Weeds

Pola
Kazak

* 1986, Kursk, Russia
Since 2004, she studied audiovisual production at the Moscow University of Arts and Culture, where she focused on documentary production and photography.
In 2010, she moved to the Czech Republic and began studying at the Miroslav Ondříček Film Academy in Písek, first majoring in documentary production, but after the first year she switched to the animation studio. During her studies, she focused on cartoon, 2D and multiplane animation. At the same time, she worked as a graphic artist and draftsman.
She defended her bachelor‘s degree with the short film Toro!, based on Pablo Picasso‘s line drawings illustrating bullfights. As an animator, she participated in several films where she applied her experience with multiplane – The Crossing (dir. Florence Miailhe, oil painting, 2018) or Kafka. In Love (dir. Zane Oborenko, sand animation, 2024).
Filmography
2022-2023 – Kafka. In Love (dir. Zane Oborenko) / sand on glass / animator 2019-2024 – Weeds (dir. Pola Kazak) / painting on glass / director, animator 2018-2019 – The Crossing (dir. Florence Miailhe) / painting on glass / animator 2015 – Toro! (dir. Pola Kazak) / ink on paper / director, animator

Endless fields of weeds stretch to infinity. Hidden within lies a beautiful garden, lovingly tended by the Gardener in quiet solitude.

This film screens as part of the programWeeds and Other Animations.
This film screens as part of the programNeighbourhood - short animations.