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Browse 191 movies from Studio Miniatur Filmowych
Conquerors land on a newly discovered planet and try to colonize and explore a new discovered planet.
Jan 1970
Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.
Aug 2023
Allegorical animated short about the power of creation and destruction. An unknown man carries a wicker basket filled with elements resembling human figures. After their combination the small creatures are come to life. The creator tries to force them to listen. As a result of refusal, a conflict arises.
Jan 1967
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
Jun 1971
A pair of courtiers, a woman and a man, enjoy each other's company. Both of them become victims of armed conflict. Disconnected, they seek each other among the survivors. The man finds his beloved woman.
Oct 1973
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.
May 1985
A beautiful story about a magnolia tree that, instead of shedding its leaves and flowers on the ground as nature intended, decided to go straight to heaven.
Jan 1972
A self-consciously Kafkaesque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.
Dec 1963
Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves
Jan 1975
Young Pinio gives his porcelain elephant Dominik vitamins, after which he becomes real, and the two set off on new adventures.
Apr 1978
A man builds himself a small wooden house amongst the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
An experimental animation by Kazimierz Urbański about transportation. Combines various techniques: traditional cartoon film, cut-out, documentary photos, animation of objects, and effects caused directly on the tape.
Jan 1963
The adventures of a dog who, despite his mother's good advice, decides to climb up to the stork's nest on the roof.
Jan 1977
Animation short by Alina Maliszewska.
Jan 1965
Grotesque. The filmmakers point to the adverse health effects of new inventions.
Jan 1974
In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.
Jun 1961
Jerzy Kalina's first film, animated using coloured grains to depict a fantastical, vividly coloured genesis. The creation of the world and the dawn of life in under ten minutes.
Apr 1973
A male figure on the screen is lost in thought. He hides his head in large hands clasped in the foreground. Suddenly, one hand moves towards the viewer and grabs a small figure from the other side of the screen.
Satirical animation showing the influence of alcohol brands on sports.
Jan 1979
One of the alleged ways to stay awake is by counting rams in your mind. During a sleepless night, the main character of the animation decides to test the effectiveness of monotonous counting on himself. Reaching the thirteenth ram, the perspective of the whole situation changes dramatically.
May 1966