Carmen Torero from „Carmen-Suite”

An animation film to classical music made using animation in friable matter. An allusive picture of Spanish architecture , a building by Gaudi, which provides a background for a toreador fighting on an arena and Carmen, which personifies the lyrical motif of the Bizet’s opera.

Directed, screenplay, artwork and animated by Aleksandra Korejwo
Music composed by Georges Bizet
Music arranged by Rodion Shchedrin
Music performed by Chamber Orchestra „Amadeus” conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal
Photography by Krzysztof Napierała
Editing and sound by Wiesław Nowak
Produced by Ewa Sobolewska
Animation in friable matter directly under camera, 35 mm, colour, 102 m., 03:45′, format 4:3
Date of production: 2.07.1996 © TVP SA

AWARDS:
DIPLOMA for the film direction, International Festival of Animated Films for Children – Biennial of Animation BAB’99, Bratislava, Slovakia / 1999
POZNAŃ GOATS AWARD for the author of the best design in animation film, 16th International Festival of Films for Children Ale kino!, Poznań, Poland / 1998
FINALIST CERTIFICATE – was the most beautiful film in the line-up and any animated film they had seen before, 27th Wellington & Auckland International Film Festival, Wellington, New Zealand / 1998
FIRST PLACE – Best Animated Works Shorter Than 5 Minutes, Los Angeles International Animation Competition „The World Animation Celebration”, Los Angeles, USA / 1997
SILVER LINE AWARD for the artistic values, 4th National Festival of Animation Films, Cracow, Poland / 1997