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Straight and in a Circle

It is a touching story of a refugee forced to leave his home in search of safety, healing, and a new sense of belonging.

  • Palina Ramashka
    Director
  • Laurynas Kamarauskas
    Sound designer and composer
  • Antoine Echelard
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 28, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Belarus
  • Country of Filming:
    Lithuania
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Vilnius Academy of Arts
  • 36 Girona Film Festival
    Girona
    Spain
    September 13, 2024
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    October 31, 2024
    Australia Premiere
    Official selection
  • Biencortos
    Maracaibo
    November 12, 2024
    Latin American Premiere
    Award Winner | Best music
  • FEDAXV 2024
    Valdivia
    Chile
    January 1, 2025
    South American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    January 19, 2025
    France Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Lift-off filmmaker sessions
    Iver
    United Kingdom
    January 27, 2025
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Official Selection
  • LUKSUZ FILM FESTIVAL
    Krško
    Slovenia
    January 31, 2025
    Slovenia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES
    Vienna
    Austria
    March 5, 2025
    Austrian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • LIFFA Lahore International Film Festival Awards
    Lahore
    Pakistan
    March 19, 2025
    Asia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Film Against War Festival
    California
    United States
    March 22, 2025
    North America Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Izmir International Refugee Film Festival
    Izmir
    April 24, 2025
    Turkey Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Rotary Peace Film Festival
    Istanbul
    May 3, 2025
    Istanbul Premiere
    Award Winner | Best documentary student film
  • Meadow Hills Short Film Festival
    Wilkowice
    Poland
    May 5, 2025
    Poland Premiere
    Award winner - The Best Animated Film
  • Semana ¡VIVA EL CINE!
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    May 12, 2025
    Argentina Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Kadrajımdan Çocuk Uluslararası Kısa Film Festivali
    Diyarbakır
    May 22, 2025
    Diyarbakır Premiere
    Finalist
  • The Blanes - Costa Brava International Film Festival
    Blanes
    Spain
    May 24, 2025
    Blanes Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Ray of Light Awards
    Ibiza
    Spain
    May 29, 2025
    Ibiza Premiere
    Nominee
  • Cine Minhocão 2025
    Sao-Paulo
    Brazil
    May 31, 2025
    Brazil Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival du Film d'Animation de Savigny
    Savigny
    Switzerland
    June 7, 2025
    Switzerland Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Silver Frame Film Festival
    Srebrenica
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    July 26, 2025
    Bosnia and Herzegovina Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Art All Night - Trenton Film Festival
    Trenton
    United States
    June 28, 2025
    New Jersey Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Ernte Sehen 2025
    Stadl an der Mur
    Austria
    July 11, 2025
    Stadl an der Mur Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Canada China International Film Festival (CCIFF)
    Toronto, Montreal
    Canada
    July 11, 2025
    Canada Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Canada China International Film Festival (CCIFF)
    Beijing
    China
    July 11, 2025
    China Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Cartoon Club
    Rimini
    Italy
    July 14, 2025
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Music Art Film Craft Fest
    Nashville
    United States
    July 26, 2025
    Tennessee Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Migration in Transit. International Film Festival
    Lima
    Peru
    August 4, 2025
    Peru Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Uroboros Film Festival
    Xalapa
    Mexico
    August 7, 2025
    Mexico Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Fort Smith International Film Festival
    Fort Smith
    United States
    August 7, 2025
    Arkansas Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Flipbook Film Festival
    Skopje
    North Macedonia
    August 7, 2025
    North Macedonia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Qinling Mountains Film Festival
    Ao Mountain
    China
    August 15, 2025
    Ao Mountain Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Athens Film Festival
    Athens
    United States
    August 16, 2025
    Georgia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • 3rd CINE RO – Rondônia Film Festival
    Porto Velho
    Brazil
    August 18, 2025
    Porto Velho Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Gjon Mili International Video Art Festival
    Korce
    Albania
    August 20, 2025
    Albania Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Villammare Festival Film&Friends
    Villammare
    Italy
    August 22, 2025
