Mercy
TITLE
Mercy
DIRECTOR
Milla Lewis
COUNTRY
Poland
YEAR
2022
DURATION
13′
GENRE
Fiction
Mercy
In deep and dark Polish suburbia, a young sex worker meets a withdrawn client in this exploration of social and sexual alienation, inspired by real events.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Milla Lewis
Milla Lewis (UK) is a filmmaker whose work focuses on the intersection of history, memory and myth. Drawn to the discord between the stories that form us and the stories we tell ourselves, her films explores themes including sexuality, belonging and isolation and how these manifest subliminally. Starting out as an award-winning photographer, Milla was selected as the recipient of the Directing Mentorship Programme at the Polish National Film School in Łódź in 2021, where she wrote and directed Mercy, a short narrative exploring sexual alienation. Her short documentary about an annual gypsy fair facing an unclear future, Kings of Our Own Right, was selected for international festivals. She is currently co-directing a documentary following a trans sex worker fighting for decriminalisation in North Macedonia.
- DirectorMilla Lewis
- ScreenplayMilla Lewis
- CinematographyVincent Prochoroff
- CastKuba Kochanek, Mirosław Henke, Grażyna Walasek
- EditingVincent Prochoroff
- Producer/s Milla Lewis & Adam Mytnik
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleMercy
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date January 1, 2022
- Country of originPoland
- Country of filmingPoland
- LanguagePolish
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Milla Lewis
Milla Lewis (UK) is a filmmaker whose work focuses on the intersection of history, memory and myth. Drawn to the discord between the stories that form us and the stories we tell ourselves, her films explores themes including sexuality, belonging and isolation and how these manifest subliminally. Starting out as an award-winning photographer, Milla was selected as the recipient of the Directing Mentorship Programme at the Polish National Film School in Łódź in 2021, where she wrote and directed Mercy, a short narrative exploring sexual alienation. Her short documentary about an annual gypsy fair facing an unclear future, Kings of Our Own Right, was selected for international festivals. She is currently co-directing a documentary following a trans sex worker fighting for decriminalisation in North Macedonia.
