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A story of a sensitive boy, raised by a lonely and hard working mother somewhere in a far province, where life revolves around daily, inveterate habits. The young protagonist is being deceitfully seduced by a shady "master" and cynical collector of keys. In consequence of the mystery and rather incomprehensible events, the world of his unconcerned childhood falls apart. The boy gets lost on his way back home while his concerned mother embarks upon a desperate attempt to find her little son.

SHORT SYNOPSIS
"Toto", a kaleidoscope of events filled to the brim with suspense and awe, is an universal story of naivete and irreversibly lost infant dreams. If we lack the word to name the phenomenon, we don’t know precisely what happened.

STILLS

TRAILER:
YouTube

CATEGORY:
ANIMATION, EXPERIMENTAL

TECHNIQUE:
Film was made in the unique technique of painting, frame by frame. Ink and acrylic on paper. 2D.

PRODUCTION YEAR: 2013
COUNTRY: POLAND
RUNNING TIME: 12:00 min.
ASPECT RATIO: 16/9

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: POLISH
SUBTITLES: POLISH, ENGLISH

SCREENING FORMATS:
DVD, MOV, MPEG, MP4, BLU RAY, DIGI BETA

CREDITS:
Script: Zbigniew Czapla
Director: Zbigniew Czapla
Animation: Zbigniew Czapla
Assistant Director: Anna Karus
Compositing: Warsztat Filmowy

Harpsichord: Goska Isphording
Vocal: Maja Kleszcz
Sound: Jaroslaw Konopka

PRODUCTION:
Tomasz Wolf – WARSZTAT FILMOWY

CO-PRODUCTION:
KRAKOW FESTIVAL OFFICE

DISTRIBUTION:
Krakow Film Foundation – Film Promotion Agency
ul. Basztowa 15/8a, 31-143 Krakow, Poland
www.kff.com.pl

