THE ESCAPE

POLISH TITLE: UCIECZKA

It is a short film about suffering, trauma and devastation. Two protagonists, a mother and a son, are balancing on the verge between life and death, trying to save themselves and the world that they have remembered. The first-person perspective of the camera, brutal scenes, takes in darkness and disturbing music create the atmosphere of a gloomy horror. No puppet animation has ever been more frightening.

GENRE:
animation
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
15'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jarosław Konopka
SCRIPT:
Jarosław Konopka
DOP:
Jarosław Konopka
EDITOR:
Jarosław Konopka
MUSIC:
Łukasz Feiner, Piotr Kubiak
SOUND:
Piotr Kubiak
ANIMATION:
Jarosław Konopka
PRODUCTION:
Jadwiga Wendroff, Zbigniew Żmudzki, Luc Toutounghi

Jarosław Konopka »

born in 1970 in Lublin, Poland. He is multi-talented Polish author and director of auteur animated films in stop-motion (e.g. “Underlife” inspired by the famous “Lullaby” of composer Krzysztof Komeda). His experience also includes working as a cinematographer, animator, editor, as well as production designer. He graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Krakow (faculties of graphic arts, painting and intermedia – animation with Jerzy Kucia) and for many years has been working with classic easel painting, photography. Later, he decided to focus on film production. Since that time Jaroslaw Konopka has been involved in the production of many animated films. He also became a valued animator of stop-motion series for the pre-school viewers.