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Tears
Directed by Paulina Ziolkowska
Country Poland
Year 2025
Runtime 9′
A film about the impossibility of making a decision. A world full of possibilities and a lost woman who perhaps does not want to choose at all.
Paulina Ziolkowska
Paulina Ziolkowska is a Polish director, 2D animator, and illustrator. She studied animation at the Łódź Film School in Poland and Filmuniversität Babelsberg. Her debut film Oh Mother! (2017) was screened at numerous international festivals and won several awards. Her next film Bless you! (2018) won a Special Mention at the 68th Berlinale and a Special Mention at AnimaFest Zagreb. Her films have been presented at Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Melbourne IFF, Ottawa IAF, and Stuttgart.
