OF THE QUARREL OF ALL QUARRELS (O NAJWIĘKSZEJ KŁÓTNI)
1999, 17 min, Poland
Direction/Reżyseria
ZBIGNIEW KOTECKI
Script/Scenariusz
JAN ZAMOJSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
ZBIGNIEW KOTECKI
Editing/Montaż
TERESA MIZIOŁEK
Music/Muzyka
MARCIN POSPIESZALSKI
Sound/Dźwięk
WIESŁAW NOWAK
Produced by/Produkcja
ANIMATION FILM STUDIO POZNAŃ
Three brothers: Eino, Aho and Laje earn their daily crust working their family land. Eino works from dawn till dusk. Aho likes to have a good time in the local inn and Laje sometimes helps Eino and sometimes accompanies Laje. One day Aho was cheated at dice and lost the farm. The brothers set off in search of work. They arrive at a road trifurcating. Eino wants to go left, Aho right and Laje keeps switching sides. Unable to convince each other the brothers start a mighty quarrel. In the end, afraid to walk alone they decide to keep together and go down the road chosen by Eino. Together they travel through forests, fight wild animals and forage for food. In the end they arrive at the gates of the city from Eino’s dreams. However, it turns out that that the only work they can beg to get is at a building site of a new palace and they have to work for food. They toil from dawn till dusk. Disenchanted, Aho dreams of the land of happiness, which in his opinion lies at the end of the road he thought they should have taken. Aho gets to the road’s trifurcating. The remaining brothers do not hear anything about his fate for a long time and in the end they get the news of his death. Eino tries to convince Laje to stay with him in the city. But after a while Laje too decided to set off in search of a better city.
ZBIGNIEW KOTECKI
Born in Łódź in 1952. Cinematographer and director of animated films. Graduated of National Film School in Łódź. In the years 1980-1999 he was associated with the Łódź Semaphore. For many years he has been cooperating with the Television Studio of Animated Films in Poznań.
HOW GOD MAIOR LOST HIS THRONE (JAK BÓG MAIOR UTRACIŁ TRON)
1999 16 min, Poland
Direction/Reżyseria
PIOTR MUSZALSKI, PAWEŁ WOLICKI
Script/Scenariusz
JAN ZAMOJSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
KRZYSZTOF NAPIERAŁA, KRZYSZTOF SZYSZKA
Animation/Animacja
PAWEŁ WOLICKI, JANUSZ GAŁĄZKOWSKI, ZUZANNA LEWANDOWSKA, PIOTR MUSZALSKI
Editing/Montaż
TERESA MIZIOŁEK
Music/Muzyka
TYMON TYMAŃSKI
Sound/Dźwięk
WIESŁAW NOWAK
Produced by/Produkcja
ANIMATION FILM STUDIO POZNAŃ
A god by the name of Maior ruled over the city. His basic law was that everything that is down for people is up for the god and vice versa. The brothers had lived according to the laws set by the god until Obi rebelled against them. Soon the brothers parted and Obi died. For breaking his laws Maior sent him to hell. Ubi also died and as he had always been faithful to the god he was sent to heaven. The brothers were thus parted even after death. Ubi was unhappy in heaven and wanted to go to hell. The god Maior refused to grant him his wish. A rebellion began in heaven and Maior abdicated. From that moment onwards the living and the dead in Ruru had to fend for themselves.
PIOTR MUSZALSKI
Born in Poznań in 1960.
PAWEŁ WOLICKI
OF A GREAT SHAME (O WIELKIM WSTYDZIE)
1998, 15 min, Poland
Direction/Reżyseria
JACEK ADAMCZAK
Script/Scenariusz
JAN ZAMOJSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
KRZYSZTOF SZYSZKA
Editing/Montaż
JACEK ADAMCZAK
Music/Muzyka
ZBIGNIEW KOZUB
Sound/Dźwięk
WIESŁAW NOWAK
Produced by/Produkcja
ANIMATION FILM STUDIO POZNAŃ
Rio, a young fisherman lives in the kingdom of Lailonia. He is in love with Muria but the girl does not reciprocate his feelings. So, when he is called up she is not very concerned. Rio does his military service but at all times things of Muria and neglects his duties. One day he realises with horror that he has forgotten the colour of her eyes. He begins to shrink out of shame. A court martial sentences him to complete disappearance for shrinking without an order.
