shows a woman consumed by memories...

‘Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint’ and ‘Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins’ are set for release in October.

Eve Gabereau’s Modern Films has secured UK and Ireland rights to documentaries Beyond The Visible: Hilma Af Klint and Raise Hell: The Life And Times Of Molly Ivins, and plans to release both this autumn.

The agreement for Beyond The Visible was closed with German sales agency Mindjazz Pictures and Modern Films is set to release the film on October 9 to coincide with international art event the Frieze Art Fair.

Marking the feature debut of director Halina Dyrschka,...