THE RAILWAY WATCHMAN
POLISH TITLE: DRÓŻNIK
REPRESENTED BY KFF
The life of a railway watchman living in a small station in the middle of a forest follows the rhythm of passing trains. In his free time he plays the trumpet, plays with a hedgehog and struggles with a naughty boy. A young woman on a bike is a regular visitor to the station, yet every meeting with her proves a wasted opportunity for the watchman. One of passing trains will evoke his reflections on life.
FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 11'
- YEAR:
- 2012
- DIRECTING:
- Piotr Szczepanowicz
- SCRIPT:
- Piotr Szczepanowicz
- DOP:
- Piotr Szczepanowicz
- EDITOR:
- Piotr Szczepanowicz
- MUSIC:
- Artur Majewski
- PRODUCTION:
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka
Piotr Szczepanowicz »
born in 1981 in Opole. He studied Educational and Cultural Pedagogy at the University of Opole. Additionally, he holds a degree in Animated Film and Special Effects from the Cinematography Department of the Film School in Łódź. He received a Grand Prix - the Golden Pegasus - as the fifth year student for his film study Hidden at the Animator festival in Poznań. The Railway Watchman is his film debut.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Aubagne International Film Festival, France, 2013 (screening)
- Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games, UK, 2014 (screening)
- Friss Hus Budapest Short Film Festival, Hungary, 2014 (screening)
- 5th China International New Media SFF, China, 2014 (screening)
- 12th International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE, Bulgaria, 2014 (screening)
- 17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)
- 20th Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival SICAF 2016, Korea, 2016 (screening)
- 8th ReAnimania International Animation and Comics Art Festival, Armenia, 2016 (screening)
- 1st Chengdu International Short Film Screening Week, China, 2016 (screening)
- Open Place Film Festival, Latvia, 2018 (screening)
- Quebec City Film Festival 2019, Canada, 2019 (screening)
- 13th Annual Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012 (Best 3D Animation)
- 19th Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland, 2012 (competition)
- 16th Brooklyn Film Festival, USA, 2013 (competition)
- 37th Annecy Animation Film Festival, France, 2013 (competition)
- Palm Springs International Short Fest 2013, USA, 2013 (competition)
- Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival 2013, Italy, 2013 (competition)
- 13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (competition)
- 21st International Animation Festival of Brazil, ANIMA MUNDI 2013, Brazil, 2013 (competition)
- 12th St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films Beginning, Russia, 2013 (Best Production Design)
- 8th Anim'est International Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2013 (competition)
- 32nd Festival International Abtibi-Temiscamingue, Canada, 2013 (competition)
- 25th International Istanbul Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2013 (competition)
- Animated Dreams 2013, Estonia, 2013 (competition)
- 7. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych Animator, Polska , 2014 (competition)
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)