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Thicket

English title: Thicket
Original title: Chwast
Polen, 2017, 4 min., no dialogue

Director: Adrianna Matwiejczuk
Production company:
Polish National Film School
61/63 Targowa St., 90
323 Lodz
Polen
rezyseria@filmschool.lodz.pl

Age recommendation: 14 years and up
Film genre: Animation

Synopsis:
Young girl is struggling with extreme shyness. She spends most of her time at home, thinking and dreaming. One day she receives a phone call from a distant friend and decides
to give herself one last try in overcoming her fears. What is more - when the protagonist is stressed, her body starts to get covered with plants, which pace and power of growth is
increasing with stress’ level increasing.

Festivals:
Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia 2018
Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Festival Austria 2019
Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival, 2019
IFEMA - International Female Film Festival Malmö 2019
Lago Film Fest - International Festival of Independent Cinema, 2019
30th Aguilar de Campoo International Short Film Festival 2018
Bogotá Short Film Festival 2018
Mo&Friese Children’s Short Film Festival 2019 Melbourne International Animation Festival 2019

Website: http://www.polishshorts.pl/en/films/1918/thicket

Study guide: German

Video: Trailer