    Villammare Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Fresco International Festival of Modern Art and Spiritual Films 2025
    Yerevan
    Armenia
    August 25, 2025
    Armenia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Kobani International Film Festival
    Bochum
    Germany
    September 5, 2025
    Bochum Premiere
    Quarter-Finalist
  • CINE TEJO – International Short Film Festival
    Benavente
    Portugal
    September 5, 2025
    Portugal Premiere
    Official Selection
  • One World One Flower International Buddhist Film Festival.
    Seoul
    September 8, 2025
    Republic of Korea Premiere
    Finalist
  • 9th Chaniartoon 2025
    Crete
    Greece
    September 12, 2025
    Greece Premiere
    Official Selection
  • #NarrarelFuturo: XiI Festival de Cine & Nuevos Medios
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    September 16, 2025
    Colombia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Soundscreen Film Festival
    Ravenna
    Italy
    September 22, 2025
    Ravenna Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Tony Curtis International Film Festival
    Mateszalka
    Hungary
    September 24, 2025
    Hungary Premiere
    Official Selection
  • II Itaicine - Festival Internacional de Animação de Itaiópolis
    Mafra
    Brazil
    September 25, 2025
    Santa Catarina Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Joburg Underground Film Festival
    Johannesburg
    South Africa
    September 26, 2025
    South Africa Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Northwest International Film Festival
    Washington
    United States
    September 26, 2025
    Washington Premiere
    Nominee
  • Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival
    Skopje
    North Macedonia
    September 26, 2025
    -
    Official Selection
  • GUTTERBLISS FILM FESTIVAL
    Wilmington
    United States
    September 27, 2025
    North Carolina Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Anti-War International Independent Film Festival
    Jõhvi
    Estonia
    October 3, 2025
    Estonia Premiere
    Finalist
  • Human Environment Care Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    October 3, 2025
    -
    Official Selection
  • Let's Start The Revolution
    Lublin
    Poland
    November 1, 2025
    Lublin Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Malabo International Music & Film Festival
    Malabo
    Equatorial Guinea
    October 3, 2025
    Africa Premiere
    Official Selection
  • DokumentART
    Neubrandenburg
    Germany
    October 7, 2025
    Neubrandenburg Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Chania Film Festival
    Crete
    Greece
    October 15, 2025
    -
    Nominee
  • Festival internacional de cine de Orizaba F.I.C.O.
    Orizaba
    Mexico
    October 16, 2025
    Orizaba Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Fly Creator Excellence Awards
    Sydney
    Australia
    October 18, 2025
    Sydney Premiere
    Award Winner |Best Experimental
  • Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival
    Rio de Janeiro
    Brazil
    October 20, 2025
    Rio de Janeiro Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Seguin Film & Arts Festival
    Seguin
    United States
    October 25, 2025
    Seguin Premiere
    Official Selection
  • ANITIME Animation Festival
    Tel Aviv
    Israel
    October 29, 2025
    Israel Premiere
    Official Selection
  • SUNCINE: Environmental Film Festival
    Calafell and Barcelona
    Spain
    October 30, 2025
    Calafell and Barcelona Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Othismos Film Festival
    Roma
    Italy
    October 31, 2025
    Roma Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Egyptian American Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 31, 2025
    New York Premiere
    Official Selection
  • XI Premio Fausto Rossano
    Napoli
    Italy
    November 6, 2025
    Napoli Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Linea d'Ombra Festival | UNIFEST
    Salerno
    Italy
    November 8, 2025
    Salerno Premiere
    Finalist
  • Teen Indie Film Awards 2025
    Bengaluru
    India
    November 10, 2025
    India Premiere
    Award Winner | Best Film - Animation
  • CARTON
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    November 10, 2025
    -
    Official Selection
  • Centre Film Festival
    North Philipsburg
    United States
    November 10, 2025
    Pennsylvania Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Enimation
    Maribor
    Slovenia
    November 11, 2025
    Maribor Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Lugano Animation Days Festival
    Lugano
    Switzerland
    November 11, 2025
    Lugano Premiere
    Official Selection
  • International Student Animated Film Festival Animafantasia
    Iassy
    Romania
    November 12, 2025
    Romania Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Movies on War
    Elverum
    Norway
    November 14, 2025
    Norway
    Official Selection
  • Tianjin International Academic Film Festival
    Tianjin
    China
    November 22, 2025
    Tianjin Premiere
    Official Selection
  • FECEA
    Porto Alegre
    Brazil
    November 24, 2025
