Canadian Premiere
A wild creature chases a girl into a cabin, slams into the wall, and dies. Why doesn’t she leave?
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Poland
2024
English
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Credits & Director
Producer
Paweł Prewencki
Screenwriter
Joanna Płatek
ANIM
Joanna Płatek
Editor
Joanna Płatek
Original Music
Kacper Krupa
Joanna Płatek
Joanna Płatek was born in 2001 in Poznań, Poland, where she graduated from the High School of Fine Arts and studied animation at the University of Arts. Her specific interests include the technique of animating sand under a camera and traditional drawing on paper.
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