• Such a Beautiful Town

    Directed by Marta Koch
    Poland | 8 minutes |

Morning. Woman wakes up, goes to the window and, to her surprise, notices her boyfriend kissing another woman on the street. Disoriented, she runs out of the apartment to confront him, but the man is not there anymore. In order to find him, she embarks on a lonely journey throughout the city, which with each subsequent street becomes more stifling and unsympathetic.

In competition for Best Student Animated Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Marta Koch
Producers: Agata Golańska
Screenwriter: Marta Koch
Cinematographers: Marta Koch
Editor: Marta Koch, Sabina Filipowicz
Music: Teoniki Rożynek
Original Language Title: Takie piękne miasto
Country: Poland
Language: English
Year: 2019
Running Time: 8 minutes
Primary Company: KFF Sales & Promotion
Contact Email: marta.swietek@kff.com.pl
Website: https://sp.kff.com.pl/en/films/such-a-beautiful-town/

director biography

born in 1993 in Lodz, Poland. Currently 5th year student of Film Animation and Special Effects Department at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Besides animated films she also works as a graphic designer, makes storyboards and movie posters. In her films she touches on various psychological topics such as loneliness, complicated interpersonal relationships, difficulties in trusting yourself and the world, the duality of human nature.

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