Oh Mother!
Poland2017animated12'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2017)Konkurs polski (2017)
In this story, maternal love is transformed from the ideal into a toxic relationship. Mother and Son complement each other, sometimes she protects him from danger, then he takes care of her. Once Mother is an adult, later she becomes a little girl – then the child must assume the function of a guardian. The protagonists’ height and age, which smoothly change, indicate the roles they assume interchangeably. Yet, the symbiosis is disturbed when a woman appears in Son’s life. Mother does not want to allow her child to grow up at all…
- directed by
- Paulina Ziółkowska
Born in 1988 in Wrocław. In 2008, she started to study Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. At present, she is studying Animation at the Film School in Łódź. Her short animations include "Block" (2012), "Czarno-białe" (2010) and multiple award-winner "Oh Mother!" (2017).
- cinematography
- Joanna Dudek
- script
- Paulina Ziółkowska
- animated by
- Paulina Ziółkowska, Natalia Krawczuk, Barbara Rupik, Karolina Specht, Aleksandra Wit, Artur Hanaj, Aleksandra Kucwaj, Zofia Skórka, Beata Strzelecka, Wojciech Wojtkowski
- music
- Tomasz Opałka
- sound
- Piotr Mejran
- editing
- Wojciech Janas
- production
- Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak (Fumi Studio)
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