„I'm here” with an award at the Kaboom Animation Festival

The film „I’m here”, directed by Julia Orlik, won the Best Student Short award at the Kaboom Animation Festival in the Netherlands. The image is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.

Six Polish productions took part in this year’s edition of the event, which took place online on March 31-April 4. Apart from the award-winning film by Julia Orlik, there were also „My Fat Arse and I” by Yelyzaveta Pysmak, „Plantarium” by Tomek Ducki, „We Have One Heart” by Katarzyna Warzecha, „Marbles” by Natalia Spychała and „Kaprysia” by Betina Bożek.

„I’m here”

An elderly man looks after his paralyzed wife. Despite his old age and his own health problems, he tries his best to alleviate her suffering, which is getting stronger and stronger every day. He is helped by his daughter, who tries to reconcile care with work in the hospital and her family life. Each of them has different views on what care should be like, which leads to many arguments.

The director and author of the script for the animation „I’m here” is Julia Orlik, a student at the Film School in Łódź. The director has realised two images: „Banquet” (2016) and „My strange older brother” (2018). So far, the film „I’m here” has won the Grand Prix at the following festivals: PÖFF Shorts in Estonia and the Polish Etiuda & Anima festival, as well as the 1st prize in the French Nice Short Film Festival and the Golden Pigeon statuette at the German DOK Leipzig. Moreover, it received a special distinction at the Krakow Film Festival and the Audience Award at the ANIMATOR festival in Poznań.