Once there was a sea / Una volta c’era il mare

Joanna Kozuch
Slovakia | 2022 | 16’40 v.o. sott. ENG/ITA

In the footsteps of the vanished Aral Sea, whose memory still haunts the inhabitants of a small Uzbek town. A film about the consequences of human decisions, and how they can affect daily life.

Direction: Joanna Kozuch
Animation: Marek Jasaň, Joanna Kozuch, Michaela Mašáňová, Agata Mikina, Marta Magnuska, Jolanta Dudzińska, Matej Babic, Michalina Musialik, Justyna Pazdan, Janusz Martyn
Script: Joanna Kozuch, Katarína Moláková
Editing: Marek Šulík
Sound Design, Mix: Dušan Kozák
Music: Martin Hasák
Distribution: Miyu Distribution

Joanna Kozuch

Graduated at Fine Art studies of University of Arts in Poznan and University of Silesia in Katowice. She is also a teacher on Animation department at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where she finished her PhD. studies.