When the skinny parachutless recruit reaches the ground, he immediately turns into a bloody lump of meat, carefully photographed by doctor Friedrich. The photograph reaches the general, who, while having it processed, changes into a mad performance artist plunging into a frenetic dance of death. Then all goes silent and a tear appears in the general's eye. But the next moment, the ritual from the tower is repeated: the medal, the salute, the kick and the fall. Another piece of cannon fodder turns into a sophisticated nouvelle cuisine dish.
Awards:
- Special Jury Award - FF SIGRAPH, Los Angeles, 2005;
- Golden Palm Award for the best animated film at the International Beverly Hills Film Festival, 2005;
- Grand Prix at the International Short Film Festival in Teheran, 2005;
- Grand Prix at the Tirana International Film Festival, 2005;
- BAFTA - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award in the short animated film category, 2006.
- Sztuka spadania/ Fallen Art, Polska 2004 Director and screenplay: Tomasz Bagiński. Artistic design: Rafał Wojtunik. Music: Fanfare Ciocarlia. Sound: Kuba Pietrzak, Wojciech Mularczyk. Voices: Arkadiusz Jakubik, Marcin Kudełka, Dariusz Toczek. Production: Platige Image. Colour, 6 min.
Source: the "Young Polish Cinema" catalogue, published by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, June 2007