THE CITY SAILS ON
POLISH TITLE: MIASTO PŁYNIE
A bitter-sweet reflection on life in Poland. The young and the old talk about looking for love, a wedding night,
school uniforms, prime minister’s duties, fastening seatbelts, religion and power. The film is a collage of statements, conversations, musical pieces and reporter’s material. It touches upon the most sensitive topics for the society such as unemployment and poverty, farmers’ strikes, football hooligans and crime. As regards the visual dimension, the main character is Łódź, its residents and post-communist landscapes in Poland.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 17'
- YEAR:
- 2009
- DIRECTING:
- Balbina Bruszewska
- SCRIPT:
- Balbina Bruszewska
- DOP:
- Balbina Bruszewska, Tony Cappucino, Daria Kopiec, Magdalena Bryll
- EDITOR:
- Janusz Czubak
- MUSIC:
- Elektryczny Węgorz
- PRODUCTION:
- Se-ma-for
Balbina Bruszewska »
writer and director of animated films and music videos born in Lodz Poland in 1982. Animation graduate of the Polish National Film School in Lodz and the UCLA Extensios CA in writing for television. Multi-media artist and writer known for playful analysis of the bitter-sweet reality that bites the western civilization in the modern World. Alumni of prestigious art scholarships such as Młoda Polska, educator, philosopher, member of Board of Directors at the Polish Film Institute.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 21st Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland, 2017 (screening)