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Browse 88 movies from Telewizyjne Studio Filmów Animowanych w Poznaniu
The life story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who later became known as Shakyamuni Buddha (the Buddha), from the time of his birth until he entered Nirvana.
Feb 1998
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
A beautifully fluid sand animation inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' piece, 'Danse Macabre.'
Dec 1990
Jan 1985
The film is inspired by Danuta Wawilow's poem of the same name.
A miniature film set to classical music inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The chessboard transforms into a salon floor, where animated pawns and figures take the shape of court characters and begin their game to the rhythm of a minuet. However, it turns out that the game of chess is replaced by court intrigue – a planted letter leads to a duel over a woman, which is interrupted by the queen's intervention.
Dec 1991
Polish avant-garde animation in which a periodic series of aggressive starbursts interrupt the melodic dancing of fluid shapes, one raid even freezing the image for a moment.
Jan 1980
A film from the "Impressions" series, made using cartoon and combined animation techniques. The author of the film brings rock paintings from several thousand years ago to life. In the flickering light of a campfire, he shows the interior of the Lascaux cave. He reveals details and fragments of surviving paintings to the viewer. He shows animals frozen in motion, just as they were captured on the stone walls by the first painters. The paintings come to life to recreate dramatic hunts and herd migrations—scenes that fascinated and inspired the artists of the time.
Jan 1995
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
A miniature film set to classical music. The film was made using combined animation techniques and was inspired by Antonio Vivaldi's "Winter" from "The Four Seasons." It tells the story of the most important periods in a person's life. The image combines elements of winter landscapes associated with old age. The story of human biological existence is a pretext for philosophical reflections on transience and the meaning of life.
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
A story showing that the devil is not as black as he is painted.
Jan 2015
From the series of animated films to classical music.
Apr 1993
A short animation using stop-motion photography.
Jan 1986
Colorful spheres irregularly interpenetrating each other, creating new forms.
May 1980
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 film is an illustration of Wanda Chotomska's poem "Neon Cow." Panorama of Warsaw. Neon rain falls, creating neon signs on the streets and buildings. The main character, a neon cow, wanders around the city. A drop of neon milk falls and the rain washes away the traces of her walk.
Jan 1987
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.
Jul 1998
A film from the "Impressions" series, made using a combination of techniques. It presents the work of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian through documentary photographs from the era in which he lived and worked. The director shows the evolution of the visual arts at the beginning of the 20th century from Fauvism to geometric abstraction using Mondrian's paintings as an example. The artist's philosophical journey into abstraction, which for Mondrian was a confirmation of the superiority of the mind over the senses. The artist's works are woven into the turbulent history of the early 20th century, full of historical events and civilizational changes.
Oct 1995
Aug 1993