Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

INTERNATIONAL DOX: SHORTS

Six Weeks

Szesc Tygodni

Poland
2009 — 18' / Color

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Synopsis

Due to different life situations, there are mothers who do not want or cannot bring up their own children. They have the right to give the child away just after delivery. During the first six weeks of the newborn’s life, the mother has to make the decision about the definite resignation of her parental rights. She is free in making her decision. However, the decision she makes cannot be changed afterwards. The biological mother loses any contact with her child. She can only write a final letter to the child. The film shows in a poetical way the first six weeks of the small human being who was given up.

Director Biography

Born in 1978 in Tomaszów Lubelski, he works as an actor after graduating from Documentary Course in the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.

Director

Marcin Janos Krawczyk

Producer

Wojciech Staron

Cinematographer

Wojciech Staron

Editor

Agnieszka Glinska

Sound

Kaempfert

Contact

Krakowska Fundacja Filmowa
ul. Basztowa 15/8a, 31-143 Krakow
+48 12 294 69 45
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