"Yes, our uteruses BLEED!"

Direction, Concept, Script, Camera, Sound, Production, Editing, Postproduction: Malgorzata Rybak Type: documentary, live action and animation Duration: 25'00 Completion Date: August 2026 Country: Poland Festivals (awaiting first selection) Synopsis What menstruating women are not allowed to do or what is completely forbidden to them? For instance to hold a toddler, because the baby will get colic. To enter church. Nor her own kitchen. To wash her hair. Or just to make a mayonnaise. Where? Actually such restrictions can be found everywhere. Additional problems women have to deal with as if we didn't have it hard enough.

"Experiences and learning. And parenting."

Direction, Script, Animation, Production, Visual Art, Sound, Editing: Malgorzata Rybak Kid’s voice: Marcelina Lucka Woman’s voice: Patrycja Pulit Music: Anna Ostachowska, Malgorzata Rybak Sound mastering: Michal Korzeniowski Type: animation, fiction Duration: 4'40 Completion Date: August 2025 Country: Poland Festivals - DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2025 (DOK Film Market Exclusives, no public screenings) - PÖFF Shorts, Estonia, 2025 (Official Selection - Shorts Kids Animation Competition 7+) - Lugano Animation Days, Switzerland, 2025 (Official Selection - Concorso Kids) - International Animation Festival AJAYU, Peru, 2025 (Official Selection, non-competitive) - IndieJúnior International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Portugal, 2026 (Official Selection - Family Shorts 6+, Shorts for Mothers and Fathers) - CLERMONT-FERRAND Short Film Festival, France, 2026 (SPECIAL MENTION FROM THE CANAL+ KIDS JURY) Thank you! - NYICFF New York International Children's Film Festival, USA, 2026 (Official Selection - Short Films Competition 5+ 10+) - Lanterna Mágica, Goiânia International Animation Festival, Brazil, 2026 (Official Selection - International Short Competition) - FILMFEST DRESDEN, Germany, 2026 (Official Selection - Open Air Program Family Shorts, non-competitive) - IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, 2026 (Official Selection - IndieJúnior Shorts) - Leiria Film Fest, Portugal, 2026 (Official Selection - Films For Children) - Zlín Film Festival - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic, 2026 (Hermína Týrlová AWARD for Best Short Animation for Children up to 6 Years of Age) Thank you! - ABIFF Animation Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania, 2026 (Official Selection - Children's International Short Film Competition) - FEST New Directors, Portugal, 2026 (Official Selection - Festinha Competition, International Children and Youth Short Film Competition) - FEST ANČA International Animation Festival, Slovakia, 2026 (Official Selection - International Competition of Shorts for Children) - BIKY Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, South Korea, 2026 (Clermont Special Program, non-competitive) - Burgas International Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2026 (Official Selection - BIFF Children, non-competitive) - DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo, 2026 (Official Selection - DokuKids 6+, non-competitive) - Imaginaria International Festival of Authorial Animated Film, Italy, 2026 (Official Selection - Children Short Film Competition) - Concorto Film Festival, Italy, 2026 (Official Selection - Concorto Kids) - TAFF Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland, 2026 (Official Selection - TAFF Junior Competition) Synopsis A lively kid named „O” is very curious and busy discovering the world around. Despite all the obstacles O manages to gather some personal experiences and to gain new skills. Will they prove useful? A short story told from a child's perspective. For parents. And little humans.

"Us, the sea and the sad end"

