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CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
[lead_gr] =>CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
[10] =>CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
01. BYE LITTLE BLOCK! / Pá kis panelom!, 8'
Hungary 2020
Director: Éva Darabos
Screenplay: Éva Darabos
Animation: Domonkos Erhardt, Éva Darabos, Bálint Halasi, Vivien Hárshegyi, Bence Hlavay, Melinda Kádár, Katalin Sárdi
Editing: Judit Czakó
Sound: Dávid V. Bodnár
Music: Dávid V. Bodnár
Producer: József Fülöp
Production company: MOME Anim – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
A young woman learns that soon she will have to move from the residential block flat she lives in. After receiving the upsetting news from the owner of the flat, she is overwhelmed with emotion. Her teardrop of farewell grows into a concrete monolith. When the drop hits the ground, a surreal panorama of the residential block area – she used to call home – unfolds ...
02. ANT HILL / Ant Hill, 13'
Czech Republic 2020
Director: Marek Náprstek
Screenplay: Marek Náprstek
Animation: Marek Náprstek
Editing: Matěj Pospíšil
Sound: Adam Bláha
Music: Kateřina Horká
Colouring: Marek Náprstek
Producers: Ondřej Šejnoha / Zuzana Kučerová
Production company: Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – FAMU
Co-production company: Frame Films s.r.o.
An adolescent ant worker living on the outskirts of a dying human world wants more from her life than to accept the given fate. However, when she is cast out for accidentally causing fire, she is scared of the outside and longs to be accepted back. She has to grow up to save the world.
03. ARKA / Arka, 14'
Croatia 2020
Director: Natko Stipaničev
Screenplay: Natko Stipaničev, Maša Seničić, Damir Juričić
Animation: Natko Stipaničev
Editing: Natko Stipaničev
Sound: Natko Stipaničev
Music: A.Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, J.S.Bach – French Suite No.2 in C minor
Producer: Igor Grubić
Production company: Kreativni sindikat
A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.
04. #POLISH_WOMEN_RESISTANCE / #sprzeciw_polek, 8'
Poland 2020
Director: A group of 49 animators from Łódź
Screenplay: Collective work
Animation: Kasia Adamkiewicz, Weronika Althamer, Marcin Arcimowicz, Julia Benedyktowicz, Ala Błaszczyńska, Klaudia Bochniak, Agnieszka Borowa, Zofia Dąbrowska, Ula Domańska, Asia Dudek, Natalia Durszewicz, Mateusz Frank, Asia Jasińska, Bogna Kowalczyk, Natalia Krawczuk, Beata Krzempek, Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, Marta Magnuska, Kasia Małyszko, Julia Marchowska, Marta Michalik, Weronika Michel, Piotr Milczarek, Maria Nitek, Karina Paciorkowska, Ala Palechowska, Nikodem Płaczek, Zuzia Puszkarz, Yelisaveta Pysmak, Szymon Ruczyński, Marcin Senderowicz, Kuba Siedlecki, Karolina Specht, Zuzanna Stach, Ola Szmida, Zuzanna Szor, Weronika Szyma, Asia Trejter, Marcjanna Urbańska, Pola Włodarczyk, Paulina Ziółkowska, Izumi Yoshida, Bogusz Żelech, Kacha Bińko, Joanna Szlembarska, Maja Minic
Editing: Natalia Spychała
Music: Pimon Lekler
Production company: LeLe Crossmedia Production Sp. z o.o.
Moved and broken by the situation in our country, we, a group of students from the Animation Department of Lodz Film School have decided to act. We strongly oppose the recent events in our country and it’s shameful that such a ruling has been pushed through during this extremely difficult time of pandemic. The Constitutional court has issued a ruling that will end legal termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly. Many of us are afraid right now, this is why we want to express unity in a just cause.
05. CROSSING / Crossing, 5'
Slovakia 2018
Director: Agáta Bolaňosová
Screenplay: Agáta Bolaňosová
Animation: Agáta Bolaňosová
Editing: Agáta Bolaňosová
Sound: Agáta Bolaňosová
Music: Tooryanse
Colouring: Agáta Bolaňosová
Producer: Patrícia Pošová
Production company: Film and Television Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava – VŠMU
It´s nighttime. A group of pedestrians are waiting at a crosswalk to get to the other side. Some, however, have waited far longer than others ...
06. I'M HERE / Jestem tutaj, 15'
Poland 2020
Director: Julia Orlik
Screenplay: Julia Orlik
Cinematography: Julia Orlik
Animation: Julia Orlik
Editing: Aleksandra Rosset
Sound: Bogdan Klat
Producer: Agata Golańska
Production company: The Polish National Film School in Lodz
An elderly man is looking after his paralysed wife. Despite his old age and health problems, he's doing his best to relieve her suffering, which is getting worse day by day. His daughter helps him, trying to balance care with her work in the hospital and family life. Everyone has a different view on how to care for the sick properly, which often causes arguments.
07. A WAR OF WORDS OF RESPECTFUL SILENCE? / Vojna besed ali spoštljiva tišina?, 2'
Slovenia, Italy 2021
Director: Leo Černic
Screenplay: Leo Černic
Animation: Leo Černic
Editing: Leo Černic
Sound: Samo Jurca
Colouring: Leo Černic
Producer: Mateja Zorn
Production company: Kinoatelje
A War of Words or Respectful Silence? is a commissioned film made for an educational programme in schools. Through this programme, children rediscover their own history, the history of their territory, and apply this knowledge to the future.
