DOMESTICATION

UDOMOWIENIE

Domestication shows a particular dependence between a man and the animals he owns. The protagonist – a collector of exotic reptiles –
lives in a flat cluttered with aquariums. Surrounded by the luxuriant plants he once planted each day he attentively looks after his animals
yet strictly controls their behaviour. A small caiman that he brings home will unexpectedly disturb the inner harmony that the man managed to build. In her animation Sylwia Gaweł captures the essence of human domination as well as offering an interesting remark on the trap of eponymous domestication.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

 

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 6
  • Year: 2015
  • Color: colour

Director: Sylwia Gaweł

Script: Sylwia Gaweł

Editing: Sylwia Gaweł

Production company: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Pracownia Filmu Animowanego

About the director:

Sylwia Gaweł

Sylwia Gaweł

is a graduate of the faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. "Domestication" is her graduation film, which she made at the Animated Film Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow under
the guidance of Robert Sowa. She is an animator and graphic designer.

At festivals:

IndieLisboa – International Independent FF, Portugal, 2015 (competition)

55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition)

8th Animator IAFF, Poland, 2015 (competition)

15th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2015 (competition)

14th Silhouette Film Festival, France, 2015 (competition)

Balkanima 2015, Serbia, 2015 (competition)

31st Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (screening)

17th International Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams, Estonia, 2015 (screening)

12th Animateka International Animation Festival, Slovenia, 2015 (competition)

ANIMA 2016 - 35th Brussels Animation Films Festival, Belgium, 2016 (competition)

18th Mecal Pro - Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, Spain, 2016 (competition)

Varmlands Film Festival, Sweden, 2016 (screening)

24th Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2016 (screening)

Insomnia Film Festival 2016, Russia, 2016 (screening)

12th Lago Film Fest 2016, Italy, 2016 (screening)

16th International Animation Festival in Japan - HIROSHIMA 2016, Japan, 2016 (screening)

Odense Film Festival 2016, Denmark, 2016 (competition)

12th Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 2016 (screening)

9th Imagine Science Film Festival, USA, 2016 (competition)

8th ReAnimania International Animation and Comics Art Festival, Armenia, 2016 (screening)

Poitiers Film Festival 2016, France, 2016 (competition)

29th Premiers Plans Film Festival, France, 2017 (screening)

LET’S CEE Film Festival, Austria, 2017 (screening)

SICAF 2017, Korea, 2017 (screening)

Encounters - 23rd Short Film & Animation Festival, UK, 2017 (screening)

10th Animasivo Festival of Contemporary Animation, Mexico, 2017 (competition)

12th Seoul Best of Best Animation Festival, Korea, 2018 (screening)

Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)

42nd Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2020 (screening)