"HIPPOS" AWARDED AT THE ROMANIAN FESTIVAL
In the last week of September another award went to Piotr Dumała. His animated film "Hippos" was awarded by the jury of the Romanian Kinofest.
Jury composed of Piotr Kardas (organiser of the O!PLA Festival), Bohdan Lazar (animator), Radu Tinc (art director) and Andrei Cotrut (comics illustrator) gave the Best Animation award to the film by Dumała. "Hippos" was the only Polish animated film in the competition.
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. The film was produced at Fumi Studio.
Kinofest Festival is one of the top Romanian short film festivals that screen both national and international films. This year, for the fist time in history of the festival an online competition was introduced. The 9th edition of the festival was held between 25th and 27th September.
You can find out more about the festival on its official website