[text_gr] =>
CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
01. BYE LITTLE BLOCK! / Pá kis panelom!, 8'
Hungary 2020
Director: Éva Darabos
Screenplay: Éva Darabos
Animation: Domonkos Erhardt, Éva Darabos, Bálint Halasi, Vivien Hárshegyi, Bence Hlavay, Melinda Kádár, Katalin Sárdi
Editing: Judit Czakó
Sound: Dávid V. Bodnár
Music: Dávid V. Bodnár
Producer: József Fülöp
Production company: MOME Anim – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
A young woman learns that soon she will have to move from the residential block flat she lives in. After receiving the upsetting news from the owner of the flat, she is overwhelmed with emotion. Her teardrop of farewell grows into a concrete monolith. When the drop hits the ground, a surreal panorama of the residential block area – she used to call home – unfolds ...
02. ANT HILL / Ant Hill, 13'
Czech Republic 2020
Director: Marek Náprstek
Screenplay: Marek Náprstek
Animation: Marek Náprstek
Editing: Matěj Pospíšil
Sound: Adam Bláha
Music: Kateřina Horká
Colouring: Marek Náprstek
Producers: Ondřej Šejnoha / Zuzana Kučerová
Production company: Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – FAMU
Co-production company: Frame Films s.r.o.
An adolescent ant worker living on the outskirts of a dying human world wants more from her life than to accept the given fate. However, when she is cast out for accidentally causing fire, she is scared of the outside and longs to be accepted back. She has to grow up to save the world.
03. ARKA / Arka, 14'
Croatia 2020
Director: Natko Stipaničev
Screenplay: Natko Stipaničev, Maša Seničić, Damir Juričić
Animation: Natko Stipaničev
Editing: Natko Stipaničev
Sound: Natko Stipaničev
Music: A.Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, J.S.Bach – French Suite No.2 in C minor
Producer: Igor Grubić
Production company: Kreativni sindikat
A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.
04. #POLISH_WOMEN_RESISTANCE / #sprzeciw_polek, 8'
Poland 2020
Director: A group of 49 animators from Łódź
Screenplay: Collective work
Animation: Kasia Adamkiewicz, Weronika Althamer, Marcin Arcimowicz, Julia Benedyktowicz, Ala Błaszczyńska, Klaudia Bochniak, Agnieszka Borowa, Zofia Dąbrowska, Ula Domańska, Asia Dudek, Natalia Durszewicz, Mateusz Frank, Asia Jasińska, Bogna Kowalczyk, Natalia Krawczuk, Beata Krzempek, Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, Marta Magnuska, Kasia Małyszko, Julia Marchowska, Marta Michalik, Weronika Michel, Piotr Milczarek, Maria Nitek, Karina Paciorkowska, Ala Palechowska, Nikodem Płaczek, Zuzia Puszkarz, Yelisaveta Pysmak, Szymon Ruczyński, Marcin Senderowicz, Kuba Siedlecki, Karolina Specht, Zuzanna Stach, Ola Szmida, Zuzanna Szor, Weronika Szyma, Asia Trejter, Marcjanna Urbańska, Pola Włodarczyk, Paulina Ziółkowska, Izumi Yoshida, Bogusz Żelech, Kacha Bińko, Joanna Szlembarska, Maja Minic
Editing: Natalia Spychała
Music: Pimon Lekler
Production company: LeLe Crossmedia Production Sp. z o.o.
Moved and broken by the situation in our country, we, a group of students from the Animation Department of Lodz Film School have decided to act. We strongly oppose the recent events in our country and it’s shameful that such a ruling has been pushed through during this extremely difficult time of pandemic. The Constitutional court has issued a ruling that will end legal termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly. Many of us are afraid right now, this is why we want to express unity in a just cause.
05. CROSSING / Crossing, 5'
Slovakia 2018
Director: Agáta Bolaňosová
Screenplay: Agáta Bolaňosová
Animation: Agáta Bolaňosová
Editing: Agáta Bolaňosová
Sound: Agáta Bolaňosová
Music: Tooryanse
Colouring: Agáta Bolaňosová
Producer: Patrícia Pošová
Production company: Film and Television Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava – VŠMU
It´s nighttime. A group of pedestrians are waiting at a crosswalk to get to the other side. Some, however, have waited far longer than others ...
06. I'M HERE / Jestem tutaj, 15'
Poland 2020
Director: Julia Orlik
Screenplay: Julia Orlik
Cinematography: Julia Orlik
Animation: Julia Orlik
Editing: Aleksandra Rosset
Sound: Bogdan Klat
Producer: Agata Golańska
Production company: The Polish National Film School in Lodz
An elderly man is looking after his paralysed wife. Despite his old age and health problems, he's doing his best to relieve her suffering, which is getting worse day by day. His daughter helps him, trying to balance care with her work in the hospital and family life. Everyone has a different view on how to care for the sick properly, which often causes arguments.
07. A WAR OF WORDS OF RESPECTFUL SILENCE? / Vojna besed ali spoštljiva tišina?, 2'
Slovenia, Italy 2021
Director: Leo Černic
Screenplay: Leo Černic
Animation: Leo Černic
Editing: Leo Černic
Sound: Samo Jurca
Colouring: Leo Černic
Producer: Mateja Zorn
Production company: Kinoatelje
A War of Words or Respectful Silence? is a commissioned film made for an educational programme in schools. Through this programme, children rediscover their own history, the history of their territory, and apply this knowledge to the future.
