Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Maciej Sobieszczański, Grzegorz Puda. Fotografia / Photography: Jolanta Dylewska. Montaggio / Editing: Rafał Listopad. Musica / Music: Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz. Suono / Sound: Tomasz Wieczorek. Scenografia / Set Designer: Ewa Skoczkowska. Costumi / Costume Designer: Agata Culak. Interpreti / Cast: Filip Wiłkomirski, Tytus Szymczuk, Agnieszka Grochowska, Julian Świeżewski, Jacek Braciak, Tomasz Schuchardt. Produzione / Produced by: Apple Film Production. Coproduzione / Co-produced by: Moloko Film, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Mazowiecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, Instytut Kultury Miejsckiej operator Gdańskiego Funduszu Filmowego, Orka Studio. Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Polish Film Institute.
14-year-old Dawid takes care of his younger brother and tries to meet the expectations of his mother, a woman who wants to break away from a toxic past and start anew, without her imprisoned husband. Although the boy has talent and strength, it is increasingly difficult for him to maintain control in his everyday life stretched between school, home and the streets. Everything becomes even more complicated when Konrad, the only adult Dawid truly trusts, enters their lives. However, this is only the beginning of turbulent
events that may ultimately break up this family… or save it. After its premiere at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Brother was presented at festivals in Warsaw and Cottbus, Germany.
“We wanted to tell the story of living with fear that children can no longer bear. Show the drama taking place in silence, without any support, because the parents feel hopeless. However, despite it all, we wanted this film to bring hope.” (M. Sobieszczański)
Maciej Sobieszczański
Polish director, award-winning screenwriter and lecturer, Maciej Sobieszczański was born in 1966. He graduated from the Screenwriting Program at the Łódź Film School and from the Directing Program at the Wajda School, where he currently teaches and heads the “Studio Prób” directing program. He co-directed the feature film Performer, which won the Think:Film Award at the Berlinale in 2015. His feature debut, The Reconciliation (2017), earned him the Best Director Award at the Montreal World Film Festival. Currently he is in post-production on his next film, Przez ścianę (Through the Wall). The Trieste FF presented Birthday in
2012 and The Reconciliation in 2018.
filmografia scelta / selected filmography 2011 Urodziny (Birthday) cm / sf 2015 Performer diretto con / directed with Lukasz Ronduda; Premi / Awards: Berlinale – Think:Film Award 2017 Zgoda (The Reconciliation); Premi / Awards: Montreal World FF – Miglior regia / Best Director 2025 Brat (Fratello / Brother); Premi / Awards: Gdynia, Polish Film Festival – Premio per il Miglior attore esordiente a / Award for Acting Debut to Filip Wiłkomirski; Warsaw Film Festival – Premio della giuria Ecumenica / Ecumenical Jury Award