Direction, Script, Animation, Drawings, Production, Editing, Compositing: Malgorzata Rybak Sound: Michal Fojcik Type: animation, fiction Duration: 2'00 Completion Date: October 2023 Country: Poland Festivals - FEST ANČA International Animation Festival, Slovakia, 2024 (Official Selection - Extremely Short Section Of Extremely Short Films, non-competitive) - ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival, Poland, 2024 (Official Selection - Polish Animated Film Competition) - Mister Vorky International Festival of Cinema Art, Serbia, 2024 (Official Selection - International Short Films) - ShorTS International Film Festival, Italy, 2024 (Official Selection - Eco ShorTS) - LAGO Film Fest, Italy, 2024 (Official Selection - Unicef Teens Competition) - SUPERTOON International Animation and Comics Festival, Croatia, 2024 (Official Selection - Grandtoon Animated Short Films Competition) - Almaty Animation Festival, Kazakhstan, 2024 (Official Selection - International Animation) - Stop Cadru International Film Festival, Romania, 2024 (BEST ANIMATION AWARD) - Octopus Film Festival, Poland, 2024 (Official Selection - International Short Film Competition) - Flipbook Film Festival, North Macedonia, 2024 (Official Selection - European Panorama, non-competitive) - ABIFF Animation Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania, 2024 (Official Selection - Author's International Short Film Competition) - BLON Animation and Games Festival, Lithuania, 2024 (Official Selection - International Competition Programme of Animated Shorts) - Camera Action Film Critics Festival, Poland, 2024 (Official Selection - Best Animation Competition) - UPPSALA Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2024 (Official Selection - Short Shorts, non-competitive) - Athens International Children's Film Festival, Greece, 2024 (Official Selection - Green) - Animalcoi Alcoi International Animation Festival, Spain, 2024 (Official Selection - Premi Animalcoi Solitium) - ANILOGUE International Animation Festival, Hungary, 2024 (Official Selection - Competition of Extremely Short Animated Films) - MINIMALEN Short Film Festival, Norway, 2025 (Official Selection - International Competition) - Animax Skopje Fest, North Macedonia, 2025 (Official Selection) - ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, 2025 (Official Selection - We Nature, non-competitive) - O!PLA Ogólnopolski Niezależny Festiwal Animacji, Poland, 2025 (Official Selection - Off&Go) - Zoom Zblizenia IFF, Poland, 2025 (Official Selection - Animated Films) - Tricky Women Tricky Realities, Austria, 2025 (Official Selection - Politics of Place, non-competitive) - FILMFEST DRESDEN, Germany, 2025 (Official Selection - Short Film Bingo, non-competitive) - VAFI&RAFI International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Croatia, 2025 (Official Selection - RAFI 15-18) - Rural FilmFest, Spain, 2025 (Official Selection - Short Film Eco) - Silhouette Film Festival, France, 2025 (Official Selection, non-competitive) - WFAF World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Bulgaria, 2025 (Official Selection - Short Films) - Minikino Film Week, Indonesia, 2025 (Official Selection - Sense of Place, non-competitive) - RIFF Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 2025 (Official Selection - Children and Youth Program 6+) - Samizdat Eastern European Film Festival, UK, 2025 (Official Selection) - Cinemira Budapest International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Hungary, 2025 (Official Selection - Cinemira Youth) - Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland, 2025 (Official Selection - Green, non-competitive) - INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany, 2025 (Official Selection - Green Film Competition) - T-short Animated Film Festival, Germany, 2025 (Official Selection - Storyline, non-competitive) - Green Visions Potsdam, Germany, 2026 (Official Selection - UNESCO Creative Cities Short Film Programme, non-competitive) - Gozo Film Festival, Malta, 2026 (Official Selection - Children Cinema, non-competitive) Synopsis When you finally arrive at your favorite snorkeling spot but then suddenly everything is getting out of control. A very short story in three acts.

"not A fairy tale"

