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:

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:

64th Krakow Film Festival (Poland, 2024), 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 (2024, Slovenia), 2024 (competition)

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

40th Warsaw Film Festival (2024, Poland), 2024 (screening)

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

Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2024, Norway, 2024 (competition)

PÖFF Shorts (Estonia, 2024), 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 (Special Jury Prize)

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

44rd ANIMA Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2025 (competition)

Kaboom Animation Festival 2025, The Netherlands, 2025 (screening)

14th Annual American Documentary And Animation Film Festival (AmDocs), USA, 2025 (competition)

37th FILMFEST DRESDEN, Germany, 2025 (competition)

Stop e-Motion Days 2025, Italy, 2025 (Cocal d'Oro)

Anifilm 2025 international Festival of Animated Film, Czechia, 2025 (competition)

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2025, Germany, 2025 (competition)

22nd Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival, Austria, 2025 (screening)

28th Brooklyn Film Festival, USA, 2025 (competition)

World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2025, Croatia, 2025 (competition)

22nd IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2025 (competition)