Pinguin Habits

Asked what his mum does for a living, Emilia’s son would say she saves penguins. On the day Emilia departs on her next polar expedition, the boy tries to stop her from going. She faces a dilemma: how to reconcile her dreams with her child’s needs?

The film is the director’s debut.

written by: Jakub Poterała
director of photography: Aleksandra Kamińska
music: Maciej Świniarski
production design: Martyna Modrzejewska, Maya Szymankiewicz
costume design: Milena Szabat, Karolina Słomiana, Weronika Hass
make-up: Oliwia Pawłowska
sound: Tomasz Strzyżewski
edited by: Jakub Rados
cast: Jaśmina Polak, Cezary Proch, Karolina Kowalska, Rafał Kowal
production: Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa
producers: Leszek Kopeć, Jerzy Rados
production manager: Joanna Pultyn
co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
distributed by: Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa