Ewa Sobolewska – Producer
Graduated from the University A. Mickiewicz in Poznan, 1977.
Since 1980, she has worked for the TV Studio of Animation Films – Polish Television SA in Poznań.
Since 2001 – President of the Management Board TV Studio of Animation Films Ltd. in Poznań;
Producer, Executive Producer, Script-editor of the TV Studio of Animation Films Ltd.
2008 – Member of the Management Board Animation Films Section of the Polish Filmmakers Association
2008 – Member of the Management Board Films for Children Section of the Polish Filmmakers Association
2008 – Member of the Governing Bodies of the Union of Audiovisual Authors and Producers
2007 – Member of the ASIFA 2004 – Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association
Producer, Executive Producer, Script editor
2024
STORIES FROM THE SANDBOX (Opowiadania z piaskownicy) season 2
13 episodes of 05’, animated series for children
Producer, script doctor
Co-producer Polish Television SA
2023
A GREAT WORRY (Wielkie zmartwienie) directed by Zbigniew Kotecki
Animated series for children
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute and Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Awards:
BEST FILM FOR CHILDREN OF THE 2023 YEAR, for its excellent combination of animation techniques, which together create a visually coherent philosophical story in a non-obvious interpretation that invites discussion not only among children but also among adults, teaching them to understand their limitations and when it is better not to exceed them, III Awards of the Animated Film Section of the Polish Animated Film SFP’23, 31st International Etiuda&Anima Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2024-10-25
AWARD ‘SILVER BUNDLE BY KOZIOŁEK MATOŁEK’ in the Preschool and Early School category 7 – 11 years old, 12. National Independent Animation Festival – Spring 2024, O! PLA, Grand Final, Łódź, 2024-05-12
2023 PFFA SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD for 43 years of extraordinary artistic output with outstanding present continuation which is well illustrated by 2023 PFFA film “A Great Worry” by Zbigniew Kotecki, Polish Film Festival in America, 2023-11-19
2023
LACK (Brak) directed by Paweł Prewencki
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Awards:
BEST ANIMATED FILM – ‘Film is impactful and has a high importance for today’s world society, thank you for sharing all your talent with us. Film has no gaps or flaws in the script, it is a well-structured film, with truthful performances that reach the audience in the right way. An unforgettable animated film! Film direction was very well and structured, focusing on what really matters and showing the right points. The script also has a high value, it added great importance to the final result.’, Canoa Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil, 2024-10-25
BEST AUTHOR FILM OF THE 2023 YEAR for depicting a personal experience and constructing a moving and deeply emotional story in a symbolic form, both on a visual and animation level complemented by an excellent soundtrack, III Awards of the Animated Film Section of the Polish Animated Film SFP’23, 31st International Etiuda&Anima Festival, Krakow, Poland, 2024-10-25
AWARD IN THE FORM CATEGORY, 13th Frap Film Festival, Gorzow Wlkp., Poland, 2024-10-20
BEST SHORT ANIMANDO, Visinicorte International Short Film Festival, Gaeta, Italy, 2024-10-19
1ST PRIZE ‘GOLDEN NUGGET’ in Animated Film Category, 9th Lower Silesia Film Festival ‘Golden Nugget 2024’, Zlotoryja, Poland, 2024-09-29
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – Kacper Krupa, 7th Bang Awards – International Animated Film Festival, Torres Vedras, Portugal, 2024-09-28
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC – Kacper Krupa, Teatro d’Europa di Cesinali, Avellino, Italia, 2024-09-21
BEST SHORT FILM, Animatica – Small Festival of Animated Shorts! Saronno, Italy, 2024-09-07
III PRIZE for an impressionist story about loss, pain and the search for hope, a short animation that included a dozen full-length feature films, 18th BNP Paribas Two Riversides — International Short Film Competition, Kazimierz Dolny – Janowiec, Poland, 2024-08-03
CERTYFICATE OF ACHIVEMENT – NOMINEE, 2nd KISFFO Karditsa International Short Film Festival Opseis, Karditsa, Greece, 2024-07-29
3RD PRIZE FOR THE FILM, 22. Gastro Film Fest, Osijek, Croatia, 2024-07-13
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM, The 8th Ficcsur, Southern Cone International Film Festival, Valparaíso, Chile, 2024-05-24
