BEASTS AMONG US

BESTIE WOKÓŁ NAS

Set in a surreal scenery, the film tells about the role reversal of victims and predators. It shows the world we live in from the perspective of the most vulnerable. Every day, they are being killed, eaten, exploited for entertainment, doomed to be stuck in the lower social class, abused. A world full of inequality, division, brutality and a constant struggle for survival. In such a reality, it is difficult to remain innocent. Prey turns into predator, predator turns into prey.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 6
  • Year: 2021
  • Color: colour

Director: Natalia Durszewicz

Script: Natalia Durszewicz

Music: Natalia Durszewicz, Julia Owczarek

Editing: Natalia Durszewicz

Sound: Rafał Nowak

Production company: PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)

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About the director:

Natalia Durszewicz

Natalia Durszewicz

Born in 1995 in Bydgoszcz. Graduate of the Leon Wyczółkowski Secondary Art School and Recipient of the Graphic Artist’s Diploma in 2015. Currently, she is a student of Animated Film and Special Effects at the Film School in Łódź. Her filmography includes “Studium”(2017), “Ovule” (2019) and “Portrait of a Woman” (2020).

At festivals:

74th Cannes Film Festival - Cinefondation Selection, Francr, 2021 (competition)

23rd Bucheon International Animation Festival, 2021, South Korea, 2021 (competition)

34th Premiers Plans Film Festival, France, 2022 (competition)

World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2022, Croatia, 2022 (competition)

9th Tenerife Shorts - La Laguna International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2022 (competition)

RojaL Film Festival, Latvia, 2022 (competition)

21st Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy, 2022 (competition)

20th Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary, 2022 (screening)

Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2022, Slovenia, 2022 (competition)

35 FILMFEST DRESDEN International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2023 (screening)

BEAST International Film Festival 2023, Portugal, 2023 (competition)

17th Fest Anča 2024, Slovakia, 2024 (screening)