STEVEN AND THE BETTLE
POLISH TITLE: STEFAN I ŻUCZEK
Is there a place for friendship in the world dominated by callous health rules? For a friendship that is a misalliance. Stefan is a successful swim coach loved by women. His life is turned upside down when he meets Beetle. Beetle embodies everything that is forbidden in the Stefan's world. Will their friendship last? Will Stefan be able to kill qualms of consience in the same way as he kills the smell of his friend with scented trees? A film by animation and special effect student from Lodz film school does not give clear answers but it makes an accurate diagnosis of human relationships. The animation about Stefan and Beetle should not be called surrealistic. On the contrary, in Piotr Hoang Ngoc's animation real reflection about loyality and alienation of an individual is hidden under the guise of grotesque realities.
FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 2012
- DIRECTING:
- Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc
- SCRIPT:
- Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc
- DOP:
- Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc
- EDITOR:
- Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc
- MUSIC:
- Włodzimierz George Antoniv, Kacper Zamarło
- PRODUCTION:
- PWSFTviT (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna)
Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc »
born in Hue/Vietnam, Piotr Hoang Ngoc is a graduate of of Polish National Art School in Warsaw (2005), a form student of The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School in Lodz, and currently a student of Culture Study at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (SWPS) in Warsaw. He is studying under the auspices of the Copernicus Foundation’s “Young Entrepreneurs” program.- 29th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (screening)
- Anilogue International Animation Festival 2013, Hungary, 2013 (screening)
- San Geo Verona Video Film Festival, Italy, 2012 (competition)
- 9th Miskolc International Film Festival, Hungary, 2012 (competition)
- 9th Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece, 2012 (Special Mention)
- 13th Annual Polish Film Festival, USA, 2012 (competition)
- FICMEC Student Film Festival, Liban, 2012 (competition)
- 4th Flicks Student Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2013 (competition)
- 16th Holland Animation Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2013 (Special Mention)
- 4th BCN Sports Film Festival, Spain, 2013 (competition)
- 13. T-mobile New Horizons, Poland, 2013 (competition)
- 12th St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films Beginning, Russia, 2013 (competition)
- 54th Brno Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2013 (competition)
- 6th Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013 (competition)
- Animpact International Animated Film Festival, Korea, 2013 (competition)
- 33rd Brussels Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2014 (competition)
- 05 Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic, 2014 (competition)
- 10th World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Bulgaria, 2014 (competition)