BIRDS OF PARADISE
POLISH TITLE: RAJSKIE PTAKI
Bird droppings. To most, a nuisance. But for a remarkable flock of flightless birds, they are the foundation of life itself. There is a delicate harmony in their hidden world – until one day when a mysterious object washes up on shore. What begins as curiosity sparks a profound shift, leading the flock into a new era of cultural and technological change. Once happy with simplicity, the birds now face the price of progress.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Polska, Francja
- RUNNING TIME:
- 8'
- YEAR:
- 2025
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Tomek Ducki
- SCRIPT:
- Tomek Ducki
- EDITOR:
- Tomek Ducki
- MUSIC:
- Jean-Marc Petsas
- SOUND:
- Jean-Marc Petsas
- ANIMATION:
- Joseph Roth, Matthieu Rotteleur, Lukas Neprias, Claire Sadeg
- PRODUCTION:
- EGoFILM, Paris+Hendzel Co, Melocoton Films
Tomek Ducki »
Tomek Ducki is a Hungarian-Polish animation director and designer born in Budapest, 1982. He studied animation at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Hungary and at the National Film and Television School in the UK, but for the past ten years he is based in Poland, where he works and collaborates with local artists and studios.
His distinctive style is heavily influenced by both the Polish and the Hungarian school of animation and poster design. His unmistakable style is characterised by the blending of different animation techniques, visually mesmerising colour combinations and hidden stories.
His most known works are his multi awarded short films, Life Line and Baths, and music videos for artists such as Basement Jaxx, Zhu or Bipolar Sunshine.
- INTERFILM 41 International Short Film Festival Berlin, 2025. Germany, 2025 (screening)
- 70th Cork International Film Festival, 2025, Ireland, 2025 (screening)
- 48th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, 2026, France, 2026 (screening)
- 65th Krakow Film Festival 2025, Poland, 2025 (competition)
- 18. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Animowanych ANIMATOR 2025, Polska, 2025 (competition)
- Ottawa International Animation Festival 2025, Canada, 2025 (competition)
- Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2025, New Zealand, 2025 (competition)
- Primanima World Festival of First Animations 2025, Hungary, 2025 (competition)
- International Short Film Festival Cyprus 2025, Cyprus, 2025 (competition)
- CINANIMA, 2025, Portugal, 2025 (competition)
- 2025 PÖFF Shorts, 2025, Estonia, 2025 (Jury Mention for Animated Children's Film)
- Animateka International Animated Film Festival, 2025. Slovenia, 2025 (competition)