Oh Mother!
Director Paulina Ziółkowska Script Paulina Ziółkowska Visual Art Paulina Ziółkowska Music Tomasz Opałka Sound Piotr Majeran Synchronous effects Piotr Majeran | Animation Paulina Ziółkowska Artur Hanaj Barbara Rupik Aleksandra Kucwaj Zofia Skórka Karolina Specht Beata Strzelecka Aleksandra Wit Wojciech Wojtkowski Coloring Paulina Ziółkowska Anna Ziółkowska-Belter | Compositing Piotr Furmankiewicz Dawid Jezierski Katarzyna Melnyk Paulina Ziółkowska Editing Wojciech Janas Art Supervisor Marek Skrobecki Production Cooperation Jan Ptasiński | Production Manager Maria Deskur Piotr Furmankiewicz Producer Piotr Furmankiewicz Mateusz Michalak Production Fumi Studio Lodz Film School Co-financing Polish Film Institute |
THE STORY
Mother and son are changing places and roles constantly: once, the mother is an adult, sometimes son matures and takes care of suddenly childish mother. The arrangement works fine, until the boy decides to escape from under the skirt of the overprotective mother and start an independent life.
AWARDS
2019 – Polish Independent Cinema Jan Machulski Awards – Best Animated Film
2019 – CARTÓN – Festival l De Cortos De Animación De Buenos Aires
2018 – Animocje Animated Film Festival – The Best New Polish Film
2018 – 6th National Polish Animation Festival O!PLA – Koziołek Matołek Gold Bundle – Studio Competition
2018 – Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film – FANtastic prize
2018 – Golden Kuker Festival – Best animated film
2018 – Fest Youth Film Festival – Best short animated film
2018 – Animavi International Film Festival of Poetic Animation – Public prize
2017 – Koszalin Debut Film Festival – Honorable mention in the Short Film Debuts Competition
2017 – National Summer Film Meetings in Radom – Special Award funded by the Polish Film Festival
2017 – International Festival of Puppet Theater and Film Animation for Adults “Lalka Też Człowiek” – First Prize
2017 – “Frapujących” Film Festival – Frapa in the Form Category
2017 – Offeliada Film Festival – Honorable Mention of the Student Jury
2017 – International Film Festival – Etuda & Anima – Grand Prix – Golden Jabberwocky in the Anima category
2017 – International Animated Film Festival ŻubrOFFka – Best Animation
2017 – Sardinia Film Festival – Special mention – Bosa Animation Award
2017 – Festival International du Film de Nancy – Special mention
2017 – Animasyros International Animation Festival Best student film
2017 – 8th Anibar International Animation Festival – Best student film
2017 – Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art LINOLEUM. – Best film
2017 – PIAFF Festival International du Film d’Animation de Paris – Audience Award – student category
2017 – Anim’est International Animation Film Festiwal – Special mention – student film
2017 – ReAnima International Animated Film Festival – Best student film
2017 – Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) – Grand Prix for best student film
2017 – Balkanima – Craft Award in the student competition
2017 – International Festival of Animation Films Animaevka – Grand Prix
2017 – International Animated Film Festival Cinanima – Grand Prize For the Best School and/ or Graduation Film Gaston Roch Award
2017 – 2ANNAS International Young Filmmaker’s Short Film Festival – Special mention
2017 – Arcipelago Festival Internazionale di cortometraggi e nuove immagine – Best film