PREVIOUS FESTIVAL SCREENINGS:
– Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht (Netherlands)
– CITRUS CEL Animation Film Festival, Jacksonville (USA)
– CORTOONS, International Short Animated Film Festival, Roma (Italy)
– International Festival of Animated Films ANIFILM, Trebon (Czech Republic)
– Chilemonos International Animation Festival (Chile)
– Northwest Animation Festival (USA)
– TIMISHORT Film Festival (Romania)
– 53nd Krakow Film Festival (Poland)
– MIAF Melbourne International Animation Festival (Australia)
– Cannes Short Film Corner (France)
– LIAF London International Animation Festival (UK)
– PORTO7 Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens (Portugal)
– Palm Springs International Short Fest (USA)
– Ismailia International Festival Doc & Short Films (Egypt)
– Giffoni Film Festival (Italy)
– International Animation Film Festival ANIMATOR, Poznan (Poland)
– Film and Art Festival TWO RIVERSIDES, Kazimierz (Poland)
– NEW HORIZONS International Film Festival, Wroclaw (Poland)
– GIFF Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)
– SUPERTOON International Animation Festival, Sibenik (Croatia)
– International Animated Film Festival KROK (Ukraine)
– BuSho Budapest Short Film Festival (Hungary)
– Anibar International Animation Festival (Kosovo)
– Kinemastik International Short Film Festival (Malta)
– Animanima International Animation Festival, Cacak (Serbia)
– ENCOUNTERS Short Film and Animation Festival, Bristol (UK)
– Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival (Brasil)
– CutOut Festival Internacional de Animación (Mexico)
– FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival (Switzerland)
– Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada)
– Izmir Short Film Festival (Turkey)
– MUMIA Underground Animation Festival, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
– ANIMATOU, Geneve (Switzerland)
– Un festival c'est trop court, Nice (France)
– MESSAGE TO MAN International Film Festival, St. Petersburg (Russia)
– Calgary International Film Festival (Canada)
– BALKANIMA, Beograd (Serbia)
– CARTOON CLUB, Rimini (Italy)
– TOFUZI, Batumi (Georgia)
– SE-MA-FOR Film Festival, Lodz (Poland)
– Polish Arts Festival, Southend-on-Sea (UK)
– Quattro Giornate del Cinema di Napoli (Italy)
– BANJALUKA ASFF, Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
– CINEAST, Central and Eastern European Film Festival (Luxembourg)
– CINANIMA, Espinho (Portugal)
– THESS Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (Greece)
– MULTIVISION, Sankt Petersburg (Russia)
– KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
– Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Doha (Quatar)
– ETIUDA & ANIMA, Krakow (Poland)
– ANIMATEKA International Animated Film Festival (Slovenia)
– International Short Film Festival ZUBROFFKA, Bialystok (Poland)
– ANILOGUE, Budapest (Hungary)
– KLOOSTERKINO, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
– Tous Courts in Aix-en-Provence (France)
– Athens ANIMFEST (Greece)
– O!PLA Polish Animated Film Festival (Poland)
– OFAFA National Animated Film Festival, Krakow (Poland)
– Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA)
– International Film Festival FEBIOFEST, Bratislava (Slovakia)
– Fabriano Film Fest, Roma (Italy)
– Animated Film Festival ANIMOCJE, Bydgoszcz (Poland)
– Hong Kong International Film Festival (China)
– GO-SHORT, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
– FAV Festival Alto Vicentino (Italy)
– Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote (Spain)
– ITFS Festival of Animated Films, Stuttgart (Germany)
– VIS Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria)
– RABBITFEST International Animation Film Festival, Perugia (Italy)
– LAGO Film Fest (Italy)
– Concorto Film Festival (Italy)
– International Animation Festival Hiroshima (Japan)
– ANIFEST ROZAFA (Albania)
– ANIM’EST International Animation Film Festival, Bucharest (Romania)
– KDIAF Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taipei (Taiwan)
– L'ALTERNATIVA Barcelona Independent Film Festival (Spain)
– Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles (USA)
– 26th Fano International Film Festival (Italy)
– 9th Istanbul Animation Festival (Turkey)
– EL CORTO DEL AÑO (Spain)
– International Motion Festival (Cyprus)
– Tehran International Short Film Festival (Iran)
– ERARTA MOTION PICTURES St. Petersburg (Russia)
– MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival (Portugal)
– Festival International de Cortometrajes de Torrelavega (Spain)
– International Festival of Animated Film "Constantine's gold Coin" (Republic of Serbia)
– SEOUL BEST OF THE BEST Animation Festival (South Korea)
– FESTIVAL TRAVERSE VIDEO, Toulouse (France)

AWARDS:
– THE BEST ANIMATION, Ismailia International Festival Doc & Short Films (Egypt)
– III PRIZE – THE BRONZE PEGASUS, International Animation Film Festival ANIMATOR (Poland)
– THE BEST ANIMATION, MESSAGE TO MAN International Film Festival, St. Petersburg (Russia)
– SPECIAL MENTION, SE-MA-FOR Film Festival, Lodz (Poland)
– SPECIAL MENTION – Un festival c'est trop court, Nice (France)
– THE BEST ANIMATED SHORT – KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (Netherlands)
– THE BEST MUSIC, International Short Film Festival ZUBROFFKA, Bialystok (Poland)
– DISTINCTION, Athens ANIMFEST (Greece)
– II award ANIMOCJE, Bydgoszcz (Poland)
– GOLDEN KUKER Best Animation (10-45 min.) – International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker, Sofia (Bulgaria)
– AUDIENCE AWARD Ann Arbor Film Festival (USA)
– 2014 HOLLYWOOD EAGLE ANIMATION AWARD – Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles (USA)
– SPECIAL MENTION, EL CORTO DEL AÑO (Spain)
– SPECIAL MENTION, O!PLA (Poland)

A Polish Film Institute Co-financed Production
& Krakow Regional Film Fund from the sources of the Malopolska Region and the budget of The City of Krakow

© Warsztat Filmowy, Krakow Festival Office