The Other Lamb

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

The “Flock” is a hair-raising group of about 20 women living as forest squatters, who have placed all their faith to a self-appointed Messiah. The sun to their planets is “The Shepherd,” whom they worship with their bodies as well as their minds: their offspring have been kept at a fearful distance from the outside world. As the “Sisterhood” is in search of a new Eden to dwell in, the Shepherd’s protégée, a “pure” teen whose mother died in childbirth, begins to question his despotic authority. A haunting fable of visual poetics, hypnotic pace and uncanny atmosphere, that blasts blind submission to patriarchy suppression.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Małgorzata Szumowska

Script: Catherine S. McMullen

Cinematography: Michal Englert

Editing: Jaroslaw Kaminski

Music: Rafaël Leloup, Pawel Mykietyn

Actors: Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, Denise Gough

Production: Rumble Films, Subotica Entertainment, Rooks Nest Entertainment, Umedia, Zentropa

Producers: David Lancaster, Stephanie Wilcox, Aoife O'Sullivan

Executive producer: Julia Godzinskaya, Will Norton, Andrew Schwartzberg, Adrian Politowski

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Ireland, Belgium, Poland, USA

Production Year: 2019

Duration: 96΄

Contact: Trustnordisk, info@trustnordisk.com

Małgorzata Szumowska

Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, have worked together as a writer-and-director duo on various projects for over 20 years – even though only the last two films credit them both officially in the role of directors. Englert works as the Director of Photography on their films which have won awards all around Europe. Their debut Happy Man (2000) and their second film Stranger (2004) were nominated for the European Discovery award at the European Film Awards. Happy Man also won the Special Mention Prize at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. 33 Scenes from Life (2008) was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival and In the Name Of (2013) won the Teddy Award at Berlinale. Their film Body (2015) won the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2015 and they won a second Silver Bear Grand Prix for their film Mug (2018), both at Berlinale. During their career, they have made several English and French language films such as Elles (2011), Infinite Storm (2022), and The Other Lamb (2019). Their film Never Gonna Snow Again (2020) premiered at the Venice Festival in Competition and then became the Polish Oscar Entry Nominee.