Reason
Poland2020animated8'Konkurs polski (2020)
A woman called a witch lives in a small town. People accuse her of casting spells on them, causing the death of seven cows, stopping the development of municipal investments and other misfortunes. Only one woman defends the witch. Will she also change her mind when a tragedy strikes her? Local residents, cut out of paper, who live in the world made of cardboard, photographs, films and drawings organise a contemporary witch hunt. Animation techniques in "Reason" are mixed with the same ease that the characters apply when combining their faith in God with the faith in witchcraft and the right to lynching as well as morality with driving social hate.
- directed by
- Szymon Ruczyński
Szymon Ruczyński was born in Hajnówka, Poland, in 2000. Currently student of an Animated Film and Special Effects department at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. He grew up in Bialowieza, a village in the centre of the ancient Bialowieza Forest which is the source of inspiration for his award-winning films "Reason" and "The Wildwood Diptych". In 2021 and 2022 Szymon participated in bringing humanitarian aid to the refugees hiding in the forest. He uses mixed animation techniques to tell stories about socially relevant problems he witnesses.
- script
- Szymon Ruczyński
- animated by
- Szymon Ruczyński, Agata Perszutów
- music
- Damian Czajka
- production
- Agata Golańska (Polish National Film School in Łódź)
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