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CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
[lead_en] =>CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
[16] =>CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
01. BYE LITTLE BLOCK! / Pá kis panelom!, 8'
Hungary 2020
Director: Éva Darabos
Screenplay: Éva Darabos
Animation: Domonkos Erhardt, Éva Darabos, Bálint Halasi, Vivien Hárshegyi, Bence Hlavay, Melinda Kádár, Katalin Sárdi
Editing: Judit Czakó
Sound: Dávid V. Bodnár
Music: Dávid V. Bodnár
Producer: József Fülöp
Production company: MOME Anim – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
A young woman learns that soon she will have to move from the residential block flat she lives in. After receiving the upsetting news from the owner of the flat, she is overwhelmed with emotion. Her teardrop of farewell grows into a concrete monolith. When the drop hits the ground, a surreal panorama of the residential block area – she used to call home – unfolds ...
02. ANT HILL / Ant Hill, 13'
Czech Republic 2020
Director: Marek Náprstek
Screenplay: Marek Náprstek
Animation: Marek Náprstek
Editing: Matěj Pospíšil
Sound: Adam Bláha
Music: Kateřina Horká
Colouring: Marek Náprstek
Producers: Ondřej Šejnoha / Zuzana Kučerová
Production company: Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – FAMU
Co-production company: Frame Films s.r.o.
An adolescent ant worker living on the outskirts of a dying human world wants more from her life than to accept the given fate. However, when she is cast out for accidentally causing fire, she is scared of the outside and longs to be accepted back. She has to grow up to save the world.
03. ARKA / Arka, 14'
Croatia 2020
Director: Natko Stipaničev
Screenplay: Natko Stipaničev, Maša Seničić, Damir Juričić
Animation: Natko Stipaničev
Editing: Natko Stipaničev
Sound: Natko Stipaničev
Music: A.Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, J.S.Bach – French Suite No.2 in C minor
Producer: Igor Grubić
Production company: Kreativni sindikat
A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.
04. #POLISH_WOMEN_RESISTANCE / #sprzeciw_polek, 8'
Poland 2020
Director: A group of 49 animators from Łódź
Screenplay: Collective work
Animation: Kasia Adamkiewicz, Weronika Althamer, Marcin Arcimowicz, Julia Benedyktowicz, Ala Błaszczyńska, Klaudia Bochniak, Agnieszka Borowa, Zofia Dąbrowska, Ula Domańska, Asia Dudek, Natalia Durszewicz, Mateusz Frank, Asia Jasińska, Bogna Kowalczyk, Natalia Krawczuk, Beata Krzempek, Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, Marta Magnuska, Kasia Małyszko, Julia Marchowska, Marta Michalik, Weronika Michel, Piotr Milczarek, Maria Nitek, Karina Paciorkowska, Ala Palechowska, Nikodem Płaczek, Zuzia Puszkarz, Yelisaveta Pysmak, Szymon Ruczyński, Marcin Senderowicz, Kuba Siedlecki, Karolina Specht, Zuzanna Stach, Ola Szmida, Zuzanna Szor, Weronika Szyma, Asia Trejter, Marcjanna Urbańska, Pola Włodarczyk, Paulina Ziółkowska, Izumi Yoshida, Bogusz Żelech, Kacha Bińko, Joanna Szlembarska, Maja Minic
Editing: Natalia Spychała
Music: Pimon Lekler
Production company: LeLe Crossmedia Production Sp. z o.o.
Moved and broken by the situation in our country, we, a group of students from the Animation Department of Lodz Film School have decided to act. We strongly oppose the recent events in our country and it’s shameful that such a ruling has been pushed through during this extremely difficult time of pandemic. The Constitutional court has issued a ruling that will end legal termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly. Many of us are afraid right now, this is why we want to express unity in a just cause.
05. CROSSING / Crossing, 5'
Slovakia 2018
Director: Agáta Bolaňosová
Screenplay: Agáta Bolaňosová
Animation: Agáta Bolaňosová
Editing: Agáta Bolaňosová
Sound: Agáta Bolaňosová
Music: Tooryanse
Colouring: Agáta Bolaňosová
Producer: Patrícia Pošová
Production company: Film and Television Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava – VŠMU
It´s nighttime. A group of pedestrians are waiting at a crosswalk to get to the other side. Some, however, have waited far longer than others ...
06. I'M HERE / Jestem tutaj, 15'
Poland 2020
Director: Julia Orlik
Screenplay: Julia Orlik
Cinematography: Julia Orlik
Animation: Julia Orlik
Editing: Aleksandra Rosset
Sound: Bogdan Klat
Producer: Agata Golańska
Production company: The Polish National Film School in Lodz
An elderly man is looking after his paralysed wife. Despite his old age and health problems, he's doing his best to relieve her suffering, which is getting worse day by day. His daughter helps him, trying to balance care with her work in the hospital and family life. Everyone has a different view on how to care for the sick properly, which often causes arguments.
07. A WAR OF WORDS OF RESPECTFUL SILENCE? / Vojna besed ali spoštljiva tišina?, 2'
Slovenia, Italy 2021
Director: Leo Černic
Screenplay: Leo Černic
Animation: Leo Černic
Editing: Leo Černic
Sound: Samo Jurca
Colouring: Leo Černic
Producer: Mateja Zorn
Production company: Kinoatelje
A War of Words or Respectful Silence? is a commissioned film made for an educational programme in schools. Through this programme, children rediscover their own history, the history of their territory, and apply this knowledge to the future.
