Studio Filmów Animowanych w Krakowie

An animated film made without the use of a camera using the technique of drawing and painting directly on a film strip, illustrating a grandfather's ballad, the protagonist of which seeks an explanation for the cruel phenomena of the world around him. Rockets thrown to the ground and bombs exploding, a car falling off a cliff, a driver driving a man on the street or a policeman firing a gun at an opponent - images of this type of catastrophic behavior are intertwined with the recurring image of a man running somewhere.

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

A short animated film by Jerzy Kucia.

Animated short film.

Camera going through the rooms one by one, each completely differnt from one another, till it cannot go forward anymore.

Polish animated feature. When the nefarious Ambaras tries to rid the land of Filibiblonia of litterature, Miki and his book loving friends must find a way to stop his evil schemes.

An animated TV adaptation of Rudolf Těsnohlidek's "The Cunning Little Vixen". The intended audience learns the seasons and to respect the wildlife of the forest.

The harvest season recalls past time, gives rise to reflections, memories. The logic of the aftermath of events is replaced here by the logic of memory.

Rodin's The Thinker raises his head to look ahead, just to return to his original position.

Author's vision of "life after life". The man for whom death comes with a scythe is taken to the hospital. With the help of complicated equipment, he undergoes resuscitation procedures.

Animated, various techniques. A bareer is slowly moving down at the railroad. It prevents people from passing across the road. While waiting, people start to think and dream. Their dreams influence a guy who watches them from a tiny house nearby.

The broken pump is left by the astronauts in space. When ant-like aliens find it on their planet they launch it, beggining the disaster.

The colage presents in a blaze of colours the horse from the famous Shakespearean quote uttered by Richard the Third.

An atmospheric impression about spring. Everything wakes up to life. Even a cluttered old-fashioned flat will succumb to its allure.

Animated short by Andrzej Warchał.

Nightmarish fusion of Francis Bacon and Gerald Scarfe in this perverse and disturbing game of spite and malice between three grotesque figures. A striking and unusual work by Łucja Mróz-Raynoch, a lesser known figure in the world of Polish animation.