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SLEEPINCORD

POLISH TITLE: SNĘPOWINA

An ambiguous story, which should be watched more than once, where the protagonist is a dream. Marta Pajek’s film, drawn with a characteristic line and going on in three types of space: abstract, dreamlike and realistic, beguiles and continually spurs the viewer to look for answers to the questions about mutual relations between the worlds presented. The allusion to the umbilical cord in the title suggests that the dream is the only way to connect us with the reality inaccessible to our eyes.

GENRE:
animation
RUNNING TIME:
13'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Marta Pajek
SCRIPT:
Marta Pajek
DOP:
Marta Pajek
EDITOR:
Marta Pajek
MUSIC:
Wojciech Lemański
PRODUCTION:
Se-ma-for

Marta Pajek »

is an award-winning Polish animation director. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, she studied at the Animated Film Studio headed by legendary animator, Jerzy Kucia. Pajek later trained under the tutorship of Estonian animator, Priit Pärn at the Turku Arts Academy in Finland. Pajek's cinema style is shaped by an interest in the arts, graphic design and also dance, psychology, spirituality and human experiences. She has directed several short animation films including After Apples (2004), Nextdoor (2005) and the award-winning Sleepincord (2011). In 2016, she released the first film (and second part) of the trilogy. Impossible Figures and other stories II (2016) was an instant critical success, winning more than 20 awards including Grand Prize at the Stuttgart Animation Festival and GLAS animation festival. Impossible Figures and other stories III debuted at Cannes in 2018 and won several international awards. Pajek’s most recent film, Impossible Figures and other stories I (2021), the first and final part of the trilogy, is a co-production between Animoon and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). This is Pajek’s first collaboration with the NFB.
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