Sunflower

Genre
Historical, Drama, War, Coming of Age

Logline
In a war-torn country, a young girl named Danuta and her family play a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with soldiers as they struggle to survive.

Directed and Written by
Mateusz Balcerek

Produced by
Pinar Binay, Mateusz Balcerek, Vicky Witowska

Cast
Martyna Zozula, Sylwia Boron, Helena Mazur, Wieslaw Zanowicz

Director of Photography
Lukasz Dziedzic

Production Designer
Rafal Osinski

Costume Designer
Kamila Buturyn

Hair & Make-up
Monika Zgodzaj

Casting Director
Kacper Kowalski

Original Music
Roberto Mengoli

Animation
Olivia Valdez

Supervising Sound Editor & Sound Designer
Greg Hedgepath

Supervising Sound Editor
Bobbi Banks

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Meet Cast

Martyna Zozula

DANUSIA
“Hela” (2022), dir. by Anna Kasperska
Sylwia Boron

ALICJA
Recent Credits:
“Hold Tight” (2022, Netflix), created by Harlan Coben
“A Night at the Kindergarten” (2022, Netflix), dir. by Rafal Skalski
“The Office PL” (2022, Canal+), dir. by Maciej Bochniak
“The Son of Snow Queen” (2017), dir. by Robert Wichrowski
“80 Millions” (2011), dir. by Waldemar Krzystek
Wieslaw Zanowicz

ANTONI
Recent Credits:
”It Came from The Water” (2022), dir. by Xawery Zulawski
”Angel of Death” (2022, Player), dir. by Maciej Bochniak
”Uklad” (2021, Polsat), dir. by Leszek Dawid
”Der Masuren-Krimi” (2021), dir. by Anno Saul
Helena Mazur

HELENA
Recent Credits:
”Doppelgänger. Sobowtór” (2023), dir. by Jan Holoubek
”Squared Love” (2021), dir. by Filip Zylber
”Back Home” (2019), dir. by Magdalena Lazarkiewicz
Wojciech Billip

PRIEST
Recent Credits:
”Stulecie Winnych” (2021), dir. by Michal Szczesniak
”Miasto Długów” (2020), dir. by Piotr Trzaskalski
Filip Lipiecki

SOLDIER
Recent Credits:
”Freestyle” (2023, Netflix), dir. by Maciej Bochniak
”Maszyna Goldberga” (2023), dir. by Jaroslaw Sokól
”Sexify” (2023, Netflix), dir. by Kalina Alabrudzinska
Kacper Zyśk

SOLDIER