Smell of the Ground
dir. Olivia Rosa / 2023, Poland, 8'
8.09.24
13:30
Kinoteka, plac Defilad, Warszawa, Polska
Director: Olivia Rosa
Screenplay: Olivia Rosa
Animation: Olivia Rosa
Editing: Olivia Rosa
Sound: Olivia Rosa, Jacek Feliks
Music: Oskar Cenkier
Producer(s): Robert Sowa
Production: Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
World sales: KFF Sales & Promotion
Language: no dialogue
Website: https://sp.kff.com.pl/films/smell-of-the-ground/
SYNOPIS
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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 era. It depicts a journey across our planet, starting with microscopic close-ups, continuing with shots of wildlife and slowly approaching civilisation. 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 aesthetic landscapes where I greedily relish every moment, because to my mind, that end may be so close that looking at this world, I already miss it.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Anima Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animest - Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Animateka International Animation Festival, Aguilar Film Festival, Animakom Fest, Tricky Women/Tricky Realities, Movies that Matter Festival, ONE Country ONE Film International Festival, Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), Sprouts Film Festival, Rooftop Films, World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Valencia International Film Festival - Cinema Jove, Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Warsaw Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival
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 is 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.
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