Polish Animation Retrospective 10/10-10/14: Screening List

THE POLISH SCHOOL OF ANIMATION: Next Generations 2

A retrospective of Polish animation from the last 60 years, featuring short films by Tomasz Bagiński, Anita Kwiatkowska, Jerzy Kucia and much more.

*The Kosciuszko Foundation will be presenting Day 1 (10/10/14) and Day 4 (10/14/14) of the screenings. Days 2 and 3 on Saturday and Sunday will be held at Videology (308 Bedford Ave #1, New York, NY 11211).*

Day 1 will close with a Q&A with special guests Wiola Sowa (President of ASIFA-Poland, and a director) and Bogusław Zmudziński (artistic director of the International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima) followed by an open reception.

The Polish School of Animation project aspires to give international recognition to the more-than-fifty-years-old output of Polish animation. The program is composed in such a way that the first screening (1959-1981) brings back classical achievements of Polish animation, while the next three present productions of a younger generations of artists who have made their debuts more recently.

These events are free of charge. Please RSVP at: asifaeastevents@gmail.com with information about which screening you are interested in attending.

Friday, Oct.10th 2014, 7 p.m.
The Kosciuszko Foundation
15 East 65th Street, 10065 NY
www.thekf.org

1st Screening (100’) + Reception
Dom/House, dir. Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica (1958, 11’)
Labirynt/Labyrinth, dir. Jan Lenica (1961, 14’15’’)
Czerwone i czarne/Red and Black, dir. Witold Giersz (1963, 6’30’’)
Wszystko jest liczbą/Everything Is a Number, dir. Stefan Schabenbeck (1966, 7’30’’)
Hobby, dir. Daniel Szczechura (1968, 7’)
Apel/The Roll-Call, dir. Ryszard Czekała (1970,7’15”)
Droga/Road, dir. Mirosław Kijowicz (1971, 4’30’’)
Bankiet/The Banquet, dir. Zofia Oraczewska (1976, 8’15’’)
Refleksy/Reflection, dir. Jerzy Kucia (1979, 6’)
Tango, dir. Zbigniew Rybczyński (1980, 8’)
Solo na ugorze/Solo in a fallow Field, dir. Jerzy Kalina (1981, 7’) Refreny/Refrains, dir. Wiola Sowa (2007, 13’15’’)

Saturday, Oct. 11th 2014, 5 p.m.
Videology,
308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, 11249 NY
www.videology.info

2nd Screening (79’)
Franz Kafka, dir. Piotr Dumała (1991, 16’)
Carmen Torero, dir. Aleksandra Korejwo (1996, 3’22’)
Maski/The Mask, dir. Piotr Karwas (1998, 5’)
Strojenie instrumentów/Tuning the Instruments, dir. Jerzy Kucia (2000, 15’15’’) Romans dżentelmena/Gentleman’s Romance, dir. Tomasz Kozak (2000, 10’)
Śmierć na 5/A- Grade Death, dir. Mariusz Wilczyński (2002, 3’40’’)
Katedra/ The Cathedral, dir. Tomasz Bagiński (2002, 6’30’’)
Niestety/Unfortunately, dir. Mariusz Wilczyński, (2004, 13’)
Sztuka spadania/Fallen Art, dir. Tomasz Bagiński (2004, 6’)

Sunday, Oct. 12th 2014, 5 p.m.
Videology,

3rd Screening (89’)
Po jabłkach/After Apples, dir. Marta Pajek (2004, 5’30’’)
Zawodowiec/Professional, dir. Marek Serafiński (2004, 13’)
Zoopraxiscope, dir. Hieronim Neumann (2005, 11’45’’)
Ichthys, dir. Marek Skrobecki (2005, 15’)
Dies Irae, dir. Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz (2006, 2’`15’’)
Śniadanie/The Breakfast, dir. Izabela Plucińska (2006, 2’20’’)
Dokumanimo, dir. Małgorzata Bosek (2007, 10’)
Sekwens/Sequence, dir. Robert Sowa (2007, 8’)
Refreny/Refrains, dir. Wiola Sowa (2007, 13’15’’)
Mały czarny kwadrat/Little Black Square, dir. Tomasz Siwiński (2007, 6’)

Tuesday, Oct.14th 2014, 7pm
The Kosciuszko Foundation

4th Screening (89’)
Wywijas/Inside Out, dir. Andrzej Jobczyk (2008, 5’30)
Laska/Stick, dir. Michał Socha (2008, 5’) Snępowina/Sleepincord, dir. Marta Pajek (2011, 14’)
Papierowe pudełko/Paper Box, dir. Zbigniew Czapla (2011, 9’) Dróżnik/Crossing Keeper, dir. Piotr Szczepanowicz (2012, 11’)
Kinefaktura, dir. Marcin Giżycki (2012, 3’15’’)
Ab Ovo, dir. Anita Kwiatkowska – Naqvi (2012, 5’18’’)
Do serca twego/To Thy Heart, dir. Ewa Borysewicz (2013, 10’)
Danse Macabre, dir. Małgorzata Rżanek (2013, 5’) Signum, dir. Witold Giersz (2013, 13’)

This screening is a part of the project “Polish School of Animation – Next Generations” organized by Stowarzyszenie Rotunda /International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima/ and with the support of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of The Republic of Poland and the Polish Film Institute.

In partnership with The Kosciuszko Foundation.