JACEK ADAMCZAK
Born in Poznań in 1955. Director, graphic designer, animator, screenwriter. He graduated from the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Poznań (currently the University of Arts in Poznań) at the Faculty of Fine Arts. Since 1990, he has been a researcher and teacher at the Poznań University. Head of the I Animation Studio at the Faculty of Animation. Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Multimedia Communication (2003–2008), Vice-Rector for Student Affairs (2008–2016). In the years 1982–2001 he made films in the Television Studio of Animated Films in Poznań, from 2001 to today a director cooperating with TV Studio Filmów Animowanych sp. z o.o. in Poznań. He specializes in various techniques of drawing animation. The work is addressed mainly to a young audience. Winner of awards and distinctions at domestic and foreign festivals (m.in in Krakow, Poznań, Cairo, Chicago). Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association.
OF CHILDREN’S TOYS (O ZABAWKACH DLA DZIECI)
1999, 14 min, Poland
Direction/Reżyseria
HIERONIM NEUMMAN
Script/Scenariusz
JAN ZAMOJSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
ZBIGNIEW KOTECKI, JADWIGA ZADUER
Editing/Montaż
TERESA MIZIOŁEK
Music/Muzyka
KSZESIMIR DĘBSKI
Sound/Dźwięk
WIESŁAW NOWAK
Produced by/Produkcja
ANIMATION FILM STUDIO POZNAŃ
Pigu, a merchant, lives with Memi, his daughter, in the kingdom of Lailonia. As the favourite pastime in this country is puncturing globes, Pigu always brings Memi a new globe from his absence Memi orders a globe the size of Earth. When Pigu sends it back to the shop the shop the girl becomes hysterical. Not knowing what to do Pigu tells Memi that she could try puncturing the Earth itself. The results of this are tragic. Pigu is sent to prison. Alone in his cell he concludes that people should not skimp money on toys for their children.
HIERONIM NEUMMAN
Born in Poznań in 1948. Director of animated, combined and experimental films, layout artist, screenwriter, professor born in November 1948 in Poznań. Considered one of the most prominent members of the experimental trend in Polish animation. Neumann’s films use technical tricks, often based upon innovative solutions. They constitute a distinct phenomenon in Polish animation, at the same time being a part of its experimental trend, represented for instance by Zbigniew Rybczyński.
OF A FAMOUS MAN (O SŁAWNYM CZŁOWIEKU)
1998, 14 min, Poland
Direction/Reżyseria
KRZYSZTOF KIWERSKI
Script/Scenariusz
JAN ZAMOJSKI
Cinematography/Zdjęcia
TOMASZ WOLF, TOMASZ CHMIEL
Editing/Montaż
KRZYSZTOF KIWERSKI
Music/Muzyka
JAN GRZYWACZ
Sound/Dźwięk
IRENA HUSSAR
Produced by/Produkcja
ANIMATION FILM STUDIO POZNAŃ
A citizen of Lailonia called Tat wants to become a very famous person. He spends a long time pondering what to do. After all, in all scientific, artistic and cultural domains there are people more famous than himself. He comes to the conclusion that one may become famous by doing something in the worst possible way. However, his only gain is a short-lived applause of the crowds. Besides, he is considered ridiculous. Finally, he decides that he will win undying fame being the least famous man in the world. Soon everybody forgets him and thus he has achieved his goal.
KRZYSZTOF KIWERSKI
Born in Poznań in 1948. A graduate of the Painting and Graphic Arts Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, he makes paintings, computer graphics and motion graphics. He has realized 38 animation films including four feature-length animations. His films have been screened at film festivals in, among others, Annecy, Cannes, Chicago, Huesca, Oberhausen, Tours, New York, Poznań and Kraków. They have won many awards and distinctions, along with his graphics and paintings.
Gallery Theatre
(1112 North Milwaukee Ave.)
Monday, 11/15/21 7:00 pm.
1998-1999 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
various directors
