A Gentle Spirit

A Gentle Spirit 1987

7.50

A man seated next to the body of his young wife thinks about their brief life together. Suicide has been the only escape for her... Dumala's technique creates a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere, entirely suitable for Dostoyevski's novel "A Gentle Spirit" on which it is based.

1987

How a Sausage Dog Works

How a Sausage Dog Works 1972

6.20

Polish animated short film that uses unconventional film techniques such as cut-out, drawing, filming miscible fluids and scratched images. Also uses non-camera technique such as drawing directly on film. The film is a humorous lecture on the internal structure of a dachshund. Parodying popular lectures at the same time, it contains a message about the superiority of the products of living organisms' techniques and calls for respect for the environment.

1972

Lucky Day Forever

Lucky Day Forever 2011

6.50

Prole 514 dreams about winning the Great Lottery. The lottery winner is transformed and allowed admission into the elite White society, where everyone is beautiful, young and happy and people spend their carefree lives solely on fun and partying. One day, 514's wish comes true... but was this what he really wanted?

2011

The Roll-Call

The Roll-Call 1971

5.30

A penal gymnastics session is underway during a roll call in a concentration camp. A brutal voice shouts furious commands: "nieder - auf!" (down – up!). One of the prisoners will not obey the commands, another one will almost survive

1971

Kac

Kac 1986

1

An angel and devil fight for the soul of a drunkard who cannot resist just one more drink.

1986

Jacek i Placek

Jacek i Placek 1992

1

The two twins, Jacek and Placek, start out as cruel and lazy boys whose main interest is eating, eating anything, including chalk and a sponge in school. One day they have the idea of stealing the moon; after all, it is made of gold.

1992

The Day

The Day 1973

1

Created with many techniques, an animated reflection on the passing of time, youth and fame.

1973

A Bear Named Wojtek

A Bear Named Wojtek 2024

10.00

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

2024

The Stuntman

The Stuntman 1972

1

From cowboys to cannons, diving to racing, perhaps nothing can stop this stuntman

1972

Horse

Horse 1967

6.20

Enacting the story of a hunt with wild but precise gestures, the Polish animator Witold Giersz’s The Horse (award-winning at the Krakow Film Festival for “its exceptionally interesting animation technique”) explodes with color and brings to life the physical strokes of paint of which it is made. The film never lets you forget that what you’re seeing is simply paint being rearranged into recognizable shapes, yet the pumping musical score and expressiveness of its titular character provide a simultaneous emotional experience. The abstract backgrounds render the narrative world beautiful and strange yet entirely comprehensible, as the film depicts an epic chase from humanity’s past.

1967

Franz  Kafka

Franz Kafka 1992

6.30

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

1992

Mister Blot's Triumph

Mister Blot's Triumph 2001

3.30

Tomek Milkowski is an comic-books' illustrator. But his chef doesn't like his drawings. He tells Tomek to make up something really cool, if the boy doesn't want to loose his job. The illustrator has a guest. It's a bird Tri-Tri from stories about Mr. Kleks. Tomek takes the book and decides to illustrate it as a comic book.

2001

The birth

The birth 1995

1

An anonymous couple comes to the maternity ward. The woman is immobilized in the bed, the man is in the waiting room. Doctors and nurses decide to have a drunken party. A mysterious guest will help Benio come into the world. An animated joke by Marek Serafinski, a creator and producer of animated films, graphic artist and content creator. From the very beginning, the artist used a combined technique, manipulating shots and graphics. Chronicle pictures of life of the 1980s and 1990s were diversified by including fantastic characters and phenomena. "The Birth" is a grotesque view of the reality of hospital births, the separation of fathers, the isolation of women, and alcohol consumption during working hours.

1995

A Little Western

A Little Western 1961

8.00

The small western was the first film by Witold Giersz painted directly with a brush on a celluloid. Spilling patches of colors are arranged in the form of cowboys and horses, creating a surprising and brilliant parody of the western. Animation is also an intriguing self-comment: the viewer watches not only the struggle between good and evil, but also the process of creating a film world. Made in 1960, the award-winning Little Western is the first fully auteur movie in the history of Polish animation - the director and screenwriter in one person also took care of the visual development of the film.

1961

Solo in a Fallow Field

Solo in a Fallow Field 1981

5.60

Kalina links traditional animation with a re-projection. To the rhythm of the popular folk song Ukochany kraj, umiłowany kraj (Beloved country, dear country) he creates an anti-ballade about the farmer’s hard life and difficult work. Monotonous and mechanical activities degrade a man.

1981