VITAE AZILIA

Vitae Azilia is a film about a lost but still very much alive relationship between two people. The main character is a young woman, left alone with her own feelings and yearnings, who is trying to redefine herself after losing a close person.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 7
  • Year: 2019
  • Color: colour

Director: Joanna Wapniewska

Script: Joanna Wapniewska

DOP: Joanna Wapniewska

Music: Wojciech Kiwer

Editing: Joanna Wapniewska

Sound: Michał Fojcik, Wojciech Kiwer

Production company: Studio Filmów Rysunkowych Bielsko-Biała

About the director:

Joanna Wapniewska

Joanna Wapniewska

A graduate of the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. In 2013 she received a diploma from the Animated Film Studio led by professor Jerzy Kucia and for the past 3 years she has worked as an academic assistant at the Studio. In 2016 she received the Creative Grant (category: Film) from the Mayor of Krakow. “Vitae Azilia is her début as a film director.

At festivals:

59th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2019 (competition)

26th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Polska, 2019 (competition)

BANJALUKA 2020 International AnimatedFilm Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020 (Special Mention)

44th Cinanima - International Animated Festival of Espinho, Portugal, 2020 (competition)

17th International Animated Film Festival Animateka, Slovenia, 2020 (competition)

ABIFF - Animation Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania, 2021 (competition)

International Animation Film Festival Tindirindis 2021, Lithuania, 2021 (Special Mention Diploma)