OH MOTHER!
POLISH TITLE: O MATKO!
“Oh Mother!” is a story of a relationship between an overprotective mother and her son. It is a playful game of constant changes of social and family roles, age and sizes. The film tries to answer the question who is truly an adult and what does it mean.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 2017
- DIRECTING:
- Paulina Ziółkowska
- SCRIPT:
- Paulina Ziółkowska
- DOP:
- Joanna Dudek
- EDITOR:
- Wojciech Janas
- MUSIC:
- Tomasz Opałka
- SOUND:
- Piotr Mejran
- ANIMATION:
- Paulina Ziółkowska, Zofia Skórka, Aleksandra Wit, Natalia Krawczuk, Barbara Rupik, Karolina Specht, Artur Hanaj, Wojciech Wojtkowski, Aleksandra Kucwaj, Beata Strzelecka
- PRODUCTION:
- FUMI Studio
Paulina Ziółkowska »
is a polish film director, 2d Animator and illustrator. She studied animation at Lodz Film School in Poland, and before that graphic design and history of art in Wroclaw. Her debut film “Oh Mother!”(2017) was produced by Fumi Studio and screened in many festivals worldwide. Her next film “Bless you!”(2018) has won special mention at 68th Berlinale Generation 14 Plus and special mention at AnimaFest in Zagreb. Currently Paulina is a DAAD scholarship holder at Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. She is working on a new film project called “Procrastination Yoga”, but because of procrastination it can take a while until the project is finished.
AT FESTIVALS:
- InterAnima - International Festival of Animation and Interactivity 2018, Brazil, 2018 (screening)
- Cellu l'Art Polish Shorts Day 2018, Austria, 2018 (screening)
- 36th interfilm, International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2020 (screening)
- 19th Future Film Festival, Italy, 2017 (competition)
- 57. Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2017 (competition)
- Annecy International Film Festival 2017, France, 2017 (competition)
- 25th Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, Brazil, 2017 (competition)
- 47th Giffoni Experience, Italy, 2017 (competition)
- Cartoon Club Rimini 2017, Italy, 2017 (competition)
- SICAF 2017, Korea, 2017 (competition)
- 18th Lucania Film Festival, Italy, 2017 (competition)
- 8th Anibar Animation Festival 2017, Kosovo, 2017 (Student Competition Winner)
- 2nd Turku Animation Film Festival, Finland, 2017 (competition)
- 11th Animaanima International Animation Festival, Serbia, 2017 (competition)
- 14th Sedicicorto International Film Festival, Italy, 2017 (competition)
- Timishort Film Festival 2017, Romania, 2017 (competition)
- KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2017, The Netherlands, 2017 (competition)
- 41st CINANIMA, 2017 (Best graduation/ school film)
- 24th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland, 2017 (Golden Jabberwocky)
- Short Waves 2018, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2018, Croatia, 2018 (competition)
- FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival, Portugal, 2018 (Melhor Curta - metragem de Animação)
- 11th.International Animated Film Festival Animator 2018, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- 17th International Animation Festival in Japan HIROSHIMA 2018, Japan, 2018 (competition)
- 11th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2019 (competition)
- Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival 2020, South Korea, 2020 (competition)