BLACK

CZERŃ

‘Black’ (‘黒’) tells about a pair of astronauts trapped on an orbital space station because of a nuclear war that erupted unexpectedly on Earth. They lost contact with Earth and all attempts to communicate with their base or anybody else have failed. All they can do now is watch nuclear explosions taking place on the surface of the Earth and try to survive together somehow…

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: JAPAN
  • Running time: 14
  • Year: 2016
  • Color: black and white

Director: Tomasz Popakul

Script: Tomasz Popakul

DOP: Tomasz Popakul

Music: Michał Fojcik

Editing: Tomasz Popakul

Production company: Tomasz Popakul

About the director:

Tomasz Popakul

Tomasz Popakul

Graduated Lodz Film School in direction animation and special effects. His debut movie Ziegenort was shown at many festivals around the world. His another project, Acid Rain, gained 35 awards, was shown in around 90 festivals, got a prestigious nomination for Annie Awards, and was on the long Oscar list. Created short hybrid animation Moon for HBO pandemic anthology At Home. Collaborated with Kasumi Ozeki on Acid Rain, Moon, and now ZIMA.

Filmography:

Moon – 2020

Acid Rain – 2019

Black – 2016

At festivals:

19th Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2016 (Special Mention)

56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (competition)

16th T-Mobile New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2016 (competition)

14th Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2016 (competition)

22nd Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, The United Kingdom, 2016 (competition)

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

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

6th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Cyprus, 2016 (competition)

42nd FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain, 2016 (competition)

9th Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016 (competition)

Viten Film Festival 2016, Norway, 2016 (competition)

23rd International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland, 2016 (competition)

14th Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary, 2016 (screening)

13th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2016 (Stadionshop Jury Grand Prix)

Bronx World Film Cycle 2016, USA, 2016 (screening)

GLAS Animation Festival, 2017 (competition)

3rd Imagine Science Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2017, United Arab Emirates, 2017 (screening)

19th Mecal Pro - International Short Film and Animation Festival, Spain, 2017 (screening)

Fumetto - Comix Festival Lucerne 2017, Switzerland, 2017 (competition)

Animatricks Animation Festival of Helsinki 2017, Finland, 2017 (competition)

MEDIAWAVE – “ANOTHER CONNECTION” International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2017 (Best Animation Prize)

24th Trickfilms Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, 2017 (screening)

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

Northwest Animation Festival 2017, USA, 2017 (competition)

RSC Shorts Fest 2017, USA, 2017 (competition)

Animafest Zagreb 2017, Croatia, 2017 (competition)

Euganea Film Festival, Italy , 2017 (competition)

10. MFF Animator, Poland, 2017 (screening)

2nd Turku Animation Film Festival, Finland, 2017 (competition)

Fumetto - International Comix Festival 2017, Switzerland, 2017 (screening)

13th Korean Independent Animation Film Festival Indie-AniFest 2017, Korea, 2017 (Grand Prize ‘Light of Asia’)

58th Brno 16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2017 (competition)

KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2017, The Netherlands, 2017 (competition)

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

shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Switzerland, India, Argentina, Egypt, South Africa, Hong Kong, Russia, Mexico, 2017 (competition)

28th San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, Spain, 2017 (competition)

15th Annual Multivision Festival, Russia, 2017 (competition)

10th Piccolo Festival Animazione, Italy, 2017 (competition)

Sundance FF, USA, 2018 (competition)

11th Forum for Animation Films, Egypt, 2018 (competition)

Tampere Film Festival 2018, Finland, 2018 (screening)

Fastnet FF, Ireland, 2018 (competition)

18th Animix - The Animation Comix Caricature International Festival, Israel, 2018 (screening)

Scribe Video Center's Street Movies! Film Festival 2018, USA, 2018 (screening)

Cineglobe, Switzerland, 2019 (competition)

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

Kaboom Animation Festival 2019, Netherlands, 2019 (screening)

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

Tampere Film Festival, 2021, Finland, 2021 (screening)

World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2023, Croatia, 2023 (screening)

Leuven International Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium, 2023 (screening)