The Car that came back from the Sea

The Car that came back from the Sea

Full of exuberance and frivolousness, six friends drive to the Polish Baltic coast and back in a small, dented car. During their trip, their car and their country fall apart. Nevertheless, life goes on. Their journey is interfused with memories and snapshots from the past.

"Jury Award & France TV Award" at Annecy Animation Film Festival 2024; "Best Animated Short" at Palm Springs ShortFest 2024

Poland / 2024 / 11'


Director

Director

Jadwiga Kowalska – Born in 1982 in Bern, Switzerland. Joint Swiss and Polish citizenship. Jadwiga Kowalska studied animation and illustration at the HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Kunst & Design) and the APS (Akademia Sztuk Pieknych) in Krakow. She has received numerous awards for her films and picture book, notably at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival and the Swiss Film Prize «Quartz 2009» for the best Animation Film for TÔT OU TARD (2008) and at the Locarno Film Festival for THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER (2016).