Nabu

Poland2023animated6'Konkurs polski (2024)

Nabu’s carefree childhood is interrupted by bombs falling on her native village. Together with her younger brother, she is trying to escape burning houses, violence and screams. Regretfully, a stuffed toy will soon become her only companion. The brave girl overcomes numerous difficulties trying to find a safe haven. Eventually, she gets into a boat, which is to take her to a better future. A remarkably touching animation about the fate of refugees as seen by a child, presented with great sensitivity and subtlety.

directed by: Joanna Rusinek
She was born in 1978 in Krakow. She studied at the Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and at the Graphic Arts Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, which she completed in 2006 in the animated film studio of Prof. Jerzy Kuci, where she realized her diploma film "Przypadek." The film received the Jury Award at the Ofafa Festival in Krakow in 2006 and was awarded a distinction at the Animateka International Animation Film Festival in Ljubljana in 2007. During her studies, she went on a four-month scholarship to the Ecole Estienne in Paris as part of the Sokrates - Erasmus scholarship program. She co-created the cycle of animated programs "Retoryka Poranna czyli poradnik nie tylko językowy" broadcasted on TVP in 2006/2007. In 2011, she co-directed "Zabawki Cesarza", a documentary film with animated elements, which was created as part of the First Document program.
script: Joanna Rusinek
animated by: Małgorzata Dróżdż, Maria Görlich-Opyd, Joanna Rusinek, Anna Waćkowska, Sylwia Zawiła
music: Mikołaj Trzaska
sound: Lena Szegda
editing: Joanna Rusinek
production: Łukasz Hendzel (Paris + Hendzel Co.)
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