[text_en] =>
CEE Animation Talents is intended for promotion and alternative distribution of the most talented young animation filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe. The selection is each year made by festival directors from CEE region and presented as compilation at numerous animated film festivals around the world. It presents the best films made by students and debuting artists in the given year to a professional audience and the general public. The film selection focuses on extraordinary talents whose work promises successful future careers. The project counts on the presentation of this film compilation at selected European animated film festivals to draw attention to new talents and bring them together with experienced international producers.
Website: https://ceeanimation.eu
Email: office@ceeanimation.eu
(Length: 67 min. / Language: no dialogue or English subtitles)
01. BYE LITTLE BLOCK! / Pá kis panelom!, 8'
Hungary 2020
Director: Éva Darabos
Screenplay: Éva Darabos
Animation: Domonkos Erhardt, Éva Darabos, Bálint Halasi, Vivien Hárshegyi, Bence Hlavay, Melinda Kádár, Katalin Sárdi
Editing: Judit Czakó
Sound: Dávid V. Bodnár
Music: Dávid V. Bodnár
Producer: József Fülöp
Production company: MOME Anim – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
A young woman learns that soon she will have to move from the residential block flat she lives in. After receiving the upsetting news from the owner of the flat, she is overwhelmed with emotion. Her teardrop of farewell grows into a concrete monolith. When the drop hits the ground, a surreal panorama of the residential block area – she used to call home – unfolds ...
02. ANT HILL / Ant Hill, 13'
Czech Republic 2020
Director: Marek Náprstek
Screenplay: Marek Náprstek
Animation: Marek Náprstek
Editing: Matěj Pospíšil
Sound: Adam Bláha
Music: Kateřina Horká
Colouring: Marek Náprstek
Producers: Ondřej Šejnoha / Zuzana Kučerová
Production company: Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – FAMU
Co-production company: Frame Films s.r.o.
An adolescent ant worker living on the outskirts of a dying human world wants more from her life than to accept the given fate. However, when she is cast out for accidentally causing fire, she is scared of the outside and longs to be accepted back. She has to grow up to save the world.
03. ARKA / Arka, 14'
Croatia 2020
Director: Natko Stipaničev
Screenplay: Natko Stipaničev, Maša Seničić, Damir Juričić
Animation: Natko Stipaničev
Editing: Natko Stipaničev
Sound: Natko Stipaničev
Music: A.Vivaldi – Stabat Mater, J.S.Bach – French Suite No.2 in C minor
Producer: Igor Grubić
Production company: Kreativni sindikat
A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.
04. #POLISH_WOMEN_RESISTANCE / #sprzeciw_polek, 8'
Poland 2020
Director: A group of 49 animators from Łódź
Screenplay: Collective work
Animation: Kasia Adamkiewicz, Weronika Althamer, Marcin Arcimowicz, Julia Benedyktowicz, Ala Błaszczyńska, Klaudia Bochniak, Agnieszka Borowa, Zofia Dąbrowska, Ula Domańska, Asia Dudek, Natalia Durszewicz, Mateusz Frank, Asia Jasińska, Bogna Kowalczyk, Natalia Krawczuk, Beata Krzempek, Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, Marta Magnuska, Kasia Małyszko, Julia Marchowska, Marta Michalik, Weronika Michel, Piotr Milczarek, Maria Nitek, Karina Paciorkowska, Ala Palechowska, Nikodem Płaczek, Zuzia Puszkarz, Yelisaveta Pysmak, Szymon Ruczyński, Marcin Senderowicz, Kuba Siedlecki, Karolina Specht, Zuzanna Stach, Ola Szmida, Zuzanna Szor, Weronika Szyma, Asia Trejter, Marcjanna Urbańska, Pola Włodarczyk, Paulina Ziółkowska, Izumi Yoshida, Bogusz Żelech, Kacha Bińko, Joanna Szlembarska, Maja Minic
Editing: Natalia Spychała
Music: Pimon Lekler
Production company: LeLe Crossmedia Production Sp. z o.o.
Moved and broken by the situation in our country, we, a group of students from the Animation Department of Lodz Film School have decided to act. We strongly oppose the recent events in our country and it’s shameful that such a ruling has been pushed through during this extremely difficult time of pandemic. The Constitutional court has issued a ruling that will end legal termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly. Many of us are afraid right now, this is why we want to express unity in a just cause.
05. CROSSING / Crossing, 5'
Slovakia 2018
Director: Agáta Bolaňosová
Screenplay: Agáta Bolaňosová
Animation: Agáta Bolaňosová
Editing: Agáta Bolaňosová
Sound: Agáta Bolaňosová
Music: Tooryanse
Colouring: Agáta Bolaňosová
Producer: Patrícia Pošová
Production company: Film and Television Faculty of The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava – VŠMU
It´s nighttime. A group of pedestrians are waiting at a crosswalk to get to the other side. Some, however, have waited far longer than others ...
06. I'M HERE / Jestem tutaj, 15'
Poland 2020
Director: Julia Orlik
Screenplay: Julia Orlik
Cinematography: Julia Orlik
Animation: Julia Orlik
Editing: Aleksandra Rosset
Sound: Bogdan Klat
Producer: Agata Golańska
Production company: The Polish National Film School in Lodz
An elderly man is looking after his paralysed wife. Despite his old age and health problems, he's doing his best to relieve her suffering, which is getting worse day by day. His daughter helps him, trying to balance care with her work in the hospital and family life. Everyone has a different view on how to care for the sick properly, which often causes arguments.
