The execution of memory

The film is a metaphorical story about the "demons of the past" and the fight that must be taken to be able to free ourselves from them.

The animation is a screen adaptation of Jerzy Ficowski’s poem under the same title from the poetry volume "A Reading of Ashes", that is devoted to the subject of the Holocaust and World War II.

The poetry volume was published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

Festival history of the film:

  • Grand Prix Award "Albatros 2020 for the best short film form" in the 13th edition of the "National Review of Amateur Student Films Albatrosy 2020" in Poland (2020)
  • 1st place award of the Adult Jury & 1st place award of the Youth Jury in the category of "film by individual authors made without the support of professional animators" in the national film competition "Eye of the Kaleidoscope. VII National Review of Animated Films Created by Youth" in Poland (2020)
  • Award in the "Best Director" category at the National Horror Films Festival "FilmSteria" in Poland (2020)
  • Special Award of the Jerzy Ficowski Foundation in Poland (2019)
  • 2nd place award in the "Internet Users Award" category in the 13th edition of the international "Warsaw Prague Youth Film Festival" in Poland (2020)
  • 3rd place award at the "Kozzi Gangsta Film Festival" in Kargowa in the "Promotional film" category in Poland (2022)
  • Honourable Mention Award in the international "Student World Impact Film Festival" in New York, USA (2022)
  • Status of a "Finalist" in the student competition at the international film festival "THE 2021 Nashville Jewish Film Festival" in Tennessee, USA (2021)
  • Qualification for the international "Scout Film Festival" and nomination in the category of the best animated short film in Boston, USA (2021)
  • Qualification for the 18th edition of the international film festival "Austin Jewish Film Festival" in Texas, USA (2020)
  • Screening of the film at a special international webinar organized by the "Austin Jewish Film Festival": "AJFF – Screening of" The Execution of Memory "and Q&A with student animator Gabi Bania" (2020)
  • Qualification for the 3rd edition of the international film festival "Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival" in Japan (2020)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival" in Berlin, Germany (2020)
  • Qualification for the 4th edition of the international film festival "Chaniartoon – International Comic & Animation Festival" in Greece (2020)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "Shenandoah Youth Festival" in Virginia, USA (2021)
  • Qualification for the 11th edition of the international film festival "VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival" in Croatia (2020)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "NAFCo Winter Film Festival" in Pennsylvania, USA (2021)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "Popoli e Religioni – Terni Film Festival" in Italy (2020)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "NAFCo Rock N' Reel Summer 2023 Film Festival Series" in Pennsylvania, USA (2021)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "Volterra Fantasy Film Festival" in Italy (2021)
  • Qualification for the "Kinovertikal – the International Festival and Competition for Films directed by Children and Young Adults" in Russia (2022)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "Animated Expressions Expo" in France (2023)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "SERIES WEB AWARDS" in Lima, Peru (2023)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "The Hollywood Guerrilla Film Festival" in California, USA (2023)
  • Qualification for the international film festival "13th EDUKINO Festival of Films Against War" in Warsaw, Poland (2022)
  • Qualification for the 19th International Festival of Non-professional Films "Love A Human" in Poland (2019)
  • Screening of the film at the film festival "Ficowski Project" at Kino Elektronik in Poland (2019)
  • A special screening of the film being an official opening of an exclusive discussion panel organized in the Marek Edelman Dialogue Center in Łódź during the celebration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Poland (2020)
  • Screening of the film at the 7th review of films about writers entitled: "A writer is also a human being" organized by the Warsaw Branch of the Polish Writers Association in Poland (2019)
  • Screening of the film at the international film festival "STUFFit Student Film Festival" in Australia (2020)
  • Screening of the film at the "10th International Screening of Animated Films made by Youth HALO ECHO 2021" in a non-competitive section in Poland (2021)
  • Screening of the film during the "Jerzy Ficowski Recitation Competition in Żoliborz" at the 1st Bolesław Limanowski High School with Integration Branches in Poland (2019)
  • Screening of the film at the 4th edition of the Polish "9 Minutes Film Festival" in Poland (2021)