Tears
TITLE
Tears
DIRECTOR
Paulina Ziolkowska
COUNTRY
Germany, Poland
YEAR
2025
DURATION
9′
GENRE
Animation
Overview

Tears
A film about the impossibility of making a decision. A world filled with possibilities and a lost woman who may not want to choose at all.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Paulina Ziolkowska
Paulina Ziolkowska is a polish film director, 2D Animator and illustrator. She studied animation at Lodz Film School in Poland and at Filmuniversity Babelsberg. Her debut film “Oh Mother!”(2017) was screened in many festivals worldwide, won many prizes. Her nextfilm “Bless you!”(2018) amongst others has won a special mention at 68th Berlinale and a special mention at AnimaFest in Zagreb. Her filmshave been shown at festivals like: Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy, Melbourne IFF, Ottawa IAF, Stuttgart, BOGOSHORTS. She took part in Fontevraud residency and TAIS residency in Toronto.
Credits
- DirectorPaulina Ziolkowska
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Cast
- Editing
- Producer/s Karsten Matern, Piotr Szczepanowicz
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleTears
- Project TypeAnimation
- Completion Date1 January 2025
- Country of originGermany, Poland
- Country of filmingGermany, Poland
- Language No Dialogue
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo

Paulina Ziolkowska
Paulina Ziolkowska is a polish film director, 2D Animator and illustrator. She studied animation at Lodz Film School in Poland and at Filmuniversity Babelsberg. Her debut film “Oh Mother!”(2017) was screened in many festivals worldwide, won many prizes. Her nextfilm “Bless you!”(2018) amongst others has won a special mention at 68th Berlinale and a special mention at AnimaFest in Zagreb. Her filmshave been shown at festivals like: Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy, Melbourne IFF, Ottawa IAF, Stuttgart, BOGOSHORTS. She took part in Fontevraud residency and TAIS residency in Toronto.