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Kill It and Leave This Town

Original title: Zabij to i wyjed? z tego miasta
German title: Kill It and Leave This Town
Poland, 2020

Director: Wilczy?ski, Mariusz
Production company: Bombonierka, Extreme Emotions
Co-producers: Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Gigant Films
Length: 88 min.
Film genre: Animation

Synopsis:
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. Over the years, this city grows in his imagination. One day, literary heroes and childhood cartoon idols, who in the consciousness of the successive generations are forever young and wearing short pants, come to live there, uninvited. When our hero discovers they have all grown old and that eternal youth does not exist, he decides to return to real life, and the amazing characters living in his imagination lead him back to the real world.

Festivals:
Berlin IFF 2020, Annecy IFF 2020, Viennale IFF 2020 (awarded), Animateka FF Ljubljana 2020

World sales address/es:
Outsider Pictures (US)