Love Tasting
85 mins | Poland | 2020
Director: Dawid Nickel
Producer: Marta Habior
Screenwriter: Dawid Nickel
Cinematographer: Michał Pukowiec
Cast: Mikołaj Matczak (Tomek), Michał Sitnicki (Kuba), Sandra Drzymalska (Monika, Kuba’s sister), Nel Kaczmarek (Oliwia), Zofia Świątkiewicz (Julia), Jakub Wróblewski (Dawid), Agnieszka Żulewska (Gośka „Savage”), Dobromir Dymecki (Oliwia’s father), Jan Dravnel (priest)
Release Year: 2020
Language: Polish (Poland)
Subtitle: English (United States)
Country: Poland
(THIS FILM WAS PART OF OUR 2022 FESTIVAL LINEUP AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE SLAMDANCE CHANNEL) It's the last week of school in a small polish town's junior high school. Waiting for the final party, several students pass the time at a city pool, as if anticipating the emotional whirlwind they are about to experience. The action takes place somewhere in Poland, where ‘LGBT free zones’ are a reality in 2020. It’s a story about young people, their problems and romantic endeavors in the era of the Internet and social apps, when creating genuine relationships is unnaturally difficult.