Animation from Studio Munka in Annecy IAFF
„Two Steps Behind…” („Dwa kroki za…) a short animation directed by Paulina Majda was selected to the Oficial Short Film Competition of Annecy International Animation Film Festival – one of the most prestigious animation festivals in the world, which is organized since 1983 in France The festival will take place from 6th to 11th June 2011.
Two Steps Behind…
"And so begins that which I do not know, that whose further fate is unknown to me, for how can I know?
…Just as one can't see the end of the wide water while standing on its shore...". Edward Stachura (Cała jaskrawość/All That Brightness).
Two Steps Behind… is a story of a farmer's family, and its main theme are partings, returns and goodbyes. It is a musical animated impression, which evidently refers to the issue of emigration, and is an attempt at answering the question "why?". Why did I decide to leave my home, my street, my place, my country?
Paulina Madeja
Paulina Majda – graduate of the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz, specialisation: animation. Costume designer, painter, stills photographer, lecturer. She has made several original animated short films, shown and awarded at festivals in Poland and abroad (among others in Annecy, Gdynia, Koszalin, London, Melbourne, Paris, Poznan, Seoul, Trebon, in Italy). Her film Tango was screened on TV channels: Canal+, Kino Polska, Wien TV. She was among winners of the competition for the best painting debut "Tolerance". Holder of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture. In 2005/06 she worked as assistant set designer and stills photographer on Peter and the Wolf, an animated film by Suzie Templeton, which won the Oscar in 2007.
Studio Munka
Studio Munka is a non-profit film studio set up to focus exclusively on producing directorial debut films. The Studio is supported by the Polish Filmmakers Association, the Polish state and public TV. The first full-feature film produced by the studio will be "Fear of Heights" - a drama from Bartek Konopka, Polish director nominated for the Academy Award 2010 in the Documentary Short Subject category. Apart from full-length feature debuts, Studio Munka is producing short features, documentaries and animations screened and awarded at many film festivals worldwide.