The Crooked Heads
Poland2025animated8'National Competition
In this Polish residential district, drawn with a black line, rough and heavy with smoke coming out of the chimneys, which consumes everything like a black hole. A young boy, trying to understand his brother and come to terms with his absence, enters the brutal reality of the neighbourhood. An animation about growing up in the world of violence, silence and an unresolved past. Details, greyness and a stifling atmosphere create the terrifying portrait of everyday life, full of aggression, unpaid debts and unsettled scores.
- directed by
- Jakub Krzyszpin
Born in 2001 in Bytom (Poland). An artist, director and student at the Film School in Łódź. Creator of short film forms whose visual layer is based on a trembling, expressive line. His films have been presented and awarded at international festivals: ‘Rysa’ (2023) was selected for the programme of the 46th DISFF in Greece, and “Inertness” (2021) won the award in the ‘Super short’ category at the 21st MONSTRA in Lisbon. In her work, she treats reality as a starting point for further reflection and visual action. He often goes beyond film, moving between media, treating creativity as a space of constant exploration.
- Producer
- Agata Golańska / Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. L.Schillera w Łodzi (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. L.Schillera w Łodzi)
- Sound
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- Screenplay
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- Animation
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- Music
- Maria Dakszewicz
- Editing
- Jakub Krzyszpin
- Cast
- Krystian Kanclerz, Artur Kujawa, Dorian Zypper, Maria Dakszewicz, Jakub Krzyszpin
- Photo
- Trailer