Sarolta Szabó (Budapest, Hungary in 1975) took a degree in photography at the city’s Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, she studied photography at the Royal College of Art in London where she began, in 2007, to make animation films with Tibor Bánóczki. In 2010, the two moved to France and made the short animations Les Conquérants and Leftover. Both films screened at numerous festivals and were shortlisted for a César. The duo now live and work in Hungary. Műanyag égbolt is their debut feature-length animation film.