The Deal
The Deal
Animation, Documentary / 2015 / 4 minutes 29 seconds / English / Short film / 2K / 25fps / Dolby Digital / Poland, United Kingdom
Subtitles: English, French, Polish
Director: Ewa Smyk
Synopsis:
Stop-motion animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based on a part of Mikolaj Smyk’s diary — the director’s grandfather. The biographical objects used in the animation, such as an authentic headscarf, Polish and Russian books, the copy of Mikolaj Smyk’s diary and photographs help situate the story in its original environment and express the atmosphere of the times.
Festivals
2016
London Short Film Festival ,UK premiere -United Kingdom Short Waves -Poland Szczecin European Film Festival -Poland DOKUFEST ,Balkan premiere -Kosovo Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione -Italy Uppsala International Short Film Festival ,Swedish premiere -Sweden Cork Film Fest ,Irish premiere -Ireland ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco -Brazil FRONTDOC -Italy dokumentART -Germany ZubrOFFka -Poland CutOut Fest ,Mexican premiere -Mexico Lago -Italy Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard ,French premiere -France
2015
Bogota Short Film Festival - Bogoshorts ,Colombian premiere -Colombia Animateka International Animated Film Festival -Slovenia International Film Festival ETIUDA&ANIMA -Poland Curta Cinema ,Brasilian premiere -Brazil Mar del Plata ,South American premiere -Argentina Primanima World Festival of First Animations -Hungary DOK Leipzig ,German premiere -Germany Animasyros ,World premiere -Greece
