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THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE FOREST

POLISH TITLE: W LESIE SĄ LUDZIE

A lonely man limps down the road. A truck drives up to him. Several armed men jump out of it. They capture the limping man and transport him to the forest. The only witnesses of the scene are people from a nearby village. Since 2021, situations like these are commonplace on the Polish-Belarussian border of the EU, which is the scene of an ongoing refugee crisis. An animated documentary whose creator happens to live in a town by the border.

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GENRE:
documentary / animation
COUNTRYI:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
10'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
kolorowy
DIRECTING:
Szymon Ruczyński
SCRIPT:
Szymon Ruczyński
DOP:
Szymon Ruczyński
EDITOR:
Szymon Ruczyński
SOUND:
Szymon Kucharski
ANIMATION:
Szymon Ruczyński
PRODUCER:
Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna

Szymon Ruczyński »

Director of animated films, born in 2000 in Białowieża. Since his first Lego block animation at the age of 8, he has won over 20 festival awards for his amateur productions. Currently, he is studying at the Film School in Łódź. In addition to traditional animation techniques, in his films he employs his own inventions, such as stamped animation or slimline dolls. He explores socially relevant issues and the observation of the conflict over the Białowieża Forest is an important inspiration for him. His filmography includes "Attic" (2013), "Scream" (2016), "Our Anthill" (2017), "Assassin’s Smile" (2019) and "Reason" (2020).
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