07. A WAR OF WORDS OF RESPECTFUL SILENCE? / Vojna besed ali spoštljiva tišina?, 2'
Slovenia, Italy 2021
Director: Leo Černic
Screenplay: Leo Černic
Animation: Leo Černic
Editing: Leo Černic
Sound: Samo Jurca
Colouring: Leo Černic
Producer: Mateja Zorn
Production company: Kinoatelje
A War of Words or Respectful Silence? is a commissioned film made for an educational programme in schools. Through this programme, children rediscover their own history, the history of their territory, and apply this knowledge to the future.
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THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
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THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
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THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
Duration of the program: 68:19
01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP (PSOTNIK W SZKLANEJ PUŁAPCE), 02:44
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation + Live Action
The enchanted town hides many attractions at night, but not all of them are here to amuse the guests. So beware because once you plunge into madness, there will be no going back.
02. SKULL (CZASZKA), 01:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Zuzanna Rogala (Harat)
Production: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Technique: Stop Motion
Short story about the skull...
03. BUDDIES (org. KUMPLE), 02:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Amelia Baj
Technique: Claymation
"Buddies" is a grotesque, symbolic film about dynamic interpersonal relations, showing man as a being both funny and destructive.
04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS (AJTIA DLACZEGO DIABEŁ KULEJE), 05:21
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski
Technique: Paint-on-glass
A long time ago, God grazed His sheep on paradise pastures. The devil grazing a herd of goats nearby wanted to take the animals from God... The plot of the film was based on a folk etiological fairy tale explaining this extremely important fact in the devil's life.
05. REASON (ROZWIĄZANIE), 07:56
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Szymon Ruczyński
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Stop motion
In a small town, one of the inhabitants is accused of practicing magic. One woman is openly opposed to the spiral of accusations and camouflaged attacks on that woman, but her personal misfortune puts her position to the test.
06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY (PATOLOGICZNA KRAWCOWA – ZŁY DZIEŃ), 01:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Agata Szwarc
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: 2D Animation
A short story about seamstress...
07. DELINSKY’S MADNESS, 03:24
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation
It is said that when a man shoots, the devil carries bullets. Or is it the other way around? "Projectile Catcher" is a magic trick in which an illusionist catches a bullet fired at him. This is one of the most dangerous tricks. This trick cost the lives of at least 15 illusionists. One of the most drastic cases is the death of the Polish magician Madame DeLinsky, who appeared alongside her husband in 1820 in front of Prince Shwarznberg- Sonderhausen. This animation is loosely inspired by their tragedy.
08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE, 05:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Ewa Maria Wolska
Technique: Puppet Animation
My dear quarantine is a simple story about a pandemic - a poetic portrayal of a time of isolation, loneliness and boredom.
09. BLUE MONDAY, 01:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Katarzyna Orłowska
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Painting animation
A short story about Blue Monday...
10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams, 03:10
Poland / Czech Republic 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Martyna Koleniec
Technique: Puppet Animation + 2D
"How'd you find me / I've tried to stay hid? / As that underground kid / In crimson tight fits..." – animated music video.
11. SUBWAY, 05:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Robert Kuźniewski
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Claymation
A grotesque about a typical situation in the subway...
12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS LICHO NIE ŚPI), 07:15
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Nawojka Wierzbowska
Animation: Natalia Krawczuk
Technique: Cutout animation
Bartholmus is the mayor of a medieval coastal city. He is not interested in governance, but he is very fond of people applauding him. One day he learns that all mayors from the surrounding towns have bought new clocks for the town hall. Bartholmus only has a small and ugly clock, so he calls the great sculptor Hans and his helper Heel to the city. Together, they create an unusual clock, the beauty of which turns out to be dangerous.
13. THE ELEPHANT (SŁOŃ), 06:52
Poland 2019
Direction/Script/Animation: Dominika Wilkosz
Production: Pedagogical University in Krakow
Technique: Stop Motion + clay painting on glass
How the elephant looks like, everyone sees... And if cannot see? After reading the enigmatic description, the character decides to know for himself what this strange creature actually is. He leaves the familiar, safe space and immerses himself in the hustle and bustle of the street. Finding the way through a busy area is not easy - three colleagues, also blind, join the expedition to support their friend.
14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS TRZY SKOKI DO SZCZĘŚCIA), 11:54
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Artur Hanaj
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Claymation
A black comedy about one evening in the life of several animals. A pair of turtles, a bear, and a monkey - a personal trainer want to find the will to consciously manage their lives.
15. GREEN TREE, 02:52
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Filip Szuksztul
Technique: Claymation
Created by the 15-years old artist a journey through the world illustrating the problems faced by modern man - the effects of his own activity.
[text_gr] =>THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
Duration of the program: 68:19
01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP (PSOTNIK W SZKLANEJ PUŁAPCE), 02:44
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation + Live Action
The enchanted town hides many attractions at night, but not all of them are here to amuse the guests. So beware because once you plunge into madness, there will be no going back.
02. SKULL (CZASZKA), 01:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Zuzanna Rogala (Harat)
Production: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Technique: Stop Motion
Short story about the skull...
03. BUDDIES (org. KUMPLE), 02:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Amelia Baj
Technique: Claymation
"Buddies" is a grotesque, symbolic film about dynamic interpersonal relations, showing man as a being both funny and destructive.
