Baths – Łaźnia; animation film by Tomek Ducki (2013)

Two elderly swimmers meet at the baths for their ritual swimming. This time they are diving deeper than usual. „The film takes us into the murky waters of fantasy. With a cool kind of magic, this delicately stylized film draws us into various layers of reality, as we plunge from silent melancholia into the graphic frenzy of competitive sports, where everything is turned upside down. The notion of the flipside of reality is taken literally here, to mesmerizing effect.“ (Jury’s statement, Fantoche 2013) © Studio Miniatur Filmowych Sp. z o.o. Peek & Boo Polish Film Institute 2013 Director, Writer, Designer, Animator: Tomek Ducki Animation assistant, Director of Photography: Katarzyna Zolich Composer and Sound Designer: Jean-Marc Petsas Sound re-recording: Michał Fojcik Producer: Włodzimierz Matuszewski Executive Producer: Ewelina Gordziejuk Coproducer: Kurban Kassam Thanks: Caroline Bruckner, Paul Bush, Ola & Eddie, Ju