7th Edition

Victoria Kwoka

BIO

A director and screenwriter of short films, she graduated from the Łódź Film School, Faculty of Film Art Organization. She works on feature films as a script supervisor (including "The Dog Who Rode a Train," 2023). A fan of genre cinema, she is currently developing two feature-length projects.

SYNOPSIS

25-year-old Amanda is an ambitious embalmer who has struggled to build relationships since her mother's death. The funeral home she runs with her father receives a request to prepare the body of an elderly woman who lost her legs in an accident. Amanda is asked to help with this task, as Mirek, a clumsy peer of hers, seems to be at odds with her. While preparing the body of a dead client, her severed limbs mysteriously disappear from the mortuary. Amanda and Mirek must work together to find the culprit. Otherwise, the police and the client's family will force the closure of the funeral home, which is everything to Amanda.