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A young raspberry ice cream vendor named Gyom lives with his wife Mek-Mek in Lailonia, in the city of Batum. Since he believes that only older men can get good jobs in Lailonia, he decides to change his appearance. He grows a beard and a mustache, but it turns out that this is not enough to be considered an old gentleman. So he buys a bowler hat, glasses, an umbrella and wellingtons. He becomes an old gentleman and thanks to this he gets a job in a hotel as a "removalist" of flowers from vases.
Sep 1999
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata in A major is illustrated with colourful, dynamic images of the marching Turkish army, which provides the basic rhythm. Directed by Witold Giersz.
Jan 1994
Ditto is an idealist. He does not, unlike Lina, his life companion, attach importance to the things around him. Lina, on the other hand, is captivated by objects and all her attention is focused on collecting them. One day all things revolt against Ditto. The objects complain to Lina that it is Ditto who mistreats them and Lina believes the objects. Ditto decides to turn himself into a thing to show Lina their true nature. However, the things are not malicious towards Lina. After a while, Ditto begins to understand that he has lost the war with things.
Jul 1998
Jul 1992
A beautifully fluid sand animation inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' piece, 'Danse Macabre.'
Dec 1990
A stonemason Ajio, quiet, honest and conscientious by nature, works on road construction in Lailonia. One day, a hump grows on his back, which quickly turns into Ajio's double. Ajio's double is aggressive, vicious and lazy. He quickly manages to convince those around him that he is the real Ajio. Soon an epidemic of humpbacks affects all the residents of Lailonia. Real people are replaced by their doubles. They are aggressive and imperious. Ajio's double takes over the city of humpbacks. Only Ajio's son manages to escape the city. He hopes that when he grows up - he will return and deal with the humpbacks.
From a series of animated films set to classical music. A film impression set to classical music, created using combined animation techniques. Images harmonizing with the character, atmosphere, and emotional tone of Chopin's atmospheric music are created and transformed to the rhythm of the music.
Jul 1997
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, better known as Witkacy, enivsages the future horrors of the Polish nation, as embodied by Stalin and Hitler, and the world collapsing into chaos.
Jan 1989
Animation with coloured salt by Aleksandra Korejwo. Music by Johann Strauss performed by the Strauss Festival Orchestra.
Dec 2011
Animation with colored salt by Aleksandra Korejwo. Music by composer Camille Saint-Saëns performed by the Polish Radio Orchestra.
Jun 1990
Jan 1997
Animated interpretation of the Bizet opera, first in a trilogy
Jun 1994
Animation with coloured salt by Aleksandra Korejwo. Graphic design based on El Greco's paintings. Music by Franz Schubert performed by Kaja Danczowska on violin and Janusz Olejniczak on piano.
The protagonists of the film are three brothers: Eino, Aho and Laje. The brothers live from the cultivation of the family land. Eino works from dawn to night. Aho likes to spend time playing at a nearby inn. Laje once helps Eino, and once accompanies Aho. Once Aho gets cheated by playing dice and losing his family land. The brothers set off in search of a job. They reach a road fork. Eino wants to go left, Aho to the right, and Laje agrees once with one, once with the other brother. The brothers, unable to convince each other for their reasons, start a great quarrel.
Nov 1999
From the series of animated films to classical music.
Apr 1993
A film miniature set to music from Antonio Vivaldi's concert The Four Seasons. The seasons are linked in film impressions to periods in human life. The film refers directly to the theme of autumn in relation to man and his "autumn" season of life. During this period, despite a certain stability, people try to be active and creative. To this end, they draw on their wealth of experience and mature reflections. However, memories increasingly creep into their daily routine of intense work. They want to capture the color and mood of these memories and preserve them in their minds through associations with music.
May 1995
Aug 1993
Etam, a young man from a small town in Lailonia, plucks pears from a neighbor's tree for his friend Nita. He is branded with a red patch on his pants for the theft. It soon turns out that the patch is contagious. Red patches appear on the pants of all Etam's friends. The patches get bigger and the boys wear a big red patch instead of pants. So they decide to pretend that they have red pants. When they come to school, however, the Teacher sees red patches instead of pants. He tells them to return to school only when they have pants. The boys, on Nita's advice, make holes in the patches and sew the real colored patches onto them. To the boys' surprise, the Teacher at school accepts the patched pants. He explains to them that the previous day they had red patches, and now they have patched pants. This is because it is possible to patch pants, while patches cannot be patched.
Dec 1997
Classical animation made with painting technique on celluloid from a series of animated films to classical music.
Nov 1996