Agata the Writer premieres at Venice Film Festival

The film ‘Agata the Writer’, directed by Kuba Dorabialski, premiered at the Venice Film Festival as part of the Venice Days sidebar. Starring Mia Wasikowska, the drama follows a Polish-Australian writer facing a creative crisis.

Agata travels to Sarajevo during a cold winter to research a novel centered on the Bosnian War. As she explores the city and meets survivors and witnesses of the genocide, she faces skepticism from locals, including a theater director named Jasmina, regarding her right to portray such painful historical trauma. The film explores themes of artistic appropriation, the responsibility of authorship, and the challenges of navigating foreign historical memories.