In a Lion

Directed by Karol Lindholm

You can spend a wintery Sunday afternoon with your child at a Danish zoo. On this particular day, a unique attraction awaits you. The staff at the zoo have set up a remarkable, mystic event involving the body of a young lion. Animals are also beautiful on the inside. But not all the spectators succumb to the magic of the show...

About the Director

Karol Lindholm

Director and screenwriter Karol Lindholm has roots on two Baltic coastlines. He was born in 1990 in the Polish city of Koszalin, around thirteen kilometers from that sea, and then he lived in Sweden, Poland and Denmark. Before studies in Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice at Cinematography department, he took Philosophy at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He also works as a cinematographer and camera operator at documentaries, features, and tv series. His short films have been screened and awarded at numerous international film festivals and art galleries around the world.

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