JOKO

Joko is a young man, supporting his entire family from his tanker job. On the second anniversary of his employment, Joko and his fellow workers are surprised by a meeting with unspecified foreign delegates who order…him to carry himself on his back. At first, Joko rebels against this humiliating practice, but he relents under peer pressure and the desire to earn a good salary. The delegates begin to increasingly dominate the boy. Red blisters appear on Joko's back, and one of the wearers can't get away from his back. Every subsequent delegate who touches Joko sticks to him.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Running time: 15
  • Year: 2024
  • Color: colour

Director: Izabela Plucińska

Script: Izabela Plucińska, Justyna Celeda

Music: Aliaksandr Yasinski

Editing: Nikodem Chabior

Sound: Michał Fojcik M.P.S.E.

Production company: Animoon

About the director:

Izabela Plucińska

Izabela Plucińska

Animated film director. Born in Poland, she is now living in Germany. She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz and Film Animation of the Cinematography Department at the Lodz Film School, where she also completed her Ph.D. in the field of animation. She specialises in clay animation. Her filmography includes “Jam Session” (2005) – a winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, “Esterhazy” (2009) and “Sexy Laundry” (2015). Currently she is a teacher at the Academy of Art in Szczecin, in the same time she is working at her own production company, ClayTraces, and is back with “Portrait of Suzanne”, her latest film, inspired by a short novel by Roland Topor.

At festivals:

64. Krakow Film Festival, 2024, Poland, 2024 (competition)

2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2024 (Best Original Music Award for a Short Film)

17th International Animated Film Festival Animator, Poland, 2024 (competition)

ANIMAPHIX New Contemporary Languages Film Festival 2024, Italy, 2024 (competition)

22nd Imaginaria - International Auteur Animated Film Festival, Italy, 2024 (competition)

14th StopTrik IFF, Slovenia, 2024 (competition)

14th StopTrik IFF, Slovenia, 2024 (competition)

ANIMAGE – 14th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Brasil, 2024 (competition)

17th CinEast Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2024 (competition)

57th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival de Catalunya, Spain, 2024 (competition)

Anim'est International Animation Film Festival 2024, Romania, 2024 (competition)

40. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, 2024, Poland, 2024 (screening)

31st International Short Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland, 2024 (competition)

Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2024, Norway, 2024 (competition)

2024 PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2024 (competition)

17th Piccolo Festival Dell'Animazione, Italy, 2024 (competition)

Manchester Animation Festival 2024, United Kingdom, 2024 (screening)

2nd Cinéfil - Cinema, Screens and Marionnettes, France, 2024 (competition)

GIRAF 20 Animation Festival, Canada, 2024 (competition)

Anilogue International Animation Festival 2024, Hungary, 2024 (competition)

30th Leuven International Short Film Festival 2024, Belgium, 2024 (competition)

2024 Animateka, Slovenia, 2024 (competition)

22nd Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOSHORTS, Colombia, 2024 (competition)

Phenomena Festival 2024, Brasil, 2024 (competition)

ANIMAKOM FEST 2024, Spain, 2024 (competition)

ANIMARIO International Festival of Contemporary Animation of Madrid 2024, Spain, 2024 (screening)