I’m a swim film festival fan, and I love this swimming video, this murky water fantasy produced by Tomek Ducki, titled Taznia.
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From the Producer / Filmmaker:
lazniafilm.com
Animated short, 4min, mixed techniques
**Best Short Film, Cinanima 2013**
**Best Visuals, Fantoche 2013**
**Winner, International Competition, Animatricks, Finland 2014**
**1st place, Animation, Befilm NY 2014**
**Special Mention, Krakow Film Festival 2014**
„The film takes us into the murky waters of fantasy. With a cool kind of magic, this delicately stylized film draws us into various layers of reality, as we plunge from silent melancholia into the graphic frenzy of competitive sports, where everything is turned upside down. The notion of the flipside of reality is taken literally here, to mesmerizing effect.“ (Jury’s statement, Fantoche 2013)
Upcoming screenings:
Krakow Film Festival, Poland 2014 (competition)
FestAnca, Slovakia 2014 (competition)
Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia 2014 (competition)
Annecy, France, 2014
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, 2014 (competition)
Short Shorts Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan 2014 (competition)
Sicaf, Korea 2014 (competition)
Animamundi, Brazil 2014 (competition)
Past screenings:
Go Short, The Netherlands, 2014
Hong Kong International Film Festival, China 2014 (competition)
Filmfest Dresden, Germany 2014 (competition)
Be Film, New York, USA 2014 (competition)
Animatricks, Helsinki, Finland 2014 (competition)
Mediawave, Komarom, Hungary 2014 (competition)
Anima, Brussels, Belgium 2014 (competition)
37th Cinanima Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2013 (Best Short Film up to 5 min)
DOK.Leipizg, Germany, 2013 (competition)
11th Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland, 2013 (Best Visual Award)
© Studio Miniatur Filmowych Sp. z o.o.
Peek & Boo
Polish Film Institute
lazniafilm.com
2013
Director, Writer, Designer, Animator: Tomek Ducki
Animation assistant, Director of Photography: Katarzyna Zolich
Composer and Sound Designer: Jean-Marc Petsas
Sound re-recording: Michał Fojcik
Producer: Włodzimierz Matuszewski
Executive Producer: Ewelina Gordziejuk
Coproducer: Kurban Kassam
Thanks: Caroline Bruckner, Paul Bush, Ola & Eddie, Jussi Honka, Eugeniusz Gordziejuk
A Polish Film Institute Co-finansed production, General Director: Agnieszka Odorowicz
FILM PROMOTION SUPPORTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
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