Direction, Script, Animation, Editing, Compositing, Drawings, Production: Malgorzata Rybak Voiceover, Piano: Nil Sen Sound: Piotr Madej Type: animation, fiction Duration: 2'53 Completion Date: February 2023 Country: Poland Festivals - Animatica, Italy, 2023 (Official Selection) - Animator Fest European Youth Festival of Animated Film, Serbia, 2023 (Official Selection) - WFAF World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Bulgaria, 2023 (BEST CHILDREN'S FILM AWARD) - Seoul Animal Film Festival (SAFF), South Korea, 2023 (Official Selection) - REX Animation Festival, Sweden, 2023 (Official Selection - Kids 10+) - CINANIMA, Portugal, 2023 (Official Selection - Grande Panorama: Students - 2ºnd e 3ºrd Ciclo) - Żubroffka International Short Film Festival, Poland, 2023 (Official Selection - Kids 11+) - IndieJúnior International Children’s and Youth Film Festival, Portugal, 2024 (Official Selection - Curtas Toda a Família I +3) - Zoom Zblizenia IFF, Poland, 2024 (Official Selection - animated films for children 7-12 yo) - ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, 2024 (Official Selection - Petit Animac) - MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival, Portugal, 2024 (Official Selection - Super Short Films Competition) - Athens ANIMFEST International Animation Festival, Greece, 2024 (Official Selection) - CMS International Children's Film Festival (ICFF), India, 2024 (Official Selection) - VAFI&RAFI International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Croatia, 2024 (Official Selection - RAFI 7-10) - IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, 2024 (Official Selection - IndieJúnior Shorts +6) - Almaty Animation Festival, Kazakhstan, 2024 (Official Selection - International Animation) - Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland, 2024 (Official Selection - Anima.PL) - TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival, Georgia, 2024 (Official Selection - Animated Film for Children) - FILMFEST DRESDEN, Germany, 2025 (Official Selection - Short Film Bingo, non-competitive) - TIAF Tbilisi International Animation Festival, Georgia, 2025 (Official Selection - Children’s Films Competition) - Minikino Film Week, Indonesia, 2025 (Official Selection - Best Children’s Short Nominee) - Anim!Arte International Student Animation Festival of Brazil, Brazil, 2025 (Official Selection - Professional Environmental Film) - Galichnik Film Festival, North Macedonia, 2026 (Official Selection - Kids Program, non-competitive) - Gozo Film Festival, Malta, 2026 (Official Selection - Children Cinema, non-competitive) Synopsis Extraordinary skills of a street lamp initiated by some unexpected non-human visitors. Believe it or not, it’s a true story. And it’s very unlikely to happen again.

"The End of another civilization of arrogance"

Direction, Script, Animation, Drawings, Background Photos, Visual and Graphic Designs, Editing and Compositing, Production: Malgorzata Rybak Music: Michal Janczyk Type: animation, fiction Duration: 7'54 Completion Date: 2022 Country: Poland Festivals - Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA, Greece, 2022 (Official Selection) - ANIMAFEST Gdansk, Poland, 2022 (Official Selection) - Montreal International Animation Film Festival ANIMAZE, Canada, 2022 (Official Selection) - Polish Film Festival Los Angeles, USA, 2022 (Official Selection) - Valencia Indie Film Festival VALÈIFF, Spain, 2022 (Official Selection) - Chaniartoon International Comic & Animation Festival, Greece, 2022 (Official Selection) - Athens Animfest, Greece, 2022 (Official Selection) - HVAF Happy Valley Animation Festival, USA, 2022 (Official Selection) - AniMate Australia Animation Film Festival, Australia, 2022 (Quarter-Finalist) - Chester Animation Festival, UK, 2022 (Finalist) - Women’s Film Festival Demakijaż, Poland, 2022 (Semi-Finalist) - Screener Short Films, UK, 2022 (HONORABLE MENTION) - Palm Springs Animation Festival, USA, 2022 (Official Selection) - Lion Film Festival, UK, 2022 (BEST SHORT ANIMATION AWARD)

MALGORZATA RYBAK Polish director, scriptwriter and animator. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (MA) and the Pedagogical University in Cracow (MA). Although she never studied animation, but as a self-taught artist she currently creates independent, artistic animations that are presented at numerous festivals. Still looking for a Producer. Apart from that she’s been working as a Visual Designer. Filmography: 2026 "Yes, our uteruses BLEED!" (30'00) 2025 "Experiences and learning. And parenting." (4'40) 2023 "Us, the sea and the sad end" (2'00) 2023 "not A fairy tale" (2'53) 2022 "The End of another civilization of arrogance." (7'54)

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