AWARD ‘BRONZE BUNDLE BY KOZIOŁEK MATOŁEK’ in the Producer Category named Marek Serafiński, 12. National Independent Animation Festival – Spring, O! PLA, Grand Final, Łódź, Poland, 2024-05-12
HONORABLE MENTION – BEST ANIMATION, Best International Film Festival – March 2024, Bucharest, Romania, 2024-04-02
THE BEST ANIMATION FILM, The Digital Gate International Film Festival, Annaba, Algeria, 2024-03-05
BEST DIRECTOR ANIMATION, Director Talents Movie Awards, Budapest, Hungary, 2024-02-24
2ND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED FILM – FOREIGN, Indian International Short Film Festival Awards, Kolkata, Indie, 2024-02-22
BEST FILM – AUTUMN SHORT OF THE YEAR, promotion of the film at 250 world festivals, Promofest – Promoting Films for Festivals, Madrid, 2024-02-15
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM, French Duck Film Festival, Paris, France, 2024-01-14
1ST PLACE – THE RUSTY HORSESHOE, ‘The film “Lack” stood out for its exceptional maturity and the beauty of its animation, which not only give it a unique character, but also made a difficult subject matter shown in a non-literal way. Not only does the animation work perfectly with the emotional message, but it is also a key element in making it possible to understand the deep feelings and complexity of the human experience. As a jury, we recognise that ‘Lack’ is not only an exceptional piece of filmmaking, but also an important voice in the social discussion on loss and bereavement. We congratulate Pavel Prewencki for his ability to convey deep emotions, using the beauty of animation as an essential element of this artistic narrative’, Eadweard Muybridge Film Festival, Orzesz, Poland, 2023-12-16
BEST ANIMATION FILM, Polish International Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 2023-12-08
SPECIAL GOLDEN WLIFF LAURELS QUARTERFINALIST – BEST ANIMATION, Leopard International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024-12-04
GRAND PRIX AWARD for Animated Film, Main Competition of Short Films, 21. Festiwal Filmowy Opolskie Lamy, Opole, 2023-10-14
AUDIENCE AWARD, for Best Polish Animated Film, 16th International Animated Film Festival Animator, Poznań 2023-06-25
Nominations:
NOMINATION for the Hollywood Eagle Award for the best film in its category, 25th Polish Film Festival Los
NOMINATION – BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD, Animatica Small Festival of Animated Shorts, Saronno, Italy, 2024-08-08
NOMINATION – BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK [Kacper Krupa], 7th Bang Awards – International Animated Film Festival, Torres Vedras, Portugal, 2024-08-29
NOMINATION FOR THE FIVE “GOLDEN UNICORNS”, 39th ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Bludenz, Austria, 2024-08-06
NOMINATION – BEST ANIMATED FILM, 2024-03-01, Stockholm Independent Film Festival, Sweden, 2024-05-27
2020
OLE-LUK-OIE (Ole Śpijsłodko) directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
Short animated film for children
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Awards:
AWARD’22 SFP – BEST FILM FOR CHILDREN for a brave and natural approach to the subject of death in the area of film for young viewers and extraordinary delicacy in presenting a serious topic. Particularly for the authorial and painterly expressive realisation technique, which bridges the gap between the inevitable and the beautiful, Animated Film Section – Polish Filmmakers Association, Industry Award for 2021, Krakow, 2022-12-02
MARCINEK SPECIAL MENTION for an amazing and beautiful painting vision and a deep message related to coming to terms with the death of loved ones, 39th International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznań, 2021-12-12
2020
STORIES FROM THE SANDBOX (Opowiadania z piaskownicy) season 1
13 episodes of 05’, animated series for children
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute and Minister of Culture and National Heritage
2017
MILEK FROM THE BLACK FOREST (Miłek z Czarnego Lasu) directed by Ewelina Stefańska
Short animated film for children
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2017
POLISH FAIRY TALES (Baśnie i bajki polskie) season 3
Executive Producer, script doctor
13 episodes of 13’, animated series for children, for Channel 1 of the Polish Television
2014
IT’S QUITE TRUE! (To pewna wiadomość!) directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Awards:
NOMINATED for the Special Jury Award – International “Gold Panda” Awards for Animation of 2015, 13th Sichuan TV Festival, Chengdu, China, 2015-11-06
