38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Refreny
Poland
2007 Fiction 13 min
Women of three generations are joined by common bonds and feelings. Their memories make a tangle of concealed emotions, which repeat like a refrain. When the youngest woman reaches maturity the memories return with the letter her grand mother left her.
Screenplay : Wiola Sowa
Image : Wiola Sowa
Sound : Barbara Okoń-Makowska, Maciej Jabloński
Music : Leszek Możdżer
Editing : Wiola Sowa
Production : Association of Animation Experimental and Video Film Artist " Studio A "
Wiola Sowa was born in Gniezno, Poland, in 1972. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and by the studio of Animated film in 2000, she is a member of the Association of Polish Filmmakers, and the Association of creators of Animated and Experimental Film ‘Studio A'. Since 2005 she has run animated film workshops for children. Refreny is her first short film.