HEADPRICKLES
POLISH TITLE: SZCZYPIGŁÓWKI
If you are being bothered by intrusive thoughts, such as: How many plastic bags are optimal for packing one banana? What ensures victory in the skeleton competition? Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? or Should I shower with my socks on? Will I face any consequences? - then - that's great! “Headprickles” will give you an answer to at least one of these questions. The film consists of over a dozen animated enigrams connected by the motif of being trapped in a loop of absurdity. In visually colorful labyrinth of observations, the protagonists try to make sense of nonsense - or they stay mindlessly in it. "Headprickles" probably won’t change the world, will not cause a shock or a revolution, but - maybe – it will make audience’s heads a little itchy during the projection?
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 8'
- YEAR:
- 2022
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Katarzyna Miechowicz
- SCRIPT:
- Katarzyna Miechowicz
- EDITOR:
- Piotr Baryła
- MUSIC:
- Katarzyna Miechowicz
- SOUND:
- Piotr Baryła
- ANIMATION:
- Katarzyna Miechowicz
- PRODUCTION:
- Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna
Katarzyna Miechowicz »
Born in Rzeszów, Poland in 1995. Graduate of Film Animation and Special Effects Department at the Polish National Film School in Lodz.Filmography: “Herbarium” (2016), “The Amazing Adventures of Not So Special People From Outer Space” (2018),“Best Animal Videos [WATCH NOW]” (2019), “Crumbs of Life” (2020).
- Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2022 (screening)
- 38th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2022 (screening)
- 65th International Festival of Documentary and Animated Film DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2022 (screening)
- 16th Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2023 (screening)
- 20th Tirana International Film Festival 2022, Albania, 2022 (competition)
- 17th Animest – Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2022 (competition)
- 8th Bit Bang Animation, Videogames and Digital Arts Festival, Argentina, 2022 (competition)
- 46th International Animated Film Festival Cinanima, Portugal, 2022 (competition)
- 26th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland, 2022 (competition)
- Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Festival 2023, Austria, 2023 (Special Mention)
- Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, Lithuania, 2023 (competition)
- 22nd MONSTRA - Lisboa Animation Festival, Portugal, 2023 (competition)
- 30th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Germany, 2023 (competition)
- ANIFILM 2023 - International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic, 2023 (competition)