SMELL OF THE GROUND
The film is an adaptation of Sarah Teasdale's poem "There will come soft rains." It is a subjective artistic vision about the end of the Anthropocene epoch. It depicts a journey across our planet, starting with microscopic close-ups, continuing with shots of wildlife and slowly approaching civilization. Then we see that our world is gone with the last human being and this is not the end but the beginning of a new one.
The film's shots show an aesthetic landscapes where I greedily relish every moment, because in my feeling, this end may be so close that looking at this world, I already miss it.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 8'
- YEAR:
- 2023
- COLOUR:
- black and white
- DIRECTING:
- Olivia Rosa
- SCRIPT:
- Olivia Rosa
- EDITOR:
- Olivia Rosa
- MUSIC:
- Oskar Cenkier
- SOUND:
- Jacek Feliks, Olivia Rosa
- ANIMATION:
- Olivia Rosa
- PRODUCTION:
- Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Pracownia Filmu Animowanego
Olivia Rosa »
Visual artist and animated film director. In October 2022, she graduated with honors from the Animated Film studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. She mainly works with animated film, sculpture, illustration and photography, but constantly trying to find herself in new artistic media. She takes inspiration from observations of nature and the feeling of anxiety that comes from high sensitivity to stimuli. Currently she is a member of the Szaber art gallery.
- Anima 2024, the 43rd Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium, 2024 (screening)
- Sydney Film Festival 2024, Australia, 2024 (screening)
- MAX3MIN Festival 2024, Italy, 2024 (screening)
- 63rd Krakow Film Festival 2023, Poland, 2023 (competition)
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2023 (competition)
- Animest – Bucharest International Animation Film Festival 2023, Romania, 2023 (competition)
- ZINEBI 64 – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain, 2023 (competition)
- Animateka 2023 International Animation Festival, Slovenia, 2023 (competition)
- 35th Aguilar Film Festival, Spain, 2023 (competition)
- Animakom Fest 2023, Spain, 2023 (competition)
- TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES 2024, Austria, 2024 (competition)
- Movies that Matter Festival 2024, The Netherlands, 2024 (competition)
- 15th ONE Country ONE Film International Festival, France, 2024 (competition)
- 31th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Germany, 2024 (competition)
- Sprouts Film Festival 2024, The Netherlands, 2024 (competition)
- Rooftop Films 2024, USA, 2024 (competition)
- World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb 2024, Croatia, 2024 (competition)
- 39th Valencia International Film Festival - Cinema Jove, Spain, 2024 (competition)
- 23rd Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Cyprus, 2024 (competition)
- 23rd Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2024 (competition)
- 21st Balkanima Festival, Serbia, 2024 (competition)