Slow Light

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Slow Light

Slow Light
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2022
Animated Film
Poland,
Portugal
2022
11 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None

Born blind, the hero of this film turns seven before he begins to see images from the past that soon follow him like a curse. Like the stars in the night sky, what he sees has often long since passed away and gone out. In this tragic masterpiece by the directing duo Kijek/Adamski, the almost tangible pastel-coloured cut-out technique of the present-day narrative contrasts with delicate black and white 2D animations that represent the shadows of what is lost.

Christoph Terhechte

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Director
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski
Script
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski
Cinematographer
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski
Editor
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski
Producer
Piotr Szczepanowicz, Grzegorz Wacławek
Co-Producer
Przemysław Adamski, Katarzyna Kijek, Bruno Caetano
Sound
Philip Lenkowsky, Carlos Abreu, Miguel Gonçlaves
Score
Piotr Kaliński
Animation
Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski, Ala Nunu, João Gonzalez, Jakub Kaczmarek, Bartosz Stępnik, Hugo Sequeria
World Sales
Luce Grosjean
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award