04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS (AJTIA DLACZEGO DIABEŁ KULEJE), 05:21
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski
Technique: Paint-on-glass
A long time ago, God grazed His sheep on paradise pastures. The devil grazing a herd of goats nearby wanted to take the animals from God... The plot of the film was based on a folk etiological fairy tale explaining this extremely important fact in the devil's life.
05. REASON (ROZWIĄZANIE), 07:56
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Szymon Ruczyński
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Stop motion
In a small town, one of the inhabitants is accused of practicing magic. One woman is openly opposed to the spiral of accusations and camouflaged attacks on that woman, but her personal misfortune puts her position to the test.
06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY (PATOLOGICZNA KRAWCOWA – ZŁY DZIEŃ), 01:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Agata Szwarc
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: 2D Animation
A short story about seamstress...
07. DELINSKY’S MADNESS, 03:24
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation
It is said that when a man shoots, the devil carries bullets. Or is it the other way around? "Projectile Catcher" is a magic trick in which an illusionist catches a bullet fired at him. This is one of the most dangerous tricks. This trick cost the lives of at least 15 illusionists. One of the most drastic cases is the death of the Polish magician Madame DeLinsky, who appeared alongside her husband in 1820 in front of Prince Shwarznberg- Sonderhausen. This animation is loosely inspired by their tragedy.
08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE, 05:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Ewa Maria Wolska
Technique: Puppet Animation
My dear quarantine is a simple story about a pandemic - a poetic portrayal of a time of isolation, loneliness and boredom.
09. BLUE MONDAY, 01:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Katarzyna Orłowska
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Painting animation
A short story about Blue Monday...
10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams, 03:10
Poland / Czech Republic 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Martyna Koleniec
Technique: Puppet Animation + 2D
"How'd you find me / I've tried to stay hid? / As that underground kid / In crimson tight fits..." – animated music video.
11. SUBWAY, 05:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Robert Kuźniewski
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Claymation
A grotesque about a typical situation in the subway...
12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS LICHO NIE ŚPI), 07:15
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Nawojka Wierzbowska
Animation: Natalia Krawczuk
Technique: Cutout animation
Bartholmus is the mayor of a medieval coastal city. He is not interested in governance, but he is very fond of people applauding him. One day he learns that all mayors from the surrounding towns have bought new clocks for the town hall. Bartholmus only has a small and ugly clock, so he calls the great sculptor Hans and his helper Heel to the city. Together, they create an unusual clock, the beauty of which turns out to be dangerous.
13. THE ELEPHANT (SŁOŃ), 06:52
Poland 2019
Direction/Script/Animation: Dominika Wilkosz
Production: Pedagogical University in Krakow
Technique: Stop Motion + clay painting on glass
How the elephant looks like, everyone sees... And if cannot see? After reading the enigmatic description, the character decides to know for himself what this strange creature actually is. He leaves the familiar, safe space and immerses himself in the hustle and bustle of the street. Finding the way through a busy area is not easy - three colleagues, also blind, join the expedition to support their friend.
14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS TRZY SKOKI DO SZCZĘŚCIA), 11:54
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Artur Hanaj
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Claymation
A black comedy about one evening in the life of several animals. A pair of turtles, a bear, and a monkey - a personal trainer want to find the will to consciously manage their lives.
15. GREEN TREE, 02:52
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Filip Szuksztul
Technique: Claymation
Created by the 15-years old artist a journey through the world illustrating the problems faced by modern man - the effects of his own activity.
[11] => 01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP by Kamil Wójcik 02. SKULL by Zuzanna Rogala (Harat) 03. BUDDIES by Amelia Baj 04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS by Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski 05. REASON by Szymon Ruczyński 06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY by Agata Szwarc 07.DELINSKY’S MADNESS by Kamil Wójcik 08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE by Ewa Maria Wolska 09. BLUE MONDAY by Katarzyna Orłowska 10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams by Martyna Koleniec 11. SUBWAY by Robert Kuźniewski 12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS by Nawojka Wierzbowska 13. THE ELEPHANT by Dominika Wilkosz 14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS by Artur Hanaj 15. GREEN TREE by Filip Szuksztul [captions_gr] => 01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP by Kamil Wójcik 02. SKULL by Zuzanna Rogala (Harat) 03. BUDDIES by Amelia Baj 04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS by Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski 05. REASON by Szymon Ruczyński 06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY by Agata Szwarc 07.DELINSKY’S MADNESS by Kamil Wójcik 08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE by Ewa Maria Wolska 09. BLUE MONDAY by Katarzyna Orłowska 10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams by Martyna Koleniec 11. SUBWAY by Robert Kuźniewski 12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS by Nawojka Wierzbowska 13. THE ELEPHANT by Dominika Wilkosz 14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS by Artur Hanaj 15. GREEN TREE by Filip Szuksztul [12] => [pivots_1_gr] => [13] => [attachments_gr] => [14] => O!PLA FOCUS ON POLAND '21 [title_en] => O!PLA FOCUS ON POLAND '21 [15] =>THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
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THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
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THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
Duration of the program: 68:19
01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP (PSOTNIK W SZKLANEJ PUŁAPCE), 02:44
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation + Live Action
The enchanted town hides many attractions at night, but not all of them are here to amuse the guests. So beware because once you plunge into madness, there will be no going back.
02. SKULL (CZASZKA), 01:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Zuzanna Rogala (Harat)
Production: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Technique: Stop Motion
Short story about the skull...
03. BUDDIES (org. KUMPLE), 02:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Amelia Baj
Technique: Claymation
"Buddies" is a grotesque, symbolic film about dynamic interpersonal relations, showing man as a being both funny and destructive.
