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Hiatus

  • Running Time
    24 minutes 7 seconds
  • Genre
    Drama - Short
  • Language
    Polish
  • Completed
    June 15, 2023, Poland

The film "Hiatus" tells the story of betrayal and loss that create a gap in us, a gap that can only be filled with revenge or forgiveness. The main character, Julia, tries to forgive, but as a consequence of the events, she chooses the revenge.

After the tragic death of her daughter, Maya, Julia tries to save her relationship with Adam. She would like to have a child with him again, but Adam firmly rejects the idea. Julia hopes that her project will be successful at work and that they will be able to go abroad. She believes that this trip will allow them to start a new life away from the pain caused by memories of tragic events. Unfortunately, the director forwards her project to her supervisor, Andrzej. Paradoxically, the chauvinistic behavior of the bosses and Andrzej’s appropriation of her project led to the initiation of a number of breakthrough events in her life. Karolina, Adam’s former lover, wants to return to him, however, fearing that the truth will come out, he brutally throws her out of his studio. As a consequence, Julia learns the terrible truth about Adam’s betrayal with Karolina and the true version of the circumstances of her daughter’s death. Resigned and broken, Julia is saved in front of the bus by Joanna. Over time, their relationship deepens. Julia entrusts her secrets and pain to Joanna. As a consequence, they make up a plan, as a result of which Joasia makes Adam fall in love with her and becomes pregnant with him. Only then Julia decide to move out and leave Adam with his sins. Together with Joasia, they leave to start a new life.

 

Logline: HIATUS – a gap that cannot be filled by forgiveness but revenge.

Festival Selections & Awards

  • Sakarya International Short Film FestivalSakarya
    Official Selection (October 2024)
  • Inland Independent Film FestivalAraraquara
    Official Selection (2024)
  • Pueblo Film FestPueblo
    🏆 Women in Film Award
    🏆 People’s Choice – Best of the Festival (April 2024)
  • Cinema South Film FestivalIsrael
    International Short Competition (March 2024)
  • Early Bird International Student Film FestivalSofia
    Official Selection (November 2023)
  • FICPBA International Film Festival of the Province of Buenos AiresLa Plata
    Official Selection (September 2023)
  • SIMFEST International Film and Television FestivalSângeorgiu de Mureș
    🌍 World Premiere
    Official Selection (August 2023)

About the director

Joo Joostberens is a Film Director, Producer, Cinematographer and Scriptwriter. A graduate of directing from the Warsaw Film School. .

He started out as a creator of advertising films and reports for international TV stations. He co-created a documentary about the Gdańsk Shipyard “Gdańsk Shipyard”. He is also Director of Photography of Polish-French-American production “I am Max” (2022), a documentary about the first international movie star – Max Linder.
He is an author of the documentary movie “Goodbye, my wonderful world”.
The film “Hiatus” is his fiction film debut.

Written & Directed by
Joo Joostberens

Cast:
Pola Błasik

Krzysztof Wach

Wiktoria Filus

Paulina Wyka

Marcin Bikowski

Olimpia Delgado

Artur Turek

Jaśmina Dmyszewicz

Gaja Kopciuch

Lena Olkowicz

Anna Stańkowska

Director of Photography
Joo Joostberens
Sound by
Michał Joostberens
Edited by
Joo Joostberens
Artistic Supervision
Marek Brodzki
Costume Designer
Lena Olkowicz
Make up Artist
Anna Stańkowska

Director of Photography
Joo Joostberens
Sound by
Michał Joostberens
Edited by
Joo Joostberens
Artistic Supervision
Marek Brodzki
Costume Designer
Lena Olkowicz
Make up Artist
Anna Stańkowska

Music
Universal Music Poland:
Tense Action Victory – Sans
Lonely Noir – Fox
MUSETTA S WALTZ from La Boheme Puccini – Blainville
Reckless Country – Gimeno Lavin Palmer
Empty Shadows – Lemay
Earth Awakens Backing – Boulenger
Low Sting – Jaeger McGinness
Late Night Jazz – Banks Marshall Page
Twin Evil – Kruege

The Quite Walk – Muschalle Renwick
ONE FINE DAY from Madame Butterfly – Blainville
FX Braaamish – Holter
Half Conscious Chaos – Wiedmann
Haunting Facility – Lemon
Dust Floaters – Bronchtein
Bring Back The Light – Sans
Homecoming – Beiny
Frozen To Death – Pemberton
Sur les ramparts de Seville – Bizet
Destiny In Dreams – Azbel
Fog Mystery – Dennis
Freak – Hutchinson Obeid Westlake
From The Shadows – Merrison_Slater