FUCK, IT'S BIOLOGY
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Mariusz Tarkawian has had 120 art exhibitions all over the world and yet his parents have not been to any. His girlfriend tries to make her first documentary and hopefully bring the family closer together. “Fuck, it´s Biology” is an intimate portrait of a famous Polish contemporary artist seen through the lens of his Swedish and not so famous filmmaker girlfriend.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 29'
- YEAR:
- 2019
- DIRECTING:
- Veronica Andersson
- SCRIPT:
- Veronica Andersson
- DOP:
- Piotr Szymański
- EDITOR:
- Katarzyna Zielińska, Mats Helgesson
- PRODUCTION:
- Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Veronica Andersson »
With an eccentric and emotionally aware eye, filmmaker Veronica Andersson dove deep into her relationship with contemporary artist Mariusz Tarkawian and decided to make her first documentary about it. Swedish born Veronica Andersson made Fuck, it's Biology as her diploma film for International BA Studies and Multimedia Art at Warsaw Film School, Poland. She has previously written and directed many award winning short films, commercials and music videos.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Bushwick Film Festival, USA, 2019 (screening)
- 50th Kyiv International Film Festival «Molodist», Ukraine, 2021 (screening)
- 59th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (competition)
- FEST - New Directors, New Films Festival, Portugal, 2020 (competition)
- 11th Creative Documentary Film Festival MakeDox, Macedonia, 2020 (competition)
- XXXIV Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia, 2020 (competition)
AWARDS AT POLISH FESTIVALS:
Baltic Independent Film Festival, Poland, - 4th Prize, Audience Award Kamerlane Lato, Poland - Academic Jury Prize, On Art Film Festival, Poland - 3rd place in "medium" category, Przeźrocza Festiwal Filmowy, Poland - Nowe Oko Award