FOCUS POLAND
As a pioneer in the field of animation, Poland leads this special section which presents a selection of its recent production, with works including those from Lodz Film School and the Polish Film Institute.
Introduced by a tribute to the filmmaker Zbigniew Rybczynski, Solidarność activist and winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1983, the selection consists of twelve beats of images, shapes, colours, sounds and stories. These short films convey bitterness and sensitivity, sadness and laughter, loneliness and humanity. Between dark tones and colours, between tradition and experimentation, the shifting images preserve the identities and build the present. Beyond the walls of reality and imagination.
Clara Migotto
A Special Thanks to Ilaria Frare and Marta Swiatek from Krakow Film Foundation
THE SELECTION
THE DAY BEFORE
Zbigniew Rybczynski / Usa, Polonia / 1984 / 1’38”
Experimental short video
EX ANIMO
Wojciech Wojtkowski / Polonia / 2013 / 6’50” / Anima
UNWANTED DESIRES
Ola Szmida / Polonia / 2014 / 4′ / Anima
PŁOTY / FENCES
Natalia Krawczuk / Polonia / 2015 / 7′ / Anima
UDOMOWIENIE / DOMESTICATION
Sylwia Gaweł / Polonia / 2015 / 6′ / Anima
HISTORIA O MIŁOSCI / LOVE STORY
Karolina Specht / Polonia / 2012 / 1’09” / Anima
DOKUMENT / A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Marcin Podolec / Polonia / 2015 / 6’50’ / Anima
NIE TRAC GŁOWY / DON’T LOSE YOUR HEAD
Karolina Specht / Polonia / 2015 / 4′ / Anima
BUT SHE’S NICE
Tomasz Pilarski/ Polinia / 2014 / 6′ / Anima
PING PONG
Natalia Krawczuk / Polonia / 2012 / 1’04” / Anima
VELOCITY
Karolina Glusiec / Polonia / 2012 / 5’52” / Anima
THE DEAL
Ewa Smyk / Regno Unito, Polonia / 2015 / 4’28” / Anima
WOJTEK – THE SOLDIER BEAR
Marianna Raskin / Israele / 2015 / 3’40” / Anima