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    Ritual

    Zbigniew Czapla
    Poland | 2010 | 5’41’’

    Rytual is a vividly illustrated record of the character’s struggle with everyday activities. A sequence of overlapping interactions between a human and a dog often assumes a grotesque, comical form of intolerable compulsions. The short film raises a timid question about the complexity – or should we say imperfections – of human nature.

    Original Title: Rytual
    Direction: Zbigniew Czapla
    Animation: Zbigniew Czapla
    Screenplay: Zbigniew Czapla
    Editing: Tomasz Wolf
    Music: Marcin Oles, Bartlomiej Brat Oles
    Production: Mloda Animacja, Studio Munka, TVP Kultura, LukaFilm, Polish Film Institute

    Zbigniew Czapla

    He was born in 1972, he is a painter, graphic artist, screenwriter, and animation director. He studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, graduating with a degree from the Animated Film Studio. He is the creator of experimental animated films that have been screened at festivals around the world. He works primarily in 2D stop-motion animation. Winner of awards at festivals such as: Animator, Animatou, Etudia&Anima International Film Festival, MIFA Montreal Independent Film Awards, MESSAGE TO MAN, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, and many others. He is a member of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Among his works: Paperbox (2011), Toto (2013), Strange Case (2017) and On Time (2021). Tremor is his next work, today in production.