ANIMAFEST Zagreb, whose first edition took place in 1972, is the second oldest festival in the world dedicated to animation and one of the most prestigious.
This year's edition was held on June 7-12

Here is the great news:
"The joint jury of the Student Film Competition and the Croatian Film Competition consisting of Denis Alenti, Paula Bristot and Petrit Gora decided to award the Dušan Vukotić Award for the best student film to the Polish film I’m Here by Julia Orlik, made at the Polish School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź, to highlight the painful feeling of losing a loved one."

Details: http://www.animafest.hr/en/2021/news/read/winners_of_the_31st_world_festival_of_animated_film_animaf...

JESTEM TUTAJ (I’M HERE), dir. Julia Orlik
artistic supervision: Mariusz Wilczyński, Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz

https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1252877
http://www.polishshorts.pl/pl/filmy/ukonczone/2140/jestem_tutaj

In the full-length film category, the Special Mention went to KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN by Mariusz Wilczyński, our lecturer at the Animation Faculty and artistic supervisor of Julia's film.

https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1252706

In the justification we read:
"According to the decision of the Feature Film Competition jury consisting of Otto Alder, Hrvoje Štefotić and Karin Vandenrydt, the special mention goes to the Polish film Kill It and Leave This Town by Mariusz Wilczyński (produced by Bombonierka), a touching film that evoked a melancholy world that immediately attracted us. The story is both very personal and general and shows us extremely creatively and inventively what sadness is, complemented by an incredibly poetic style of animation – said the jury."

CONGRATULATIONS Julia!!! CONGRATULATIONS Professor!!!