"WEIRD TO BE HUMAN" SCOOPS TWO PRIZES IN CANADA
The short fiction film by Jan Grabowski celebrated its world premiere at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal. The screening proved remarkably fortuitous, with the production walking away with two accolades – a Special Jury Mention and the Outstanding Performance Award for Agnieszka Rajda.
The Fantasia Festival specialises in genre cinema, showcasing bold and innovative productions that straddle science fiction, horror, fantasy and Asian action. The event enjoys a cult status, attracting cinema enthusiasts and media from all over the world. It also serves as a crucial platform for independent filmmakers, often acting as a springboard to international recognition for many films.
With two prizes at the festival to its name, Weird to Be Human by Jan Grabowski is set in a distant future. The year is 2194. Transfers between the digital and physical worlds have become commonplace. In specialised facilities, bodies are grown for artificial intelligences yearning to assume human form. An official from the Department of Incarnations arrives at one such facility to converse with an entity finishing its transformation process.
The complete list of festival award winners can be found here.