HOLLYWOOD EAGLE ANIMATION AWARD 2015 – Producer Ewa Sobolewska, 16th Annual Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015-10-22
HOLLYWOOD EAGLE ANIMATION AWARD 2015 – Director Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz, 16th Annual Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015-10-22
SILVER LINE AWARD for the best film for children, National Festival of Auteur Animation Films OFAFA’2011, Cracow, Poland, 2015-10-17
AWARD OF THE POLISH FILMMAKERS ASSOCIATION for best polish animated film of high artistic and educational value – We award our prize to this film because of the perfect use of the special technique which enables us to enjoy a classic story in a new and dynamic way, 29 International Film Festival for Young People, „Ale Kino!”, Poznań, 06.12.2014
GRAND PRIX – GOLDEN FRAMES [ZŁOTE KADRY] for the best short film for exceptional production of the film using the painting technique which has given the fairy tale its unique charm. Although set in the world of animals, the story told in the film ideally reflects our everyday life…”, 4th KinoJazda Festival of Films for Children and Young People, Nowy Sącz, 26.09.2014
2011
LOOKING FOR LAILONIA (Jak szukaliśmy Lailonii), directed by Jacek Adamczak
from the series “14 Tales from Lailonia Kingdowm by Leszek Kołakowski”
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Award:
AWARD FOR THE BEST POLISH ANIMATED FILM, 29 International Young Audience Film Festival „Ale Kino!”, Poznań, 10.12.2011
2011
A GREAT WORRY (Wielkie zmartwienie) directed by Zbigniew Kotecki
Development, 23′ project of the film for children based on the tale by Leszek Kołakowski
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2011
PAINT ME A FAIRY TALES... (Namaluj mi bajkę...) directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
development, 4 episodes of the series for children based on the tales by H. Ch. Andersen
Producer, script doctor
2010
ETUDE (Etiuda) directed by Ewa Ziobrowska
to music by Frederic Chopin from the “Animation films to classical music” series
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2010
THE NYMPH OF LAKE SVITEZ (Świtezianka) directed by Anna Dudek
to music by Frederic Chopin from the “Animation films to classical music” series
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2010
MAZURKA (Mazurek) directed by Elzbieta Kamieńska-Mruszczak
to music by Frederic Chopin from the “Animation films to classical music” series
Producer, script doctor
2010
THE BALLADE (Ballada) directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
to music by Frederic Chopin from the “Animation films to classical music” series
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2009
POLISH FAIRY TALES (Baśnie i bajki polskie) season 2
13 episodes of 13’, animated series for children, for Channel 1 of the Polish Television
Executive Producer, script doctor
Awards:
CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD “KOGUT”, for TV Studio of Animation Films, Festival 25. Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa, Tarnów, 14.05.2011 [“On Zeflik and the Dragon“ from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
CHILDREN AUDIENCE AWARD, X Biennial of Animation Bratislava – International Festival of Animated Films of Children, Bratislava, 16.10.2010 [“The Lying Goat” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD “KOGUT”, for TV Studio of Animation Films, Festival 24. Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa, Tarnów, 15.05.2010 [“Black Curse” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
SPECIAL AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM granted by the Mayor of Cracow, Mr Jacek Majchrowski, and Cracow children’s audience, 2nd International Children’s Film Festival GALICJA, Cracow, Poland, 24.09.2009 [“Winter Fairies” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
2007
FANTAZY THE BEAR (Miś Fantazy)
13 episodes of 13’ animated series for children, for Channel 1 of the Polish Television
Executive Producer, script doctor
Awards:
GOLD REMI AWARD in category Serial TV – Animation, 43th Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA, 09 – 18.04.2010 [“Lunar Land” from the “Fantazy the Bear” series]
SILVER REMI AWARD in category Serial TV – Animation, 43th Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA, 09 – 18.04.2010 [“Broken Seal” from the “Fantazy the Bear” series]
