Casparade - It’s Best to Be Yourself (Kacperiada - Najlepiej być sobą)
Mohaq - ages 8+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013
Wojtek Wawszczyk / Short Narrative / Poland / 2013 / 11 min / Colour / HDCAM / In Polish / Arabic, English subtitles / MENA Premiere
Rated: Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Synopsis
In Competition
Based upon a series of best-selling children’s books, ‘Casparade’ is a comedic animated series following the life of seven-year-old Casper and his unconventional parents. Here, Casper is obsessed by the TV adventures of the Fly Avenger, his favourite superhero. When Dad restricts his access to television, Casper has the brilliant idea of dressing up as his grandfather in order to confuse Dad. That works out fine – until Dad decides to strike back. As their role games spiral out of control, Casper will eventually learn that it’s best just being yourself.
About the Director
Wojciech Wawszczyk graduated from the Lodz Film School and Filmakademie Ludwigsburg. His short films ‘Headless’ (1999), ‘Mouse’ (2001), ‘Fly-Away Penguin’ (2002) and ‘Splinter’ (2007) have won awards around the world. He has worked as an animator for the Disney productions ‘I, Robot’ (2004) and ‘Aeon Flux’ (2006). In 2011, he directed his feature-film debut, ‘George the Hedgehog’ (2010). He is the creative director of Warsaw-based digital animation studio Human Ark.
Credits
- Director
- Wojtek Wawszczyk
- Screenwriter
- Wojtek Wawszczyk, Aneta Wrobel, Adam Wojtyszko
- Producer
- Maksym Sikora, Anja Sosic
- Editor
- Wojtek Wawszczyk
- Music
- Szymon Wysocki
- Cinematographer
- Tomasz Lesniak
- Production Company
- Human Ark
- Cast
- Marcin Hycnar, Kacper Cybinski, Grzegorz Pawlak, Monika Pikula