In the 1990s, eight-year-old Agata leaves her Polish homeland to take a bus to Belgium by herself. Anxious about the journey, she begins to write a letter to her father who has stayed behind in Poland. When she drops her pencil and it rolls away, Agata is forced to overcome her shyness. Searching for it, she weaves her way between the rows of seats and plunges into a fantastical world inhabited by strange half-human, half-animal passengers. Agata’s perceptions transform the reality of migration into an imaginative experience of initiation.
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Cast
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Natalia Wolska
Agata (voice)
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Anna Seniuk
Female Sparrow (voice)
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Henryk Niebudek
Grandfather (voice)
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Elżbieta Gaertner
Grandmother (voice)
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The Green Glove Gang
Marszałek Piłsudski
Marcin Pempuś
Bus Driver (voice)
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The King of Warsaw
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Lidia Sadowa
Bat (voice)
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The Eastern Gate
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Barbara Jonak
Mouse / She-Wolf (voice)
Known for
Corpus Christi
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Mariusz Ostrowski
Bear (voice)
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Expedition XD
Konrad Beta
Father (voice)
Known for
The Thaw
Sylwia Szkiłądź Director · Jérôme Erhart Editor
First release February 18, 2025 · Produced in Belgium, France · Languages French, Polish
Production
OZÙ Productions
Production
Vivi Film
Production
Amopix
Production
Novanima Productions
Production
Belgium · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Polish
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 2025
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
December 1, 2025 · Premiere · Leuven International Short Film Festival
Brazil
August 24, 2025 · Premiere · Festival Internacional de Curtas de São Paulo
Canada
September 27, 2025 · Premiere · Ottawa International Animation Festival
France
August 20, 2025 · Premiere · Film Festival Douarnenez
Poland
December 3, 2025 · Premiere · ŻUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival
Portugal
May 4, 2025 · Premiere · IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
South Korea
October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Bucheon International Animation Festival
Taiwan
March 27, 2026 · Premiere · Taiwan Int'l Children’s Film Festival
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