Film
Kill It and Leave This Town
Virtual
Tickets go on sale April 30
Dir. Mariusz Wilczynski | 2020, 88min
Mariusz Wilczynski’s deeply personal, hand-drawn animated film—winner of the Grand Prize for Feature Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and a FIPRESCI Award at the 2020 Viennale—conjures a flood of emotions through surreal and striking images. Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the film's hero hides in a safe land of memories where time stands still and those dear to him are still alive. Over the years, a city grows in his imagination, filled with cartoon idols from his childhood, until the hero discovers that eternal youth does not exist and decides to journey back to the real world.
Presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and co-programmed by Tomek Smolarski
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Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by The Thompson Family Foundation
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