Autokar
By Sylwia Szkiladz
Year of production : 2025Â
Running time :Â 17′
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Produced by Ozù Productions (Be)
Coproduced by Amopix (FR) • ViviFilm (Be) • Novanima (FR)Â
Coproduced by RTBF • Shelter Prod with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING and the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government
With the support of the Cinema and Audiovisual Center of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony NationalÂ
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Festival & Sales :Â Miyu distribution
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Synopsis : In the 1990s, 8 years-old Agata leaves Poland for Belgium. Anxious about her journey, the little girl writes a letter to her father back home, but her pencil falls out and gets lost on the bus. Forced to overcome her shyness, she crawls between the seats in search of the pencil, plunging into a fantastic world populated by strange half-human, half-animal passengers. At the tender age of 8, her eyes transform the reality of migration into an initiatory experience.
Animation : Sylwia Szkiladz, Gaspar Chabaud, Eve de Roeck, Pierre Le Brun, Ronni Shalev, Agathe Sollier, Anne Escot, Dina Hendrick
Backgrounds : Sylwia Szkiladz, Noémie Marsily
Music :Â Barbara Drazkov
Editing : Jérôme Erhart
Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin | Feb 2025 | Generation Kplus competition | Special international jury award for Best short film |
Psaroloco – International Children’s & Young People’s Film Festivals | Apr 2025 | Competition | |
BIFFF – Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival | Apr 2025 | National short films competition | |
24Frame – Future Film Festival | Apr 2025 | International short films competition | Best international short film |
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen | Apr – May 2025 | Children’s and youth film competition | |
IndieLisboa – Festival Internacional de Cine Independente | May 2025 | IndieJĂşnior competition | Audience award |
KFF – Krakow Film Festival | May- Jun 2025 | Out of competition – Animated stories programme | |
Vienna Shorts | May – Jun 2025 | Out of competition | |
Mo&Friese Kinder Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg | juin-25 | Selection | |
Animator – MiÄ™dzynarodowy Festiwal FilmĂłw Animowanych | Jun – Jul 2025 | Selection | |
Festival FenĂŞtres sur courts | nov-25 | Out of competition – Programme Nuit de l’animation |






