Liquid States

Local title
Pidevas muutumises
Original title
Fluidy
Director
Maria Wider
Country
Year
2026
Festival
26th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Genre
Subject
Mood

Nina spends the summer in the countryside, where she has to face her changing family and her own transformation.

Nina and her little sister Miki are sent to spend the summer in the countryside with their father, who left their family a year ago. Far from the city and her friends, Nina feels alienated from her father, but she reconnects with her childhood friend Kamil. Together, they rescue chained animals, growing increasingly close in the process. At the same time, the father tries to reconnect with his daughters, and Miki struggles with her identity. Over the summer, Nina faces love, betrayal and growing up. Painful events eventually force her to forgive her father and find clarity within herself. "Liquid States" is a tender and liberating summer tale about youth, family and finding oneself.

Suitable for ages 14 and above.

Director
Maria Wider
Screenwriter
Maria Wider, Magdalena Kućka, Aleksandra Arent
Producer
Jerzy Kapuściński, Magdalena Tomanek, Studio Munka - Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich
Co-producer
Telewizja Polska S.A., Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Warmińsko-Mazurski Fundusz Filmowy
Cast
Julia Totoszko, Wiktoria Węglowska, Jacek Borcuch, Roma Gąsiorowska, Jan Sałasiński
Cinematographer
Miłosz Kasiura
Editing
Alan Zejer
Production Design
Emilia Jechna
Composer
Dobrawa Czocher
Production
Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association
Co production
Telewizja Polska S.A., Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumenatalnych i Fabularnych, Warmińsko-Mazurski Fundusz Filmowy
Sound
Jacek Hamela
Distribution
Kino Świat
Runtime
Language
Subtitles
Maria Wider
Director
Biography

Maria Wider is a director and screenwriter. Graduate of the Jagiellonian University’s psychology programme, Gdynia Film School’s directing program, Wajda School’s SCRIPT course, and the Screenwriting Atelier. Author of several short films – “Within me” (2019), “Goose” (2021) and “Old Summer” (2023), which were shown and awarded at film festivals in Poland and abroad. In 2025, she made a television theatre play “Negotiations” as part of the Documentary and Feature Film Studios’ Teatroteka programme.

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Screening110812 / Pidevas muutumises
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