»What remains are moments of great emotional power and ultimately a plea: do everything with love and devotion. Then you can leave something unique to the people you love – like Joanna did.«
– Claudia Lehmann

Aneta Kopacz’s narrative captures with poetry and intimacy the daily routine as shared by Joanna, her husband Piotr and her son Jas. Discreetly and in a calm narrative style, she approaches the inner being of a young woman before her death. When Joanna finds out that she has cancer and only three months to live, she promises the five-year-old Jas she’ll do her utmost to survive as along as possible. And begins to write. Candidly and honestly, she blogs about her everyday situation and about her aims in life: to drive to the Polish Lake District with her family and to be on hand when Jas rides his bike for the first time without support wheels. Joanna is a film about life and love.

In cooperation with: Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf

Awards for ›Joanna‹
Special Prize, Magic Hour Competition, Planete+Doc Film Festival, Warschau 2013