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HIPOPOTAMY

A few naked women and children are bathing in a river. They are being secretly observed by a group of men, who, at one point decide to approach them, in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behaviour of hippopotamuses.

GENRE:
animation
COUNTRY:
POLAND
RUNNING TIME:
13'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Piotr Dumała
SCRIPT:
Piotr Dumała
DOP:
Piotr Dumała, Paweł Dębski
EDITOR:
Paweł Dębski, Beata Walentowska
MUSIC:
Alexander Balanescu
PRODUCTION:
FUMI Studio

Piotr Dumała »

born in 1956, a film director, animator and graphic designer, professor of the Lodz Film School, Poland, Konstfack College in Eksjo, Sweden and Harvard University in Cambridge, USA. Key films: "Czarny Kapturek," (“Little Black Riding Hood”), "Łagodna” (A Gentle Spirit), "Ściany" (Walls), "Wolność nogi" (Freedom of a Leg), "Franz Kafka", "Zbrodnia i kara" (Crime and Punishment), "Las" (The Forest). Winner of over 70 film awards, the most important of which include Grand Prix Krakow, Grand Prix Zagreb, Grand Prix Espinho, Special Jury Award in Annecy, Special Jury Award in Gdynia.a Jury Gdynia.
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