BLACK VOLGA

CZARNA WOŁGA

During the black and white days a group of neighbours share a conversation that leads to the answer of a dreadful mystery. What happened to the missing child. The conversation grows out of control and the world around the characters is constantly evolving. The story grows and becomes more and more surreal and ridiculous with every passing second. This animation explores the human need to gossip while satirising our reliance on stereotypes that surround us everywhere.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 4
  • Year: 2016
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Marta Wiktorowicz

Script: Marta Wiktorowicz

Music: Damian Czajka

Editing: Marta Wiktorowicz

Sound: Damian Czajka

Production company: Marta Wiktorowicz

About the director:

Marta Wiktorowicz

Born in 1992. Her adventure with animation has begun in the School of Visual Arts in Bydgoszcz. Her first puppet animation "Dystopia" was shown at various festivals many times. Currently, she is studying at the University of Arts in Poznan at the Department of Animation.  Her latest film ”Black Volga” is the first, bigger production who follows that comic convention.

At festivals:

32nd Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)

13th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2016 (competition)

Anifilm - International Festival of Animated Film 2017, Czech Republic, 2017 (competition)

32nd Alpinale Short Film Festival, Austria, 2017 (competition)

22th Milano Film Festival, Italy, 2017 (screening)

Primanima World Festival of First Animations 2017, Hungary, 2017 (competition)

33rd interfilm International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2017 (screening)

28th Filmkunstfest MV, Germany, 2018 (competition)

Alexandre Trauner Art. / Film Festival 2018, Hungary, 2018 (competition)

36th interfilm, International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2020 (screening)