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The film tells a story about struggling with pain and suffering. It touches on a very personal experience. It is a story of loneliness, anger and grief experienced by parents who lose a child. It is an intimate and emotional visualization of the world in which bereaved people live. It tells about a situation for which no one is prepared, and the ‘catalogue’ of reactions we have known up to that point becomes useless.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 11
  • Year: 2023
  • Color: colour

Director: Paweł Prewencki

Script: Paweł Prewencki

DOP: Paweł Prewencki

Music: Kacper Krupa

Editing: Paweł Prewencki, Anna Gałązkowska

Sound: Kacper Krupa

Production company: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych, Fifne Studio Michalina Prewencka

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About the director:

Paweł Prewencki

Paweł Prewencki

Director, graphic artist, scriptwriter, and animator. He graduated Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. Since 2013, he has been teaching at his alma mater as an Assistant in the Studio of Animation of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. Since 2013 he has been working with the TV Studio of Animation Films Ltd. Since 2012, he has been running Fifne Studio, a company involved in the production of animated films, advertising, graphics, 3D visualisations, workshops and interior design. Winner of over 15 prises at international and national festivals.

Filmography:

2014 – Uczta kinomana

2013 – Plaża

2012 – Co się dzieje, gdy dzieci nie chcą jeść zupy

At festivals:

63rd Krakow Film Festival 2023, Poland, 2023 (competition)

ANIMATOR Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych 2023,Poland, 2023 (Audience Awards for the Best Polish Animated Film)

23rd New Horizons IFF, Poland, 2023 (screening)

39th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2023 (screening)

9th AnimaFest Gdańsk, Poland, 2023 (competition)

6th Mostra de Cinema de Fama, Brazil, 2023 (competition)

3rd French Duck Film Festival, France, 2024 (Best Animation Short Film)

All That Moves International Film Festival 2024, Brazil, 2024 (competition)

5th Short of the Year Autumn, Spain, 2024 (Best Short Film of the Year Autumn)

23rd DC Independent Film Festival, USA, 2024 (competition)

4th Indian International Short Film Festival Awards, India, 2024 (2nd Best Animated Film - Foreign)

Anima 2024, the 43rd Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2024 (competition)

Budapest Movie Awards, 2024, Hungary, 2024 (Best Director Animation)

25th Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Short Films, Egypt, 2024 (competition)

DGIFF the Digital Gate International Film, 2024, Algeria, 2024 (Best Animation)

ZOOM Zbliżenia (Poland, 2024), 2024 (competition)

3rd Rendacon Animation Film Festival, 2024, Nigeria, 2024 (competition)

14th Brain Film Fest, Spain, 2024 (competition)

Indian International Short Film Festival Awards 2024, India, 2024 (competition)

Belgrade International Film Festival , Serbia, 2024 (competition)

The Metropolis Film Festival 2024, Italy, 2024 (competition)

6th Long Story Shorts Festival, Romania, 2024 (competition)

Melbourne International Animation Festival 2024, Australia, 2024 (competition)

Winter Leopard International Film Festival 2024, Sweden, 2024 (competition)

8th FICCSUR Southern Cone International Film Festival 2024, Chile, 2024 (competition)

22nd Gastro Film Festival, 2024 (3rd Prize)

39th ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Austria, 2024 (competition)

5th Flipbook Film Festival, 2024, Macedonia, 2024 (competition)

9th Canal de Panamá International Film Festival, 2024, Panama, 2024 (competition)

37 International Amateur Film Festival, 2024, Tunisia, 2024 (competition)

5th Alibag Film Festival, India, 2024 (competition)

2 Animatica Piccolo Festival di Corti di Animazione, Italy, 2024 (competition)

4th BUTONI FEST Festival Cultural International, 2024, Spain, 2024 (competition)

8th Chaniartoon 2024 – International Comic & Animation Festival, 2024, Greece, 2024 (competition)

7th Bang Awards – International Animated Film Festival, 2024, Portugal, 2024 (competition)

3rd Kaafilm International Short Film, 2024, Italy, 2024 (competition)

9 Ajayu International Animation Festival, Peru, 2025, 2024 (competition)

CyBorg Film Festival 2024, Italy, 2024 (competition)

10 Sokcho International Food Film Festival, 2024, South Korea, 2024 (competition)

13th Visioni Corte International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2024 (Best Animando)

Canoa Film Festival 2024, Brazil, 2024 (competition)

2024 Epic ACG Fest, USA, 2024 (competition)

16.International Animated Film Festival Banjaluka 2024, Bosnia & Hercegovina, 2024 (competition)

3rd Animation Tanzania Film Festival, Tanzania, 2024 (competition)

Kampala Slum Mobil Cinema Outreach 2024, Uganda, 2024 (competition)

Festival Bulli ed Eroi 2024, Italy, 2024 (competition)

Cinanima International Animation Film Festival 2024, Portugal, 2024 (competition)

3nd Sussex International Film Festival, UK, 2024 (competition)

41st Bogocine festival de Cine de Bogota, Colombia, 2024 (competition)

AS Film Festival 2024, Italy, 2024 (competition)

6th Warsaw Animation Film Festival, Poland, 2024 (competition)

7th Rieti e Sabina Film Festival, Italy, 2024 (competition)

Vitacura International ShortFilm Festival Vitafest 2024, Chile, 2024 (competition)

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

El Festival Internacional de Cine Austral 2024, Argentina, 2024 (Premio Animación destacada)

3rd Varsity Film Expo, Zambia, 2024 (competition)

6th Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA, Greece, 2024 (competition)

31st Annual CineSol Film Festival 2024, USA, 2024 (competition)

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

ANIMAC 2025, Spain, 2025 (competition)

26th Festival MUSIC & CINEMA Marseille, France, 2025 (competition)