Piotr Szczepanowicz
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Biography
Piotr Szczepanowicz is a Polish animation filmmaker and producer. He studied Animation and Special Effects at the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. He is a co-founder of NoLabel company.
Known For

Odo – the little owl with big ideas – helps make the Forest Camp for Young Birds lots of fun!
Odo

This winter is extraordinary; Moomintroll decides to stay awake to explore the winter instead of hibernating as usually. And winters are certainly totally different than he had imagined. Strangest creatures wander amidst the snowdrifts; midwinter darkness surrounds the Moominvalley, and on top of that, an eccentric guest is soon to appear. This guest requires many measures, and is called Christmas, Hemulen tells to a surprised Moomintroll.
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland

A beautiful summer day in Moomin Valley. Suddenly, a wasp stings Moomintroll, who falls ill and has to stay in bed. To cheer him up, Moominpappa recounts his youthful adventures; his misunderstood childhood, escape from an orphanage and his historic meeting with the inventor Hodgkins.
The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin

An organised arts teacher has only one main problem in life, which is his father – a painter always going from one party to the next. When the father lives through his second heart attack and still refuses to change his lifestyle, Julius will have to find a way to influence his behaviour.
Julius

Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
Kill It and Leave This Town

A story of a man with a very dense eyes who sees all the surrounding reality only after seven years. The consequence of the eye defect translates into the mental immaturity of the man, lack of understanding of the present and belated reflections on long-gone facts. The man is never mature enough for his age and constantly lingers on the past.
Slow Light

After running away from her depressing village in eastern Europe, a teenage girl meets a new friend under a bridge.
Acid Rain

In a seemingly idyllic village, a teenager has to struggle with the problems of growing up. His situation is especially difficult, as he is half boy, half fish.
Ziegenort

Joko is a young man who works on the cistern, he is the only breadwinner in a family. On his second anniversary of employment, Joko and his colleagues meet with foreign delegates who force boy and the rest to… carry on their back. At first, Joko is against and rebels against this humiliating activity. However, under the pressure and desire to earn good money, he subsides.
Joko
Wake up, get ready, a quick breakfast to the sound of his favourite jazz – and it is time to rush off to work, just like every day.
The Nest

The first and—paradoxically—the final part of the triptych. The city, which is its subject, grows not only in space but, most importantly, in time. With all consequences.
Impossible Figures and Other Stories I

The life of a young man, a hedonist and a sinner, turns upside down when his wife becomes pregnant. He tries to escape, but it does not bring relief, on the contrary, it makes his life even more confusing. He can no longer separate reality from a drunken hallucination colored with biblical stories and folk songs.
The Miracle

What happens when a hero blindly pursues his goal, consumed by brutal rivalry? This is a ruthless play on fantasy conventions, where an existential crisis of masculinity proves more dangerous than dungeon monsters. A story of people so deeply attached to their roles that they fail to notice the coming end of the world.
Fanatic

While she is practicing yoga, he is looking at his phone. When he sits behind a desk, she goes to the kitchen to prepare a shake. Suddenly, the protagonists and their rituals begin to revolve around each other as if they were celestial bodies and their flat becomes the centre of the universe.
Misaligned
A short story about a man who, during his daily dinner, becomes involved in an event that reveals an uncomfortable truth about himself.
Ukryte

An ambitious thief wants to steal a precious diamond from a heavily guarded vault. On his way, he unexpectedly meets competition – a femme fatale who appeared for the same purpose.
Crush

A prehistoric fish takes its first step on dry land, a cuddling T-Rex couple is about to become extinct after a meteorite impact, while in Poland it is 1963 and the Winter of the Century is in full swing. Chimneys cheerfully spit out clouds of black smoke. A young coal loader is madly in love with a beautiful crane operator. The heat of his love will not let him freeze as he struggles with the piercing frost and trudges through snow drifts guided by wild desire. Our hero and heroine, still totally unaware of global warming and excessive carbon dioxide emissions, will play their parts in a human comedy of love and death.
Love in the Times of Coal-Based Economy

A young director goes to Los Angeles to sign a contract for the production of his new film. However, before he reaches Hollywood, he takes a taxi on a crazy ride through American streets, cinema history and pop culture.
All My Fu#%ing Superheroes
A day in the life of elderly people who have stopped loving each other, and whose indifference towards one another permeates the atmosphere of their home.
Dzień
An intimate film focused on a man and the small world around him. The protagonist is a lonely man working as a railroad crossing guard in a place where practically no one passes by and no trains stop. His only entertainment is playing the trumpet. However, one day the signalman is given a chance to change his rather monotonous life.