THE WIZARD OF U.S.
POLISH TITLE: CZARNOKSIĘŻNIK Z KRAINY U.S.
This animated variation on L. Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a fanciful story combined with authentic contributions of women recorded by the filmmakers. One day, Dorothy is blown off by a tornado and carried away to the United States. Here, she confronts the reality standing behind the American dream: politics, the economy and violence, which are nothing like a fairy tale.
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRYI:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 24'
- YEAR:
- 2016
- DIRECTING:
- Balbina Bruszewska
- SCRIPT:
- Mariusz Andryszczyk
- DOP:
- Balbina Bruszewska, Tomasz Łaptaszyński, Mariusz Andryszczyk
- MUSIC:
- Adam Hajzer, Martin Tillman, Nate Pennington, Duran Duran
- ANIMATION:
- Zuzanna Szyszak, Magdalena Parszewska, Monika Dovnar, Izumi Yoshida, Katarzyna Melnyk, Gs Animation
- PRODUCER:
- WJTeam
Balbina Bruszewska »
writer and director of animated films and music videos born in Lodz Poland in 1982. Animation graduate of the Polish National Film School in Lodz and the UCLA Extensios CA in writing for television. Multi-media artist and writer known for playful analysis of the bitter-sweet reality that bites the western civilization in the modern World. Alumni of prestigious art scholarships such as Młoda Polska, educator, philosopher, member of Board of Directors at the Polish Film Institute.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Short Waves 2018, Poland, 2018 (competition)
- 58th Brno 16 International Short Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2017 (competition)
- Animatou International Animation Festival 2017, Switzerland, 2017 (competition)
- 10. MFF Animator, Poland, 2017 (competition)
- 8th Golden Kuker Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2017 (competition)
- 56th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2016 (screening)