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Four Walls of Memory

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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Director
Credits
Country of Origin

Poland

Year

2024

Language

English

Film Contact
18+
12 min
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Credits & Director

Producer

Paweł Prewencki

Screenwriter

Joanna Płatek

ANIM

Joanna Płatek

Editor

Joanna Płatek

Original Music

Kacper Krupa

Joanna Płatek headshot

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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