ZIEGENORT

In a small seaside village a busy father tries to train his teenage son for a fisherman’s job. The introvert boy-fish will have to face the first serious competition. The world discovered by the boy is full of alarming signs and fascinating observations that often terrify him. Popakul’s intriguing graphic animation is at attempt at describing the anxiety of a teenager coming off age.

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  • Genre: Animowany
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 19
  • Year: 2013

Director: Tomasz Popakul

Script: Tomasz Popakul

Music: Stuart Dahlquist, Paweł Cieślak

Editing: Piotr Szczepanowicz, Tomasz Popakul

Production company: No Label

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:

Fil'm Hafizasi, Turkey, (competition)

Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway, 2011 (competition)

14th Jeonju Film Festival, Korea, 2013 (competition)

59th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, 2013 (Grand Prix)

International Festival of Amimated Films Anifilm, Trebon, Czech Republic, 2013 (competition)

Rooftop Films 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)

53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (Silver Hobby Horse for the Best Animated Film)

16th Brooklyn Film Festival, USA, 2013 (Best Animated Fillm)

29th Hamburg Short Film Festival, Germany , 2013 (arte Shortfilm Award)

37th Annecy Animation Film Festival, France, 2013 (competition)

11th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2013 (competition)

67th Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK, 2013 (competition)

MIAF, Australia, 2013 (competition)

Fest Anca International Animation Festival 2013, Slovakia , 2013 (competition)

13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (Best Short Animation)

17th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, Korea, 2013 (Jury Special Prize)

Anibar International Animation Festival 2013, Kosovo, 2013 (competition)

14th Lucania Film Festival, Italy , 2013 (Grand Prix for the Best Short Film )

37th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany, 2013 (competition)

Dokufest Kosovo, 2013 (competition)

Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival 2013, Brazil, 2013 (competition)

12th Concorto Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (competition)

Aye Aye International Film Festival 2013, France, 2013 (competition)

12th Silhouette Film Festival, France, 2013 (competition)

20th KROK Animated Film Festival, Russia, 2013 (competition)

11th Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2013 (New Talent Award)

Animanima International Animation Festival 2013, Serbia, 2013 (Special Mention for the Best Animation)

World Festival of Animated Films, Varna, Bulgaria, 2013 (competition)

10. Jameson CineFest, Hungary, 2013 (competition)

Incubate Festival 2013, The Netherlands, 2013 (competition)

Fantastic Fest 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)

15th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2013 (competition)

23rd Message to man International Film Festival, Russia, 2013 (competition)

Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, UK, 2013 (competition)

21 st Raindance International Film Festival, UK, 2013 (Best Animated Short)

10th Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece, 2013 (Special Mention)

Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2013 (competition)

5e Rencontres du Court Montpellier, France, 2013 (competition)

10th Balkanima European Animated Film Festival, Serbia, 2013 (screening)

CinEast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2013 (screening)

7th Cordoba International Animation Festival, Argentina, 2013 (competition)

8th Vilnius Film Shorts International Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2013 (competition)

49th Chicago International Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)

29th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (screening)

8th Cyprus Film Festival, Cyprus, 2013 (competition)

FILMINI International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2013 (competition)

Mumbai International Film Festival, India, 2013 (competition)

43nd Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine, 2013 (competition)

Court Metrange Festival 2013, France, 2013 (competition)

15th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany, 2013 (competition)

London International Animation Festival 2013, UK, 2013 (competition)

4th Xian China International Folk Video, China, 2013 (Best Technology)

DOK.Leipizg, Germany, 2013 (competition)

Big Cartoon Festival, Russia, 2013 (competition)

Fenêtres sur Courts, France, 2013 (competition)

GIRAF Festival of Independent Animation, Canada, 2013 (competition)

15th International Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013 (competition)

13. Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Germany, 2013 (competition)

37th Cinanima Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2013 (Best Short Film Award)

Bradford Animation Film Festival 2013, UK, 2013 (competition)

KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2013, The Netherlands, 2013 (competition)

Expotoons, Argentina, 2013 (competition)

Malatya International Film Festival, Turkey, 2013 (competition)

51 Gijón International Film Festival, Spain , 2013 (competition)

21st Ozu Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (competition)

20th L'Alternativa Independent Film Festival, Spain, 2013 (competition)

Animpact International Animated Film Festival, Korea, 2013 (competition)

Up and coming International Film Festival Hannover, Germany, 2013 (International Young Filmmakers Award)

Filmz Mainz, Germany, 2013 (competition)

10th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2013 (competition)

31st Festival Tous Courts -Aix en Provence, France , 2013 (competition)

36th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2014 (competition)

33rd Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2014 (competition)

Tampere Film Festival 2014, Finland, 2014 (competition)

5th International Animation Festival Chilemonos, Chile, 2014 (competition)

MONSTRA - Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2014, Portugal, 2014 (competition)

17th Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2014 (competition)

21st International Film Festival FEBIOFEST, Slovakia, 2014 (Special Mention)

26th Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2014 (competition)

Seattle International Film Festival 2013, USA, 2014 (competition)

VIS Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival in Vienna, Austria, 2014 (competition)

24th Animafest World Festival of Animated Film, Croatia, 2014 (Zlatko Grgić Award)

FEST - New Directors New Films Festival in Espinho, Portugal, 2014 (screening)

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

22nd Curtas vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2014 (screening)

16th FESTCURTASBH Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2014 (competition)

Animatou Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2014 (competition)

Festimation: Animation + New Media Arts Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)

55th International Short Film Festival Brno 16, Czech Republic, 2014 (Visegrad Fund Award)

Be there! Corfu Animation Festival 2014, Greece, 2014 (competition)

40th FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)

Primanima World Festival of First Animations 2014, Hungary, 2014 (Best Sound )

New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan, 2014 (Grand Prix)

Cork Film Festival 2014, Ireland, 2014 (screening)

12th Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary, 2014 (competition)

37th Poitiers Film Festival, France, 2014 (Special Jury Prize)

20th Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, 2014 (screening)

21st International Short Film Week Regensburg, Germany, 2015 (screening)

Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015, Japan, 2015 (competition)

7th Ljubljana International Short Film Festival 2015, Slovenia, 2015 (screening)

Newport Beach Film Festival 2015, USA, 2015 (competition)

Animasivo Film Festival 2015, Mexico, 2015 (competition)

De Kaaij Film Festival 2015, The Netherlands, 2015 (screening)

"The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Istanbul 2015, Turkey, 2015 (screening)

13th MUMIA - International Underground Animated Film Festival, Brasil, 2015 (competition)

"The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Izmir, Turkey, 2016 (screening)

8th ReAnimania International Animation and Comics Art Festival, Armenia, 2016 (screening)

LET’S CEE Film Festival, Austria, 2017 (screening)

10. MFF Animator, Poland, 2017 (screening)

Asiana International Short Film Festival 2017, Korea, 2017 (screening)

Animatou - International Animation Film Festival 2019, Switzerland, 2019 (screening)

Tampere Film Festival, 2021, Finland, 2021 (screening)