THE CROOKED HEADS
POLISH TITLE: NA KRZYWE ŁBY
The smell of mine smoke envelops a forgotten Polish housing estate. The young man shaves his head, puts on a tracksuit, and confronts the shadow of his older brother and his past.
- GENRE:
- animation
- RUNNING TIME:
- 8'
- YEAR:
- 2025
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- SCRIPT:
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- EDITOR:
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- CAST:
- Krystian Kanclerz, Artur Kujawa, Dorian Zypper, Maria Dakszewicz, Jakub Krzyszpin
- MUSIC:
- Maria Dakszewicz
- SOUND:
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- PRODUCTION:
- Agata Golańska
Jakub Krzyszpin »
Film director and student of the Animation and Special Effects programme at the Łódź Film School. He creates films whose visual style is characterised by a tremulous, expressive line. His films have been screened at international festivals, including Annecy, the Krakow Film Festival, Tirana IFF, Animafest Zagreb and Go Short Nijmegen. His latest film, “Axles”, has been selected for the La Cinef section of the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
AT FESTIVALS:
- FEST - New Directors New Films Festival, 2025, Portugal, 2025 (competition)
- Animafest Zagreb, 2025, Croatia, 2025 (competition)
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2025, France, 2025 (competition)
- Tirana International Film Festival, 2025, Albania, 2025 (competition)
- Rome Independent Film Festival, 2025, Italy, 2025 (competition)
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival, 2025. Slovenia, 2025 (competition)
- 65th Krakow Film Festival, 2025, Poland, 2025 (competition)
- International Film Festival ANIMINIST, 2025, Estonia, 2025 (competition)
- ANIMA, the 45th Brussels International Animation Film Festival, 2026, Belgium, 2026 (competition)