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EUNIC Brussels Film Festival 2025: “Simona Kossak”

Introducing the very first edition of the EUNIC Brussels Film Festival! 
 
For 7 days, dive into a curated selection of films from 9 European countries – each telling unique stories, yet united by shared values. The festival is more than cinema: it’s a stage to explore today’s European challenges, sparking questions and conversations that matter. Because some answers can only be found together.
 
EUNIC Brussels Film Festival
6 – 16 October 2025
Cinema Vendôme
Chau. de Wavre 18
1050 Ixelles, Brussels
 

On the initiative of the Polish Institute Brussels, the program features the Polish film “Simona Kossak”, directed by Adrian Panek (2024). 
 
Synopsis:

Lacking the talent that has been defining her family for generations, Simona Kossak is growing up knowing no warmth from her authoritarian mother. After graduating from the university, she leaves everything behind – her home, tradition and social norms – and accepts the position of a scientist in Białowieża, starting to live her life on her own terms. She settles in the middle of the forest, in a house with no electricity or running water, surrounded by wild nature. There, she meets a photographer, Lech Wilczek, who shares her passions: the love of nature and… the need for freedom. However, her view on the work of a naturalist and the position a young woman in a world dominated by men gets painfully shattered. Not only must she defend her ideals but also the world of flora and fauna.

Screening: “Simona Kossak”
13 October, 18:45
Cinema Vendôme
 
 

Director – ADRIAN PANEK
Screenplay – ADRIAN PANEK
Cinematography – JAKUB STOLECKI
Music – BARTOSZ CHAJDECKI
Art Directo – AGATA ADAMUS
Producers – AGATA SZYMAŃSKA, MAGDALENA KAMIŃSKA
Production company – BALAPOLIS

Cast:
Simona Kossak – SANDRA DRZYMALSKA
Lech Wilczek – JAKUB GIERSZAŁ
Elżbieta Kossak, Simona’s mother – AGATA KULESZA
Director Batura – BORYS SZYC


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