THE MYSTERY OF THE MALAKKA MOUNTAIN
POLISH TITLE: TAJEMNICA GÓRY MALAKKA
„The Mystery of Malakka Mountain” introduces us to the prepossessing universe; shrouded in mystery, that cannot be mastered. A young Junior leads a life of a very special boy – he smokes and holds constant inner monologues on the most existential of issues. His mother and two twin sisters live in the shadow of their father – a living legend air force pilot, who, one day doesn’t return from another secret mission. When the box with his personal belongings found in the plane wreck is delivered to the family, Junior, encouraged by his father speaking to him from the picture, decides to trace his footsteps and solve the mystery of what exactly happened at the foot of the Malakka mountain were his father was seen for the last time. This animation by Wroński is a mesmerizing story of growing up and the need of knowing the truth.
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 20'
- YEAR:
- 2012
- DIRECTING:
- Jakub Wroński
- SCRIPT:
- Justyna Nowak
- DOP:
- Jakub Wroński
- EDITOR:
- Jakub Wroński
- MUSIC:
- Miłosz Wośko, Adrian Jakuć-Łukaszewicz
- PRODUCTION:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna), FUMI Studio
Jakub Wroński »
born in 1982. In 2010 he has graduated in Animation and Special Effects at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. In the same year he received the the Young Poland scholarship from the Ministry of Culture. He has made several animated commercials, music visualizations, videos and four animated films. Sometimes he also works in the field of post-production. He collaborated on Oscar-winning "Peter and the Wolf" by Susie Templeton to name just one. He draws, paints, designs storyboards and set designs.- 12th International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE, Bulgaria, 2014 (screening)
- 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)
- 20th Drama International Short Film Festival, Greece, 2014 (screening)
- "The Fantastic Four" Central European Film, Turkey, 2015 (screening)
- "The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Istanbul 2015, Turkey, 2015 (screening)
- "The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Izmir, Turkey, 2016 (screening)
- Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil, 2012 (competition)
- KINOFEST International Digital Film Festival, Romania, 2012 (competition)
- Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012 (Best 2D Animation )
- ANIMAX Skopje Animation Festival, Macedonia, 2012 (competition)
- 53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (competition)
- 7th River Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (competition)
- International Short Film Festival of Lille 2013, France, 2013 (competition)
- 8th Vilnius Film Shorts International Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2013 (competition)
- 54th Brno Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2013 (Best Animation, Best Music, Best Script)
- London International Animation Festival 2013, UK, 2013 (competition)
- Anilogue International Animation Festival 2013, Hungary, 2013 (competition)
- 16th Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain, 2014 (competition)