polski

Set TVP Kultura animates 2

115’

5/4

Poland 1979 / 8’

director:Hieronim Neumann
production:Studio Małych Form Filmowych Se-Ma-For
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

Preparations for a party and the party itself shown in a multiplied frame. The experiment is finished suddenly, when a champagne cork shoots out and smashes the Venetian mirror, which reflects the distorted reality.

A Highly Commited Movie

Poland 1979 / 7’25’’

director:Julian Józef Antonisz
production:Studio Filmów Animowanych
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

A film drawn and painted on film tape, presenting a funny story of the decline of cultural life due to...the liquidation of old-fashioned street kiosks, on which posters were stuck, informing people about the dates of cultural events.

Banquet

Poland 1976 / 8’16’’

director:Zofia Oraczewska
production:Studio Miniatur Filmowych
sales:Studio Miniatur Filmowych
language:Polish

A satire of the 1970s consumer society.

Farewell to Steam!

Poland 1974 / 9’25’’

director:Ryszard Antoniszczak
production:Studio Filmów Animowanych
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

This ballad, which is about a grandfather who fell in love with railways so much that he deserted his home for it, refers to the famous Yellow Submarine. The main character's adventures are commented on with a funny song by Zdrój Jana, a band from Kraków.

Jump

Poland 1978 / 4’30’’

director:Daniel Szczechura
production:Studio Małych Form Filmowych Se-Ma-For
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

Daily morning activities, preparations to go out, crowned with an unexpected tragic finale.

Kierdel

Poland 1973 / 6’

director:Andrzej Czeczot, Bronisław Zeman
production:Studio Filmów Rysunkowych
sales:Studio Filmów Rysunkowych
language:Polish

A grotesque joke about guardian angels who protect people only during their working hours.

Marketplace

Poland 1971 / 5’

director:Józef Robakowski, Tadeusz Junak, Ryszard W Meissner
production:PWSFTviT - Warsztat Formy Filmowej
sales:PWSFTviT - Warsztat Formy Filmowej
language:Polish

The first film created at the Film Form Workshop. The Main Square shows the equivocal attitude to technical media, combining fascination, stressing their advantages and revealing threats related to them. This attitude is very typical of the works by Robakowski.

New book

Poland 1975 / 10’

director:Zbigniew Rybczyński
production:Studio Małych Form Filmowych Se-Ma-For
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

An attempt to show an ordinary episode of a man's life in different ways and from different points of view.

Oh, I Can’t Stop!

Poland 1975 / 10’

director:Zbigniew Rybczyński
production:Studio Małych Form Filmowych Se-Ma-For
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

The film's main character is a "monster", constantly moving forward and trampling everything on its way.

Refleksy

Poland 1979 / 6’20’’

director:Jerzy Kucia
production:Studio Filmów Animowanych
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

A suggestive reflection on the sense of being and on the passing time. After a hard struggle an insect comes out of a cocoon. Suddenly, it is attacked by another insect. A fight for life and death begins.

The Journey

Poland 1970 / 6’30’’

director:Daniel Szczechura
production:Studio Małych Form Filmowych Se-Ma-For
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

One of the most controversial films in the history of animation in Poland. Very trying to the spectator's patience and renouncing the "philosophical" trends image of a monotonous journey by train.

The Road

Poland 1971 / 4’23’’

director:Mirosław Kijowicz
production:Studio Miniatur Filmowych
sales:Studio Miniatur Filmowych
language:Polish

An animated film for grown-ups. A joke warning of the unexpected consequences of separation.

The Roll-Call

Poland 1970 / 7’10’’

director:Ryszard Czekała
production:Studio Miniatur Filmowych (oddział w Krakowie)
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

A story about a group of unarmed prisoners of a concentration camp, executed for insubordination during the regular roll call. Rigid, black and white, realistic animation, very far from naturalism.

The Shooting Range

Poland 1975 / 6’

director:Marian Cholerek
production:Studio Filmów Rysunkowych
sales:Studio Filmów Rysunkowych
language:Polish

A metaphor of human fate. At an athletic stadium barbed wire surrounds the running track and at the starting point there are shooting posts. Sooner or later the competitors will be wiped out with machine-gun fire.

The Son

Poland 1970 / 9’40’’

director:Ryszard Czekała
production:Studio Miniatur Filmowych (oddział w Krakowie)
sales:Filmoteka Narodowa
language:Polish

A cut-out animation, maintained in a rigid, expressive tone. A story about a son who forgets about his longing, elderly parents.