TOTO
A story of a sensible boy, raised by a lonely and hard working mother, somewhere in a far province, where life revolves around daily, inveterate habits. The little protagonist is being deceitfully seduced by a shady “master” and cynical collector of keys. In consequence of the mystery and rather incomprehensible events, the world of his unconcerned childhood falls apart. The boy gets lost on his way back home while his concerned mother takes up a desperate attempt of finding her little son. “Toto”, a kaleidoscope of events filled to the brim with suspense and awe, is a universal story about naiveté and irreversibly lost infant dreams. If we lack the word to name the phenomenon, we don’t know precisely what exactly happened.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 2013
- DIRECTING:
- Zbigniew Czapla
- SCRIPT:
- Zbigniew Czapla
- DOP:
- Zbigniew Czapla
- EDITOR:
- Zbigniew Czapla
- MUSIC:
- Maja Kleszcz, Gośka Isphording
- PRODUCTION:
- Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Warsztat Filmowy
Zbigniew Czapla »
Screenwriter, director, animator, painter and graphic artist. Graduated from the Graphic Arts Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Author of experimental animations. Won prizes at several festivals, such as: ANIMATOR, MESSAGE TO MAN, ANN ARBOR, KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL and other. Received scholarships from the Ellizabeth Greenshields Foundation (Canada), DAAD (Germany) and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.- Animanima International Animation Festival 2013, Serbia, 2013 (screening)
- Ottawa 2013 International Animation Festival, Canada, 2013 (screening)
- CinEast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, Luxembourg, 2013 (screening)
- 37th Cinanima Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2013 (screening)
- 19th Traverse Video Festival, France, 2016 (screening)
- 14th Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2016 (screening)
- 29th Premiers Plans Film Festival, France, 2017 (screening)
- SICAF 2017, Korea, 2017 (screening)
- Film Festival Film Night at the Castle 2018, Slovakia, 2018 (screening)
- 12th Seoul Best of Best Animation Festival, Korea, 2018 (screening)
- ANIMARIO International Festival of Contemporary Animation of Madrid 2024, Spain, 2024 (screening)
- 16th Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2013 (competition)
- Citrus Cel Animation Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic, 2013 (competition)
- Chilemonos International Animation Festival, Chile , 2013 (competition)
- Northwest Animation Festival 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (competition)
- 16th Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt , 2013 (The Best Film Prize in the Animation Competition)
- Palm Springs International Short Fest 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 43rd Giffoni International Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (competition)
- MIAF, Australia, 2013 (competition)
- 13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (competition)
- 16th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2013 (competition)
- Anibar International Animation Festival 2013, Kosovo, 2013 (competition)
- 20th KROK Animated Film Festival, Russia, 2013 (competition)
- BUSHO Budapest Short Film Festival 2013, Hungary, 2013 (competition)
- 11th Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2013 (competition)
- Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival 2013, UK, 2013 (competition)
- Calgary International Film Festival 2013, Canada, 2013 (competition)
- 15th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2013 (competition)
- 23rd Message to man International Film Festival, Russia, 2013 (Best Animated Film)
- 10th Balkanima European Animated Film Festival, Serbia, 2013 (competition)
- 11th Mumia Underground World Animation Festival, Brazil, 2013 (competition)
- 5th International Festival of Animated Films "Tofuzi", Georgia, 2013 (competition)
- Animatou Animated Film Festival 2013, Switzerland, 2013 (competition)
- 13th Un festival c'est trop court, Nice Short Film Festival, France, 2013 (Special Mention)
- THESS Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2013 (competition)
- 6th Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013 (competition)
- London International Animation Festival 2013, UK, 2013 (competition)
- 11th MULTIVISION, Sankt Petersburg, Russia, 2013 (competition)
- KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2013, The Netherlands, 2013 (Best Animated Short)
- Cutout fest 2013 International Animation Festival, Mexico, 2013 (competition)
- Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Quatar, 2013 (competition)
- 10th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2013 (competition)
- 21st International Film Festival FEBIOFEST, Slovakia, 2014 (competition)
- 38th Hong Kong International Film Festival, China, 2014 (competition)
- 14th Lanzarote International Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)
- 52nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA, 2014 (Audience Award)
- 6th Go Short International Short Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2014 (competition)
- 21st Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany, 2014 (competition)
- 5th Golden Kuker International Animation Film Fest, Bulgaria, 2014 (Best Film in the 10-45 min cathegory)
- VIS Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival in Vienna, Austria, 2014 (competition)
- Fabriano Film Fest 2014, Italy, 2014 (competition)
- Rabbitfest Animation Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)
- 12th International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE, Bulgaria, 2014 (competition)
- Cinefiesta 2014, Puerto Rico, 2014 (competition)
- 15th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, Japan, 2014 (competition)
- AniFest ROZAFA International Film Festival, Albania, 2014 (competition)
- Timishort Film Festival, Romania, 2014 (competition)
- 9th Anim'est Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2014 (competition)
- KDIAF Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei, 2014 (competition)
- 26th Fano International Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)
- 21st L'Alternativa Independent Film Festival, Spain, 2014 (competition)
- 9th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2015 (competition)
- MONSTRA 2015 - International Short Film Festival, Portugal, 2015 (competition)
- Erarta Motion Pictures 2015, Russia, 2015 (competition)
- 3rd International Motion Festival, Cyprus, 2015 (competition)
- Seoul Best of the Best Animation Festival 2015, Korea, 2015 (competition)