Ave Maria

A film miniature to classical music. Schubert’s soulful music inspired the author to produce a film full of peace and reflection based on her personal interpretation of El Greco’s paintings: ‘Annunciation’, ‘Madonna and Child’, ‘Madonna of Mercy’, ‘Pieta’ and ‘Assumption’.

Directed, screenplay, artwork, animation, photography and editing by Aleksandra Korejwo
Music composed by Franz Schubert Ellens Gesang III D. 839
Music performed by Kaja Danczowska – violin, Janusz Olejniczak – piano
Design based on El Greco’s paintings developed by Aleksandra Korejwo
Sound by Wiesław Nowak
Produced by Elżbieta Nowisz
Animation in friable matters, 35 mm, colour, 154 m, 05:40′, format 4:3
Date of production: 13.12.1990 © TVSFA – TVP SA

Award:
SILVER KNIGHT AWARD for the script and direction, International Film Festival of the Slavonic and the Orthodox Church Nations ‘Golden Knight’, Minsk, Belarus, 1996