JOKO

DISTRIBUTION AWARD

ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM
2022

OFFICIAL SELECTION

ANNECY FILM FESTIVAL

2024

project in production
short claymation film
format 15 min

 

director: Izabela Plucińska

writer: Izabela Plucińska, Justyna Celeda

based on: “Joko’s Anniversary” Roland Topor

producer: Piotr Szczepanowicz, Grzegorz Wacławek

production manager: Grzegorz Skorupski

production: Animoon

co-production: Clay Traces (DE), Maur Film (CZ), Fundacja Las Sztuki (PL), Pomerania Film Fund (PL), Piotr Szczepanowicz (PL)

A Polish Film Institute Co-financed Production

 

 

/ Project description /

Joko is a young man who works on the cistern, he is the only breadwinner in a family. On his second anniversary of employment, Joko and his colleagues meet with foreign delegates who force boy and the rest to… carry on their back. At first, Joko is against and rebels against this humiliating activity. However, under the pressure and desire to earn good money, he subsides. The delegates will start to dominate boy more and more. “JOKO” is a grotesque vision of eternal exploitation and domination.