BEST TV SERIES AWARD, The 4th Lola Kenya Screen, Nairobi, Kenya, 10 – 15.08. 2009 [“Broken Seal” from the “Fantazy the Bear” series]
BEST ANIMATION AWARD, The 4th Lola Kenya Screen, Nairobi, Keny, 10 – 15.08. 2009 [“Broken Seal” from the “Fantazy the Bear” series]
MAIN AWARD CHILDREN’S JURY „KOGUT”, for the TV Studio of Animation Films, Festival 22. Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa, Tarnów, Poland, 18.05.2008 [“Scarlet Pearl” from the “Fantazy the Bear” series]
2006
DIES IRAE directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the “Animation films to classical music” series
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Awards:
FIRST PRIZE for the Animated Drawing Section of Premio Simona Gesmundo Corti D’animazione – “For the creation of wonderful effects, for the balance and the mastery in rendering by animation a powerful approach to Mozart’s music, revealing it in an unusual way”, Festival Internazionale del Cinema “Il Fiore d’ogni dove”, Cosenza, Italy, 28.10.2009 [“Dies Irae”]
2005
THE SPINNER (Prząśniczka) directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
to music by Stanisław Moniuszko from the “Animation films to classical music” series
Producer, script doctor
2005
THE FLAX (Len) directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
animated film for children, based on a story H. Ch. Andersen
Producer, script doctor
Film co-financed by Film Production Agency of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2005
POLISH FAIRY TALES (Baśnie i bajki polskie) season 1
13 episodes of 13’, animated series for children, for Channel 1 of the Polish Television
Executive Producer, script doctor
Awards:
INTERNATIONAL “GOLD PANDA” AWARD – Best TV Animation, 9th Sichuan Television Festival, Sichuan, China, 2007 [“Tailor Thread” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
SPECIAL “REMI” JURY AWARD, 40th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA, 2007 [“On a Princess Turned Into a Frog” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
AWARD “BRONZE CAIRO”, 17th Cairo International Children Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt, 2007 [“Tailor Thread” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
AWARD “BRONZE CAIRO”, 16th Cairo International Children Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt, 2006 [“On a Princess Turned Into a Frog” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
AWARD PLATINUM “REMI”, 39th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA, 2006 [“Twelve Months” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
GOLD WORLD MEDAL, 47 The New York Festivals, USA, 2005 [“The Ice Mountain”]
GOLDEN LINE AWARD, 10th National Festival of Auteur Animation Films OFAFA’2004, Cracow, Poland [“Twelve Months” from the “Polish Fairytales” series]
Main personal awards:
AWARD for Ewa Sobolewska, Producer TVSFA, Honorary Citizen of Animation – Land of Unlimited Possibilities, 8. National Animation Festival, the Grand Finale of O!PLA’2020 ON-LINE!, Poland, 2020-04-25
HOLLYWOOD EAGLE ANIMATION AWARD 2015 – Producer Ewa Sobolewska, 16th Annual Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, 2015-10-22
RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD “for her great contribution to the development of the Polish animated film”, granted by the Jury of the 11th Polish National Festival of Auteur Animation Films „OFAFA’2005” in Cracow, 2005-12-17
PRESS AWARD – „MY OSCARS” granted by Professor Marek Hendrykowski: „To Jan Zamojski (script-writer), Zbigniew Kotecki (director, director of photography) and Ewa Sobolewska (production manager) for the film „Of the Quarrel of All Quarrels” (based on a parable from the series „Tales from the Lailonia Kingdom for the big and small” by Leszek Kołakowski, made by Television Studio of Animation Films in Poznan”, 1999-12-01
Top awards for the films:
PLATINUM GOATS (PLATYNOWE KOZIOŁKI) award for thirty years of work resulting in beautiful films, enchanting children in Poland and all over the world. Festival’s Special Prize awarded by the organizers of the 28th International “Ale kino!” Young Audience Film Festival, Poznań, 11.12.2010
Films made by artists from the Poznań Studio have been awarded, among others, for the scripts, design, direction, animation, for „perfect transposition of music into pictures”, for „creativeness of the form and imaginativeness”, for „the best TV films” and „the best video clips for children”, for „stylistic purity of animated painting”, for the original film design and for special artistic value.
