Piotr Szczepanowicz

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.

Works

Kill It and Leave This Town

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.

Release Date2020-11-27

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation Supervisor

Vote Count28

Moomins and the Winter Wonderland

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.

Release Date2017-11-23

DepartmentArt

JobProduction Design

Vote Count19

All My Fu#%ing Superheroes

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.

Release Date2023-08-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Void Spaces

Therapy session opens memories from five different places and times. Traumatic experiences come back in expressive and suggestive images. Slowly, chaos becomes calmer and changes into peace. The film is a story about loss, thanks to which, an opportunity to find power and hope emerges.

Release Date2024-06-11

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The Exploits of Moominpappa – Adventures of a Young Moomin

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.

Release Date2022-02-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count3

Odo

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

Release Date2021-08-07

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Episode Count52

Vote Count1

Acid Rain

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

Release Date2019-01-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count12

The Miracle

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.

Release Date2024-05-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Love in the Times of Coal-Based Economy

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.

Release Date2021-04-13

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Joko

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.

Release Date2024-05-26

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Julius

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.

Release Date2018-09-14

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count23

Misaligned

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.

Release Date2022-08-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Slow Light

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.

Release Date2023-10-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count4

Impossible Figures and Other Stories I

Impossible Figures and other stories I is 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.

Release Date2021-09-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count3

Dróżnik

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.

Release Date2012-01-01

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Crush

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.

Release Date2023-10-09

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Ziegenort

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.

Release Date2013-12-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2

Pale Pink

Pale Pink is a sci-fi tale of love, loss and hope. Kuba and his 3.5-year-old daughter Emilia crash land on a desert planet. While Emilia explores the new world, Kuba tries to repair the rocket listening to the noises from the space, including hypnotic sounds of a black hole. In a parallel, realistic thread, we meet Jagoda, Kuba's partner and Emilia's mother, who suddenly ends up in hospital. Through the messages exchanged with her close ones, we follow the story of her battle with an illness. Meanwhile, on the planet, Emilia discovers life - a land of fantastic flowers. When a black hole comes close to the planet, Emilia rescues Kuba by taking him to a fairy-tale world of a child’s drawings.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Dzień

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.

Release Date2007-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count1

Ukryte

A short story about a man who, during his daily dinner, becomes involved in an event that reveals an uncomfortable truth about himself.

Release Date2009-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Born in the Jungle

During the school summer break, nine-year-old Elizabeth joins her family in the rainforest where they live with the Pemón tribe. When, after an accident, Mum needs to fly Dad to a hospital, Elizabeth must look after her three-year-old brother Leo. However, instead of minding her brother, she gets lost in her sketchbook. When Elisabeth finally looks up, she discovers that Leo has disappeared, and all signs suggest he wandered into the jungle. Now she must trade her books for bravery not only to find Leo, but also to rescue a mystical furry creature from captivity and return it to its family at the legendary Tepui mountain, all before their parents come back home.

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

The Hunt

Picture a northeastern Polish town, surrounded by forests and lakes; with only a few houses, a highway, and a small baroque church. That’s where an 11-year-old boy spends his last month of summer. Fascinated by stories about the Wild West and haunted by the religious imagery in church, he craves adventure. As he explores the surroundings, equipped with a cassette recorder and a bow, his innocent adventure suddenly stops being child’s play.

Release Date2019-05-29

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Fanatyk

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Tears

A film about the inability to make a decision. A world filled with possibilities and a lost heroine who may not want to choose at all.

Release Date2025-05-25

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer