My Dudus | Short Doc

ROLE: Written By + Editor

DIRECTOR: Tom Krawczyk | PRODUCER: Nick J. Santore | PROD: Coy Coyote Co.

A Polish mother grieves when her only child leaves their home in the suburbs of Chicago to study in Poland. While her son is away, she finds a baby squirrel in her backyard and forges a unique and powerful bond with the animal, raising him as if he were her own child.

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Screenings

Screenings

• Salute Your Shorts

• Sidewalk Film Festival 

• SXSW

• Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

• Santa Barbra International Film Festival

• Seattle International Film Festival

• San Francisco International Film Festival

• Chicago Critics Film Festival 

• Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival

• Palms Springs Short Fest

• Atlanta Docufest

• Indie Street 

• Nashville Film Festival

• Tallgrass

• Calgary International Film Festival

• Fresh Coast 

• Charlotte 

• Hamptons International Film Festival 

• Drunken Film Festival 

• Still Voices 

• DocsMX

• Polish Film Festival LA

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Honors

Honors

• Atlanta DocuFest – Best Director

• Chicago Critics – Audience Award Winner 

• Salute Your Shorts – Audience Award Winner

• Calgary – Documentary Short Film Award (Honorable Mention)

• Big Sky – Best Mini-Doc (Nomination)

• Vimeo Staff Pick

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Press

Press

• Short of the Week

• The Hollywood Reporter

• New York Times

• Variety

• American Documentary

• Realscreen

• Starry Mag