04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS (AJTIA DLACZEGO DIABEŁ KULEJE), 05:21
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski
Technique: Paint-on-glass
A long time ago, God grazed His sheep on paradise pastures. The devil grazing a herd of goats nearby wanted to take the animals from God... The plot of the film was based on a folk etiological fairy tale explaining this extremely important fact in the devil's life.
05. REASON (ROZWIĄZANIE), 07:56
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Szymon Ruczyński
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Stop motion
In a small town, one of the inhabitants is accused of practicing magic. One woman is openly opposed to the spiral of accusations and camouflaged attacks on that woman, but her personal misfortune puts her position to the test.
06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY (PATOLOGICZNA KRAWCOWA – ZŁY DZIEŃ), 01:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Agata Szwarc
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: 2D Animation
A short story about seamstress...
07. DELINSKY’S MADNESS, 03:24
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation
It is said that when a man shoots, the devil carries bullets. Or is it the other way around? "Projectile Catcher" is a magic trick in which an illusionist catches a bullet fired at him. This is one of the most dangerous tricks. This trick cost the lives of at least 15 illusionists. One of the most drastic cases is the death of the Polish magician Madame DeLinsky, who appeared alongside her husband in 1820 in front of Prince Shwarznberg- Sonderhausen. This animation is loosely inspired by their tragedy.
08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE, 05:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Ewa Maria Wolska
Technique: Puppet Animation
My dear quarantine is a simple story about a pandemic - a poetic portrayal of a time of isolation, loneliness and boredom.
09. BLUE MONDAY, 01:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Katarzyna Orłowska
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Painting animation
A short story about Blue Monday...
10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams, 03:10
Poland / Czech Republic 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Martyna Koleniec
Technique: Puppet Animation + 2D
"How'd you find me / I've tried to stay hid? / As that underground kid / In crimson tight fits..." – animated music video.
11. SUBWAY, 05:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Robert Kuźniewski
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Claymation
A grotesque about a typical situation in the subway...
12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS LICHO NIE ŚPI), 07:15
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Nawojka Wierzbowska
Animation: Natalia Krawczuk
Technique: Cutout animation
Bartholmus is the mayor of a medieval coastal city. He is not interested in governance, but he is very fond of people applauding him. One day he learns that all mayors from the surrounding towns have bought new clocks for the town hall. Bartholmus only has a small and ugly clock, so he calls the great sculptor Hans and his helper Heel to the city. Together, they create an unusual clock, the beauty of which turns out to be dangerous.
13. THE ELEPHANT (SŁOŃ), 06:52
Poland 2019
Direction/Script/Animation: Dominika Wilkosz
Production: Pedagogical University in Krakow
Technique: Stop Motion + clay painting on glass
How the elephant looks like, everyone sees... And if cannot see? After reading the enigmatic description, the character decides to know for himself what this strange creature actually is. He leaves the familiar, safe space and immerses himself in the hustle and bustle of the street. Finding the way through a busy area is not easy - three colleagues, also blind, join the expedition to support their friend.
14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS TRZY SKOKI DO SZCZĘŚCIA), 11:54
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Artur Hanaj
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Claymation
A black comedy about one evening in the life of several animals. A pair of turtles, a bear, and a monkey - a personal trainer want to find the will to consciously manage their lives.
15. GREEN TREE, 02:52
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Filip Szuksztul
Technique: Claymation
Created by the 15-years old artist a journey through the world illustrating the problems faced by modern man - the effects of his own activity.
[text_en] =>THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 - FOCUS ON POLAND is a unique program presenting the winners of the 9th O!PLA Animation Festival (2021). As always, the only Jury at O!PLA was the audience. THE BEST OF O!PLA'21 is an amazing mix of techniques, styles, and emotions showing what in modern Polish animation (O!PLA means „Oh! Polish Animation”, but also: “Oh! People Love Animation”) is the best. Starting off 2013 O!PLA consequently grows in strength, but one thing remains the same - independence and passion, which standing behind the O!PLA.
Duration of the program: 68:19
01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP (PSOTNIK W SZKLANEJ PUŁAPCE), 02:44
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation + Live Action
The enchanted town hides many attractions at night, but not all of them are here to amuse the guests. So beware because once you plunge into madness, there will be no going back.
02. SKULL (CZASZKA), 01:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Zuzanna Rogala (Harat)
Production: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Technique: Stop Motion
Short story about the skull...
03. BUDDIES (org. KUMPLE), 02:13
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Amelia Baj
Technique: Claymation
"Buddies" is a grotesque, symbolic film about dynamic interpersonal relations, showing man as a being both funny and destructive.
04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS (AJTIA DLACZEGO DIABEŁ KULEJE), 05:21
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski
Technique: Paint-on-glass
A long time ago, God grazed His sheep on paradise pastures. The devil grazing a herd of goats nearby wanted to take the animals from God... The plot of the film was based on a folk etiological fairy tale explaining this extremely important fact in the devil's life.
05. REASON (ROZWIĄZANIE), 07:56
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Szymon Ruczyński
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Stop motion
In a small town, one of the inhabitants is accused of practicing magic. One woman is openly opposed to the spiral of accusations and camouflaged attacks on that woman, but her personal misfortune puts her position to the test.
06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY (PATOLOGICZNA KRAWCOWA – ZŁY DZIEŃ), 01:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Agata Szwarc
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: 2D Animation
A short story about seamstress...
