“I don’t want to live, either” confesses Karina to her aunt Slava, triggering a deep search for meaning between two distant relatives. Karina, a Polish woman looking to escape the urban anxieties of London, is drawn to Ozerna, a small village in Ukraine, where she meets 84-year-old Slava for the first time. Karina’s sense of alienation stokes a lingering depression she is hoping to shake, a feeling Slava can relate to as a long-time widow. Over many years and several visits, the two women grow closer, developing a mutual bond of love and care. Karina helps Slava with her chores while Slava looks after Karina as though she were her granddaughter.

2022 (59mins)

Director/filmmaker: Karina Będkowska

Producer: Monika Braid

Country of production: Poland

Country/location of film: Ukraine, United Kingdom

Screening: 19.10 Wed 8th Oct at the Museum of Macedonia