38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Aria Diva
Poland
2007 Fiction 30 min
Basia is 30 and has already settled down in her life. She is a housewife and has a loving family. It seems as though she does not miss anything to be happy. Until a moment when an opera diva moves into an apartment upstairs. Basia is enchanted and seduced with her voice. A peculiar relationship is born between them. It develops into a feeling which is not particularly comfortable for either of the two women.
With : Katarzyna Figura, Gabriela Muskala
Screenplay : Robert Bolesto, Agnieszka Smoczynska
Image : Przemysław Kaminski
Editing : Wojciech Jagiello
Decors : Aneta Suskiewicz
Production : Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing
Agnieszka Smoczynska studied at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. She aslo studied film directing at the University of Silesia, culture studies at the University of Wroclaw, and history of art at Adam Mickiewicz University. Her selected filmography includes 3 Love or The Hat. Besides, she co-directed S. Mrożek's theatre play Tango, directed by F. Bajon ( Awarded at many Polish and international festivals.)