POLISH ANIMATED FILMS AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS IN MARCH
In March, festivals are slowly coming back to life, which translates into numerous invitations for Polish animated shorts. Our films will be featured at Tricky Women in Austria, Febiofest in Slovakia, Kaboom in the Netherlands, Athens Animafest in Greece, and others. Find out where else you'll be able to watch our films this month.
Female Tracks Film Festival has started at the beginning of March with a screening of Metro by Natalia Krawczuk. In the second half of the month, you'll get to see The Moon by Tomek Popakul and The Visit by Mateusz Jarmulski at the Tampere Film Festival. Tricky Women International Animation Film Festival is taking place in the same timeframe. The competition of the Austrian festival will include Toothless by Andrea Guizar and Impossible Figures and Other Stories I by Marta Pajek.
Five Polish short films will be screened at IFF Febiofest Bratislava in Slovakia. Papa by Maryia Yakimovich, Metro by Natalia Krawczuk, and Plantarium by Tomasz Ducki will all be competing for its awards, while the last film will also be screened at Cinemagic ‘On The Pulse’ Short Film Festival. The audience at Athens Animafest will get to see a total of nine Polish animated films. The following films were invited to the Greek festival's competition: Insect by Marcin Podolec, Tide by Marcin Giżycki, Impossible Figures and Other Stories I by Marta Pajek, Dog's Field by Michalina Musialik, A Brief History of Us by Etgar Keret, The End of Another Civilization of Arrogance by Małgorzata Rybak, Autumn Leaves by Wojciech Ostrycharz, and two films by Bartek Kędzierski – Out of This World and Space Kick.
The Ismailia International Film Festival starts in the second half of the month. The program of the Egyptian festival will include 98 kg by Izabela Plucińska, and The Visit by Mateusz Jarmulski.
I'm Here by Julia Orlik will be found in the program of Germany's International Shortfilm Week Regensburg. Three Polish animated films will be screened at Kaboom Animation Festival. In the Netherlands, viewers will see Anastazja Naumenko's We Hope You Won't Need to Come Back, Julia Siuda's Fury, and Marcin Podolec's Insect. Siuda's film has also been given the spotlight at REGARD – Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay in Canada. Andrzej Jobczyk and his animated film Airborne will also be competing for awards at this festival.
A complete list of festival screenings is available here.