The protagonist is a psychiatric survivor. The confrontation with the hospital institution resembles Kafka’s “The Trial” – a no‑way‑out situation. Only the decision to push through the thorny bushes of reality turns out to be her salvation, when she encounters alternative perspectives offered by bird‑like people leaning toward change. Choice becomes a path that splits in two: accepting the existing situation, or continuing the fight – now guided by the newly discovered reasons for rebellion, including a redefinition of mental illness.

Dorota (dorotes) Skupniewicz is a film director based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She grew up in Poland during the early years of brutal capitalism that followed the political transformation – an experience that profoundly shaped her view of the world and of art. Most of her life has been dedicated to activism focused on human rights and the protection of the Earth. She graduated in Animation from the University of the Arts in Poznan. She is also connected with the New York–based organization IDHA NYC.

Dorota Skupniewicz