Edition III

Justyna Bilik

BIO

Screenwriting graduate from the Lodz Film School (2019). Participant of Sources 2 and Torino Film Lab. Screenwriter of the award-winning "Saszka" by K. Lesisz (including the Gdynia Film Festival). The feature-length "Norwegian Dream" by Igor Devold, with her script, received funding from the Polish Film Institute under the Minority Co-productions program (2020). Director of the film "The Fractal Show."

SYNOPSIS

It's the 1920s, a factory town. Rivka (20), a former sex worker, tries to rebuild her life. However, it's not easy, as the mafia she worked for refuses to give up her services. Rivka resists until her younger sister, the family's hope, is kidnapped. To free her, she must eliminate the policewoman who is hot on their trail, Filipina (34). Unexpectedly, Rivka falls in love with her. It turns out that the mafia, with which the police were collaborating, is transporting kidnapped girls to brothels in Buenos Aires. Rivka will face a difficult decision, one that will determine not only her own life but also that of her sister. "Bella, Shalom" is an industrial musical full of dark humor with a feminist revolution in the background.