“ACID RAIN” by Tomek Popakul received a Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2019.
Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Young runs away from her depressing hometown. Her early enthusiasm about hitchhiking fades when she finds herself on the city outskirts in the middle of the night. At the bridge she meets a figure balancing unsafely on the guardrail. That’s how she meets Skinny—a kind of unstable weirdo.
About Tomek Popakul
Tomek Popakul (PL), born in 1986, graduated in animation from the Łódź Film School. He also studied scriptwriting for a year. He made a couple of short films—among them his graduation, multi-awarded film *Ziegenort* that screened at dozens of festivals around…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.