Paper Box

(festival title)
  • Poland Papierowe pudełko
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Short / Animation
Poland, 2011, 9 min

Directed by:

Zbigniew Czapla

Cinematography:

Zbigniew Czapla

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In May 2010, after record rainfall, flash flood broke embankments of the Vistula near Wilkow. Catastrophic flooding deprived thousands of people of all their possessions and roofs over their heads. Afew weeks later Zbigniew Czapla found abox of old photographs in his family house also ravaged by the element. The unique family mementoes left were destroyed by water, mud and mold. This film is adesperate attempt to keep memories, reconstruct people and events of the past. An impression on the transitory nature of memory, inevitability of fading and the destructive force of elements. (Guanajuato International Film Festival)

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