AND THE CRANES KEPT DANCING
POLISH TITLE: A ŻURAWIE WCIĄŻ TAŃCZYŁY
When the Cranes appear on the shore and introduce the Man to the world of beauty and dance, he needs to decide what priorities in his life are. The further the Man distances himself from the family, the more the Woman decides to fight through her trauma in order to attempt one last try at their relationship while the Child is lost in his nightmares and abandonment, while the Cranes keep on dancing.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Polska, Arabia Saudyjska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 9'
- YEAR:
- 2023
- COLOUR:
- colour / black and white
- DIRECTING:
- Natasza Cetner
- SCRIPT:
- Natasza Cetner
- MUSIC:
- Phil Brookes
- SOUND:
- Phil Brookes
- ANIMATION:
- Natasza Cetner
- PRODUCTION:
- Pigeon Productions, Mikołaj Błoński
- COPRODUCTION:
- King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture - Ithra Production
Natasza Cetner »
Natasza Cetner is an award-winning Polish Animation Director with an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art in London and BA from the University of Westminster. The main themes of her works are the absurdity of the world around us and the surreal, while other works and films focus on conveying the unconscious and its desires, and the anxiety of the insomniac mind. She loves to take inspiration from real-life stories and transform them into engaging short films and visuals.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Imaginaria International Animation Film Festival, Italy, 2023 (competition)
- Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival 2023, Ukraine, 2023 (competition)
- Edinburgh Short Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2023 (competition)
- 2023 PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2023 (competition)
- CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Mexico, 2023 (competition)