Maska, 2010, 24 min.
2011
Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Short Film Category
Sacem Award for original music
Athens International Film & Video Festival, USA
First Prize in the Animation Film Category
International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo
Best Film Award in the International Short Film Competition
Director | Quay Brothers | |
Screenplay | Quay Brothers | |
(based on a short story “Maska” by Stanislaw Lem and “The Natura Sonoris No.1” by Krzysztof Penderecki) | ||
Cinematography | Quay Brothers | |
Music | Krzysztof Penderecki | |
Art Director | Quay Brothers | |
Producers | Zbigniew Zmudzki, Marlena Lukasik |
“It” is created piece by piece, limb by limb, and then with a sudden “rush of gender” takes the shape of an automaton disguised as a beautiful Duenna sent on a mission into the courtly kingdom to mercilessly track down and kill a prince.