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Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Poland | coming 2025 | sci-fi thriller

In a dystopian future, the world is ruled by a global AI system, which keeps everybody in check. When a detective is summoned to investigate a ritual murder that occurred at a refugee camp he encounters a woman who is a witch that has the ability to hack the ruling system of control. But the more he gets involved in this relationship, the more he endangers his loved ones.

Credits

Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Screenplay: Robert Bolesto

Production Company: Madants

Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Festivals & Awards

Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Agnieszka Smoczyńska debuted in 2015 with THE LURE – a genre-bending, horror-musical mashup written by Robert Bolesto,won awards around the world, at dozens of international festivals, including Porto, Sofia, Montreal, Vilnius, and the Sundance Film Festival. Recently it became a part of prestigious Criterion Collection. Her second feature film FUGUE premiered at Cannes as a part of the prestigious Critics’ Week section. In 2022, her English-language debut, SILENT TWINS, starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. Smoczyńska took part in the European Cinema: Ten Women Filmmakers to Watch program. She was also a winner of the Global Filmmaking Award sponsored by the Sundance Institute. This year Smoczyńska was named among Directors to Watch in Cannes.