On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Rainbow receives an unexpected card from her long-lost dad, inviting her to visit him in Hel City, on Poland’s Hel Peninsula. Determined to find him, she convinces her reluctant teenage brother to join her on a chaotic journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Rainbow begins to realise that a family doesn’t have to be conventional to feel complete.
Rainbow in Hell is an 80-minute animated family feature written and directed by Tessa Moult-Milewska and produced by Animoon (recipient of the Producer of the Year award at Cartoon Tributes 2022). Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the film is currently in production and scheduled for completion in 2028.
A darkly comedic adventure about family, identity and growing up.
Development and production
The project was selected for the Cinekid Script Lab (2022–2023), Cinekid Directors Lab (2024), Kids Kino Pitching (2024) and Anomalia Storyboard Lab (2025).
The original concept was developed with the support of a Polish Film Institute screenwriting scholarship in 2018, followed by development funding in 2021 and production funding.
