The Cathedral - Short Story Animation

The Cathedral from styczek on Vimeo.
Polish science fiction author Jacek Dukaj wrote a short story, Katedra, in 2000. A mysterious and enigmatic tale, it attracted the attention of Tomasz Bagiński, an artist and animator from the same country. He was intrigued by the prize winning piece of fiction and became determined to bring it to life as an animation.

He did an exemplary job.  It is as powerful as the original story.  In fact, this piece of work was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2002.  Although it failed to win the Oscar, losing out to Sony Pictures' The Chubbchubbs it did go on to win the San Antonio Best Animated Short prize in the same year.