THE VISIT

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African tropical forest. A dark figure escapes through the thicket. The hunters’ shouting grows. The chimpanzee’s eyes shine on her dark face. She is breathing heavily, flees through the jungle. The frightened animal reaches a beautiful colonial villa and enters inside. Leaving her natural environment will stand before an important choice. “The visit” is a film that asks the question of where humanity begins.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 7
  • Year: 2021
  • Color: colour

Director: Mateusz Jarmulski

Script: Mateusz Jarmulski

Music: Karolina Rec

Editing: Mateusz Jarmulski

Sound: Michał Fojcik M.P.S.E.

Production company: Animoon

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About the director:

Mateusz Jarmulski

Mateusz Jarmulski

Is a director and scriptwriter of animated films as well as an animator. He graduated from Polish National Film School in Łódź where he studied animation. He worked at the Se-ma-for studio, where he was in charge of the VFX for „Peter and the Wolf” (Oscar 2008). He collaborated on the production of „The Lost Town of Świteź” by Kamil Polak. He formed part of the team that created multimedia projections for POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. His films were broadcasted on TV and screened and awarded at festivals among others in Stuttgart, Seoul, Begrade or Hiroshima. Currently he teaches animation at the English-speaking New Media Arts faculty the Polish – Japanese Academy of Information Technology.  „Hug me” – a preschool series he’s directed was acclaimed and broadcasted in TV and at festivals. „The Hunt” is his latest, author-driven short. 

At festivals:

61st Krakow Film Festival, 2021, Poland, 2021 (competition)

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

44th Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2021 (competition)

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

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

23rd of Ismailia International Film Festival (IIFF), Egypt, 2022 (competition)

25th Brooklyn Film Festival 2022, USA, 2022 (competition)

45th Norwegian Short Film Festival 2022, Norway, 2022 (competition)

37th ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Austria, 2022 (competition)

POFF Shorts 2022 International Short Film and Animation Festival, Estonia, 2022 (competition)

Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2022, Slovenia, 2022 (competition)

Primanima World Festival of First Animations 2023, Hungary, 2023 (competition)

8th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea, 2023 (screening)

Canlandıranlar Film Festival 2023, Turkey, 2023 (competition)