Graduation Short Film Competition
False Door
Directed by Oktawia Derybowska
Country Poland
Year 2026
Runtime 7′
The wanderer crosses a vast desert of ice. He struggles to reach a place that seems to be a mere illusion, like a ghost trying to return to the world of the living. The lynx follows him, waiting for the moment when the wanderer loses all his strength.
Oktawia Derybowska
J. Oktawia Derybowska grew up in the countryside near Warsaw and has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She graduated from the Wojciech Gerson High School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and then moved to Poznań to study at the Animation Department of the Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts, where she earned her master's degree in 2025. Oktawia specializes in traditional techniques including pencil, soft pastel, and sand stop-motion.
