50th Polish Film Festival

50th Polish Film Festival

Gdynia 22-27 September 2025

Life for Beginners

Life for Beginners

dir.

Paweł Podolski

2025, 1 h 16 min

Introverted Monia is a vampire working in a nursing home where she furtively feeds on the blood of deceased patients. Her calm is shattered by Czarek who discovers her secret. When bite marks are found around the home, it turns out there is another vampire on the prowl – Mirek, Monia’s old friend. He now gives her an ultimatum: death or massacre.

The film is the director’s feature-length debut.

written by: Paweł Podolski, Lynn Kucharczyk
director of photography: Ernest Wilczyński
music: Hubert Walkowski
production design: nie dotyczy
costume design: Hanka Podraza
make-up: Agnieszka Jońca
sound: Piotr Pastuszak, Agata Chodyra
edited by: Piasek & Wójcik
casting by: Agnieszka Kudelska
cast: Magdalena Maścianica, Michał Sikorski, Bartłomiej Kotschedoff, Małgorzata Rożniatowska, Wojciech Machnicki
production: Autograf Karol Wożbiński
producers: Anna Wereda, Alicja Gancarz
executive producer: Anna Wereda
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
distributed by: Aurora Films 

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