07. DELINSKY’S MADNESS, 03:24
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Kamil Wójcik
Technique: 2D Animation
It is said that when a man shoots, the devil carries bullets. Or is it the other way around? "Projectile Catcher" is a magic trick in which an illusionist catches a bullet fired at him. This is one of the most dangerous tricks. This trick cost the lives of at least 15 illusionists. One of the most drastic cases is the death of the Polish magician Madame DeLinsky, who appeared alongside her husband in 1820 in front of Prince Shwarznberg- Sonderhausen. This animation is loosely inspired by their tragedy.
08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE, 05:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Ewa Maria Wolska
Technique: Puppet Animation
My dear quarantine is a simple story about a pandemic - a poetic portrayal of a time of isolation, loneliness and boredom.
09. BLUE MONDAY, 01:19
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Katarzyna Orłowska
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Painting animation
A short story about Blue Monday...
10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams, 03:10
Poland / Czech Republic 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Martyna Koleniec
Technique: Puppet Animation + 2D
"How'd you find me / I've tried to stay hid? / As that underground kid / In crimson tight fits..." – animated music video.
11. SUBWAY, 05:00
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Robert Kuźniewski
Production: Artistic University in Poznan
Technique: Claymation
A grotesque about a typical situation in the subway...
12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS LICHO NIE ŚPI), 07:15
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Production: Nawojka Wierzbowska
Animation: Natalia Krawczuk
Technique: Cutout animation
Bartholmus is the mayor of a medieval coastal city. He is not interested in governance, but he is very fond of people applauding him. One day he learns that all mayors from the surrounding towns have bought new clocks for the town hall. Bartholmus only has a small and ugly clock, so he calls the great sculptor Hans and his helper Heel to the city. Together, they create an unusual clock, the beauty of which turns out to be dangerous.
13. THE ELEPHANT (SŁOŃ), 06:52
Poland 2019
Direction/Script/Animation: Dominika Wilkosz
Production: Pedagogical University in Krakow
Technique: Stop Motion + clay painting on glass
How the elephant looks like, everyone sees... And if cannot see? After reading the enigmatic description, the character decides to know for himself what this strange creature actually is. He leaves the familiar, safe space and immerses himself in the hustle and bustle of the street. Finding the way through a busy area is not easy - three colleagues, also blind, join the expedition to support their friend.
14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS TRZY SKOKI DO SZCZĘŚCIA), 11:54
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation: Artur Hanaj
Production: Film School in Lodz
Technique: Claymation
A black comedy about one evening in the life of several animals. A pair of turtles, a bear, and a monkey - a personal trainer want to find the will to consciously manage their lives.
15. GREEN TREE, 02:52
Poland 2020
Direction/Script/Animation/Production: Filip Szuksztul
Technique: Claymation
Created by the 15-years old artist a journey through the world illustrating the problems faced by modern man - the effects of his own activity.
[17] => 01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP by Kamil Wójcik 02. SKULL by Zuzanna Rogala (Harat) 03. BUDDIES by Amelia Baj 04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS by Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski 05. REASON by Szymon Ruczyński 06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY by Agata Szwarc 07.DELINSKY’S MADNESS by Kamil Wójcik 08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE by Ewa Maria Wolska 09. BLUE MONDAY by Katarzyna Orłowska 10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams by Martyna Koleniec 11. SUBWAY by Robert Kuźniewski 12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS by Nawojka Wierzbowska 13. THE ELEPHANT by Dominika Wilkosz 14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS by Artur Hanaj 15. GREEN TREE by Filip Szuksztul [captions_en] => 01. PSOTNIK IN THE GLASS TRAP by Kamil Wójcik 02. SKULL by Zuzanna Rogala (Harat) 03. BUDDIES by Amelia Baj 04. STORY ABOUT WHY DEVIL LIMPS by Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski 05. REASON by Szymon Ruczyński 06. PATHOLOGICAL SEAMSTRESS – BAD DAY by Agata Szwarc 07.DELINSKY’S MADNESS by Kamil Wójcik 08. MY DEAR QUARANTINE by Ewa Maria Wolska 09. BLUE MONDAY by Katarzyna Orłowska 10. HIDDEN – Hidden Beams by Martyna Koleniec 11. SUBWAY by Robert Kuźniewski 12. THE WICKED NEVER RESTS by Nawojka Wierzbowska 13. THE ELEPHANT by Dominika Wilkosz 14. THREE JUMPS TO HAPPINESS by Artur Hanaj 15. GREEN TREE by Filip Szuksztul [18] => [pivots_1_en] => [19] => [attachments_en] => [20] => [date_start] => [21] => [date_end] => [22] => [time_start] => [23] => gallery_0002_4074 [gallery] => gallery_0002_4074 [24] => events_0002_2112.png [picture] => events_0002_2112.png [25] => 2021-06-20 10:37:33 [created] => 2021-06-20 10:37:33 [26] => 2021-06-20 10:37:33 [updated] => 2021-06-20 10:37:33 [27] => 2026-02-11 16:10:50 [edited] => 2026-02-11 16:10:50 [28] => 226 [edited_by] => 226 [29] => 38 [created_by] => 38 [30] => 38 [updated_by] => 38 )CEE – NEW TALENTS 2021
PROJECTIONSOpening: TBA
Venue: Hydra, Greece
O!PLA FOCUS ON POLAND '21
PROJECTIONSOpening: TBA
Venue: Hydra, Greece
