BERNARD
A short story about loneliness, maladjustment and the desperate need of closeness, set in a severe winter landscape. Bernard faces the stereotype of an animal predator, one you wouldn’t cross paths with. Feeling resigned, he tries to express the truth about his isolation, and suppress the call of nature in him.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRYI:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 6'
- YEAR:
- 2017
- DIRECTING:
- Anna Oparkowska
- SCRIPT:
- Łukasz Kacprowicz, Anna Oparkowska
- EDITOR:
- Tomasz Halski
- ANIMATION:
- Anna Oparkowska, Mateusz Ciompała, Jakub Szczęśniak, Piotr Bartosik, Andrzej Kruczała
- PRODUCER:
- Gs Animation
Anna Oparkowska »
Graduated from Academy of Art in Gdansk with a diplomma in animation. Experienced illustrator and graphic designer. She’s been working with Grupa Smacznego for 5 years on such projects as Mami Fatale, Bear Me, Basia and others, in storyboarding, 2D animation, visual development. Bernard is her original short and her directorial debut.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 34th Leeds International Film Festival, UK, 2020 (screening)
- Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)
- Tripoli Film Festival 2019, 2019 (competition)
- 29th MEDIAWAVE - International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2019 (competition)
- 19th Europe on Screen Festival, Indonesia, 2019 (competition)
- 11th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2019 (competition)
- PequeFilmes 2019. International Children Film Festival of Galicia, Spain, 2019 (competition)
- 16th BOGOSHORTS - Bogotá Short Film Festival, Colombia, 2018 (competition)
- 30th Aguilar de Campoo International Short Film Festival, Spain, 2018 (competition)
- Shorts That Are Not Pants 2018, Canada, 2018 (competition)
- 17th Les Sommets du Cinema d'Animation - Montreal International Festival, Canada, 2018 (competition)
- 2018 PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2018 (competition)
- Manchester Animation Festival 2018, The United Kingdom, 2018 (competition)
- 11th Banjaluka International Animation Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2018 (competition)
- 59th Brno 16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2018 (competition)
- 24rd Encounters Festival, The United Kingdom, 2018 (competition)
- 33rd ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Austria, 2018 (competition)
- Anima Mundi Festival 2018, Brazil, 2018 (competition)
- In The Palace International Short FF, Bulgaria, 2018 (competition)
- 58th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- MONSTRA | Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2018, Portugal, 2018 (competition)
- Tampere Film Festival 2018, Finland, 2018 (competition)
- Trieste FF 2018, Italy, 2018 (competition)
- 14th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2017 (screening)
- 14th Balkanima European Animated Film Festival, Serbia, 2017 (competition)