    Porto Alegre Premiere
    Semi-Finalist
  • The Festival of African Animation Cinema of Cameroon
    Douala
    Cameroon
    December 5, 2025
    Cameroon Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Films That Move
    Kingston
    Jamaica
    December 7, 2025
    Jamaica Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Tindirindis
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    December 11, 2025
    Lithuania Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Tswa Film Festival
    Abuja
    Nigeria
    December 11, 2025
    Nigeria Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Zinetxiki Zinemaldia - International Film Festival for Children and Youth
    Bilbao
    Spain
    December 13, 2025
    Bilbao Premiere
    Official Selection
  • PLURAL+
    Riyadh
    Saudi Arabia
    December 15, 2025
    Saudi Arabia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Woman, Life, Freedom Film Festival
    Brisbane
    Australia
    December 16, 2025
    Brisbane Premiere
    Nominee
  • Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh
    Dhaka
    Bangladesh
    December 17, 2025
    Bangladesh Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Phoenix Animedia Film Festival
    New Delhi
    India
    December 20, 2025
    New Delhi Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Toronto Global Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    December 20, 2025
    -
    Nominee
  • BUEIFF Web Series
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    December 27, 2025
    -
    Finalist
  • Texas Documentary Film Festival
    Austin
    United States
    January 5, 2026
    Austin Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Nikola Tesla Film Festival
    Las Vegas
    United States
    January 7, 2026
    Nevada Premiere
    Semi-Finalist
  • MILF Fest
    Montréal
    Canada
    January 8, 2026
    -
    Official Selection
  • International Festival of Winter Cinema
    Edmonton
    Canada
    February 6, 2026
    Edmonton Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Red Heather Award
    Warsaw
    Poland
    March 28, 2026
    Warsaw Premiere
    Short list
  • Les Courts Qui en Disent Longs
    Ariana
    Tunisia
    March 13, 2026
    Tunisia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Short Movie Club Film Festival "Nefiltravanae kino"
    Vilnius
    Lithuania
    April 10, 2026
    -
    Official Selection
  • Texas Documentary Film Festival
    Texas
    United States
    April 11, 2026
    -
    Award Winner| Best Animated Film
  • Identity, Culture and Heritage International Film Fest
    El Kef
    Tunisia
    April 22, 2026
    El Kef Premiere
    Finalist
  • International Film Festival For Children and Youth "Hero"
    Krasnojarsk
    Russian Federation
    May 18, 2026
    Krasnojarsk Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Veterans Media Showcase
    Plant City
    United States
    May 18, 2026
    Florida Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • GSF Awards - Global Short Film Awards
    Cannes
    France
    May 20, 2026
    Cannes Premiere
    Official Selection
  • PLURAL+ Festival de Cine Africano (FCAT)
    Tangier
    Morocco
    May 22, 2026
    Morocco Premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Cecil County Independent Film Festival
    Westminister
    United States
    May 29, 2026
    Westminister Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional de Cortometraje UVAQ
    Morelia
    Mexico
    June 3, 2026
    Morelia Premiere
    Official Selection
  • The Piney Woods Film Festival
    Conroe
    United States
    June 11, 2026
    Conroe Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Duemila30
    Milan
    Italy
    July 30, 2026
    Milan Premiere
    Official Selection
  • ICJ International Film Award 2026
    Uzhhorod
    Ukraine
    September 12, 2026
    Ukraine Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Palina Ramashka

Palina Ramashka was born in 1999 in Minsk, Belarus.

Graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Art (BA, Graphic Art) and Vilnius Academy of Art (BA and MA, Graphic Art).

For more than 10 years, Palina has been developing professionally as an illustrator, and in recent years, she has begun to delve deeper into the field of animation. She directed the award-winning short film “Straight and in a Circle”, dedicated to the topic of refugee adaptation in a new place. It was selected for participation in more than 100 festivals in 46 countries, won several awards, and received recognition at the United Nations Plural+ festival.

Now she works as a 2D illustrator animator in the ArtShot studio in Lithuania, Vilnius, on the animated series «BFF» and GS Animation studio in Gdansk, Poland on the animated series «Basia».

Aspires to work more with conservation organizations, NGOs, museums, educational projects or universities.

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Director Statement

As an artist and animator, I strive to express emotionally complex and socially significant themes using a simple and minimalistic visual language. I strive to create works that deeply touch viewers, encouraging them to think about modern problems of humanity.