JOANNA SIELICKA JAYMES BUTLER

BUT I NEVER ASKED

Name: But I Never Asked
Director: Nicole Huminski
Genre: Drama, Short Film, Historical
Released: 2024-11-13
Duration: 19 min 46 s
Cast: Joanna Sielicka, Jaymes Butler, Barbara Horvath

DIRECTED BY NICOLE HUMIŃSKI

PÖFF Shorts 2024 Official Selection laurel - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

MONOLITH FILM IN COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF TELEVISION AND FILM MUNICH PRESENTS BUT I NEVER ASKED
WITH JOANNA SIELICKA JAYMES BUTLER BARBARA HORVATH
CINEMATOGRAPHY NIKOLAI HUBER PRODUCTION DESIGN AMELIE SEEGER LEIF ERIC YOUNG COSTUME DESIGN RAPHAELA DÜRR
SOUND PETER KAUTZSCH EDITING NICOLE HUMINSKI NIKOLAI HUBER COLORGRADING NIKOLAI HUBER
SOUNDDESIGN&MIX STEFAN MÖHL MUSIC FRYDERYK CHOPIN INTERPRETED BY JOANNA SIELICKA
PROJECT SUPERVISION & CONSULTANT PROF. MARCUS H. ROSENMÜLLER LINE PROCUER HANS-JOACHIM KÖGLMEIER
PRODUCER MICHAELA MEDERER LUISA EICHLER NATALIE SERAPHIM BEN BRUMMER WRITER-DIRECTOR NICOLE HUMINSKI
© 2025 MONOLITH FILM AND UNIVERSITY OF TELEVISION AND FILM MUNICH

MONOLITH FILM IN COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY OF TELEVISION AND FILM MUNICH PRESENTS
BUT I NEVER ASKED
WITH JOANNA SIELICKA JAYMES BUTLER BARBARA HORVATH
CINEMATOGRAPHY NIKOLAI HUBER PRODUCTION DESIGN AMELIE SEEGER LEIF ERIC YOUNG COSTUME DESIGN RAPHAELA DÜRR SOUND PETER KAUTZSCH EDITING NICOLE HUMINSKI NIKOLAI HUBER COLORGRADING NIKOLAI HUBER SOUNDDESIGN&MIX STEFAN MÖHL MUSIC FRYDERYK CHOPIN INTERPRETED BY JOANNA SIELICKA PROJECT SUPERVISION & CONSULTANT PROF. MARCUS H. ROSENMÜLLER LINE PROCUER HANS-JOACHIM KÖGLMEIER PRODUCER MICHAELA MEDERER LUISA EICHLER NATALIE SERAPHIM BEN BRUMMER WRITER-DIRECTOR NICOLE HUMINSKI
© 2025 MONOLITH FILM AND UNIVERSITY OF TELEVISION AND FILM MUNICH

A young pianist at the Munich Conservatory prepares for the most important audition of her life, performing Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 — the same music broadcast by Polish radio as bombs fell on Warsaw in 1939. While perfecting her technique, Sophia becomes haunted by fragments of her family’s untold wartime past. Memories she never lived begin to surface, blurring the boundaries between history and identity, dream and reality. To truly play, she must face the traces of war passed down to her.

But I Never Asked film still - Joanna Sielicka playing piano in emotional scene

But I Never Asked scene - Intimate family moment between characters

Short film But I Never Asked - Dramatic dialogue scene

Jaymes Butler in But I Never Asked - Emotional performance scene

But I Never Asked cinematography - Intimate close-up shot

Nicole Huminski film - Family drama scene with cast

But I Never Asked - Contemplative character moment

Award-winning short film But I Never Asked - Final scene

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