THE RITUAL

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”The Ritual” is a vividly illustrated record of the character’s struggle with everyday activities. A sequence of overlapping interactions between a human and a dog often assumes a grotesque, comical form of intolerable compulsions. The short film raises a timid question about the complexity – or should we say imperfections – of human nature. Behaviors, gestures and habits of both the human and his dog show a far-reaching resemblance, while their mutual relationship is an unending cycle of everyday rituals. The character, entangled in the series of recurring events, unexpectedly discovers the terrifying animality of his own nature. This disturbing metamorphosis is interrupted by a sudden awakening. But was it merely a dream?

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
 

  • Genre: Animowany
  • Country: Polska
  • Running time: 5
  • Year: 2010

Director: Zbigniew Czapla

Script: Zbigniew Czapla

Production company: TVP Kultura, Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Luka Film Studio Grafiki Animowanej

About the director:

Zbigniew Czapla

Zbigniew Czapla

Screenwriter, director, animator, painter and graphic artist. Graduated from the Graphic Arts Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Author of experimental animations. Won prizes at several festivals, such as: ANIMATOR, MESSAGE TO MAN, ANN ARBOR, KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL and other. Received scholarships from the Ellizabeth Greenshields Foundation (Canada), DAAD (Germany) and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. 

At festivals:

10th Lille International Short Film Festival, France, 2010 (competition)

24th International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics CARTOONCLUB, Italy, 2010 (screening)

ANIMA MUNDI, 18th International Animation Festival, Brazil, 2010 (screening)

Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2010 (screening)

Animasyros 3,0 International Animation Festival, Greece, 2010 (competition)

European Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA, Serbia, 2010 (competition)

SHNIT - International Short Film Festival, Switzerland/Germany, 2010 (screening)

International Festival of Animated Films TOFUZI ‎2010, Georgia, 2010 (competition)

3th FIA Stockholm, Sweden, 2010 (competition)

International Festival of Animated Film BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010 (competition)

5th Annual Austin Polish Film Festival, USA, 2010 (screening)

26th International Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin, 2010 (competition)

International Festiwal of Animation Arts "MULTIVISION", St. Petersburg, Russia, 2010 (competition)

Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2010 (screening)

Istanbul Animation Festival "IAF.6", Turkey, 2010 (competition)

7th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2011 (competition)

International Izmir Animation Festival, Turkey, 2011 (screening)

6th Athens ANIMFEST, Greece, 2011 (competition)

CORTOONS International Short Animated Film Festival of Rome, Italy, 2011 (competition)

BE THERE! Corfu Animation Festival, Greece, 2011 (competition)

Citrus Cel Animation Film Festival, USA, 2011 (screening)

Mountaineer Short Film Festival, USA, 2011 (competition)

20min/max Short Film Festival, Germany, 2011 (competition)

Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival, UK, 2011 (competition)

NAFF 2011 Neum Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 2011 (competition)

K3 International Short Film Festival, Austria, 2011 (competition)

5th River Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)

SICAF Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Korea, 2011 (screening)

11th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2011 (competition)

Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2011 (competition)

"SHORTINI" INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Italy, 2011 (competition)

Odense International Film Festival, Denmark, 2011 (competition)

IMAGINARIA FILM FESTIVAL, Italy , 2011 (competition)

China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF), 2011 (competition)

London International Animation Festival (LIAF), 2011 (screening)

BUSHO International Short Film Festival, Hungary, 2011 (screening)

5. International Animation Festival ANIMANIMA, Serbia, 2011 (competition)

ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival Yerevan, Armenia, 2011 (competition)

2. Se-ma-for Film Festival, Poland, 2011 (competition)

AniFest ROZAFA Tirana, Albania, 2011 (competition)

International Animation Film Festival GOLDEN KUKER, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011 (competition)

Canterbury Animation Festival ANIFEST2011, UK, 2011 (competition)

ANIMAGE International Film and Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil, 2011 (competition)

MUMIA Underground World Animation Festival, Brazil, 2011 (competition)

6th anim'est international animation film festival, Romania, 2011 (competition)

Un Festival C'est Trop Court! Le Festival du Court Métrage de Nice, France, 2011 (screening)

TRINDIRINDIS Internetional Animation Film Festival, Italy, 2011 (competition)

Anemic Festival of Independent Film and New Media Art, Czech Republic, 2011 (competition)

CUTOUT FEST International Animation Film Festival, Mexico, 2011 (competition)

interfilm 27th Shortfilm Festival Berlin, Germany, 2011 (screening)

Go short International Short Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2012 (competition)

Chile Monos International Animated Film Festival, Chile, 2012 (competition)

2nd International Izmir Animation Festival, Turkey , 2012 (competition)

BASAURI-BIZKAIA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL, Billbao, Spain, 2012 (competition)

Blue Plum Animation Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)

Scratch! Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)

Sardinia International Short Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (Best Animation)

Maribor Stoptrik, Slovenia, 2012 (screening)

31st Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2013 (screening)

HOPE - screening of Polish short films in Huddersfield, UK, 2013 (screening)

5th China International New Media SFF, China, 2014 (screening)

12th International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE, Bulgaria, 2014 (screening)

1st Chengdu International Short Film Screening Week, China, 2016 (screening)