THE MOON

KSIĘŻYC

On the one hand, it’s apocalypse, and on the other, it feels like any other day. Something bizarre is throbbing on an invisible layer.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 12
  • Year: 2020
  • Color: colour

Director: Tomasz Popakul

Script: Tomasz Popakul

DOP: Tomasz Popakul

Music: ASTMA

Editing: Tomasz Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki

Sound: Michał Fojcik

Production company: HBO Europe

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:

13th Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2021 (competition)

18th Vienna Shorts - International Short Film Festival, Austria, 2021 (screening)

World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2021, Croatia, 2021 (competition)

2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2021 (competition)

10th Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine, 2021 (competition)

20th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, 2021 (competition)

20th Concorto Film Festival, Italy, 2021 (competition)

19th Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2021 (screening)

Animatou International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2021 (competition)

FEST - New Directors/ New Films Festival, Portugal, 2021 (competition)

Riga International Film Festiva, Latvia, 2021 (competition)

23rd Bucheon International Animation Festival, 2021, South Korea, 2021 (competition)

14th International Festival of Animated Film BANJALUKA, 2021, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021 (competition)

Big Cartoon Festival 2021, Russia, 2021 (competition)

POFF Shorts International Short Film and Animation Festival, 2021, Estonia, 2021 (competition)

18. International Animated Film Festival Animateka, 2021, Slovenia, 2021 (Special Mention)

International Animated Film Festival Animateka, Slovenia, 2021 (competition)

52nd Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2022 (competition)

52nd Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2022 (competition)