A 6-year-old called Astra tries to stop her sister Anna from participating in a dangerous moon mission. But when Anna needs help, the little girl will not hesitate to go into space herself.
ASTRA is a professional debut written, designed and directed by Michal Lubinski. It blends traditional stop-motion animation with 3D tools and techniques in both pre- and post-production.
It's a story about sisterly love, great courage and the inevitable difficulties of life.
Written and Directed by: Michał Łubiński
Animation by: Bartosz Kotarski, Anna Polińska, Michał Łubiński
Director of Photography: Jan Paweł Trzaska
Camera Assistant: Nikodem Szlęzak
Lighting: Jarosław Bedyk, Nikodem Szlęzak
Editing: Janusz Czubak, Dorota Roś (animatic)
Color Grading: Magdalena Nizel
Character and Set Design: Michał Łubiński, Bartosz Siegieda, Piotr Knabe
Puppets: Piotr Knabe, Dariusz Kalita, Agnieszka Mikołajczyk, Agnieszka Smolarek, Anna Szcześniak, Beata Jarmuż-Socha
Sets and props: Jacek Spychalski, Daniel Kusak, Agnieszka Niewadził, Piotr Knabe, Kinga Grzywacz
Art Department Assistants: Alicja Obuchowicz, Justyna Kazanecka
Music: Piotr Kubiak
Sound design: Piotr Kubiak (Playade Studio)
Post-production & VFX: CeTA (Poland) – Michał Iwaszko, Dominika Zielińska, Jan Szkandera, Lech Gruszewski, Daniel Kusak, Artur Żarejko;
Polar Studio (Mexico) – Hector Fausto, Yael Marquez, Ricardo Robles, Salvador Rodrigo, Oscar Basurto, Erika Jimenez, Bianca Gonzalez, Jose de Jesus G.
Still Photographer: Kacper Romaniuk
Making of: ASF Studio
Producer: Robert Banasiak
Executive Producer: Katarzyna Gromadzka
Production Manager: Anna Szadkowska
Production Coordinator: Agnieszka Niewadził
Produced by: Centrum Technologii Audiowizualnych CeTA
Co-produced by: EC1 Łódź Miasto Kultury w Łodzi, Błażej Moder, Monika Głowacka, Polar Studio, Jonatan Guzman, Cinelight, Michał Łubiński
Film co-financed by: Polski Instytut sztuki Filmowej, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
Sales Agent: Ben Vandendaele (Radiator IP Sales)
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