Kill It and Leave This Town

(Bombanierka, Extreme Emotions, Outsider Pictures)

Director: Mariusz Wilczyński

Release Date: February 22, 2020 (Berlinale); December 3, 2020 (North America)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%

Synopsis: A grieving man enters a city of his own creation inside his head, which is accessible to other entities.

Director Talk: “In my own way, I wanted to finish an interrupted conversation with my parents. They are gone now, and I had no time to talk to them or take better care of them when there was still time … You tell your parents, ‘Let’s talk tomorrow,’ but sometimes there is no tomorrow.” — Mariusz Wilczyński

The Word: “Although the story is not easy to follow, the anger behind it is so virulent that it sweeps the narrative along on a wave of rage and repulsion.” — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter

Nomination Chances: A highly personal, adult art film, some 14 years in the making, employing stark, rudimentary animation in multiple media to evoke deep emotion … the high-art-loving members of Academy may eat this up with a lyźka.