TV SFA – about us
TV Studio of Animation Films Ltd. in Poznań was established on 26 June 2001 after the transformation into a new business entity of Television Studio of Animation Films operating in the years 1980 – 2001 within the organizational structures of Polish Television. The shareholders of TV Studio of Animation Films Ltd. in 90% of the share capital are long-term employees and associates of TV SFA and in 10% of the capital of Polish Television S.A.
The Television Studio of Animation Films in Poznań within the structures of public television (1980 – 2000) was established at the turn of the seventies and eighties. The official opening of the Studio took place on January 16, 1980. In those years, the Studio had well-equipped animation, copy and painting studios, photo studios, animation control studios, an editing room, and a projection room.
The Poznań Studio mainly produces original films and series for children and young people. The creators of the Studio make films in the techniques of classical, cut-out, loose matter animation, combined and computer techniques.
The Poznań Studio mainly produces original films and series for children and young people. The creators of the Studio make films in the techniques of classical, cut-out, loose matter animation, combined and computer techniques.
The core of the directing team in the years 1980 – 2000 consists mainly of graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, where since 1980 there has been an TV SFA under the direction of Professor Kazimierz Urbański: Jacek Adamczak, Wiesław Bober, Maciej Ćwiek, Anna Dudek, Jacek Kasprzycki, Aleksandra Korejwo, Hieronim Neumann. The Studio also cooperates with: Zbigniew Kotecki, Aniela Lubieniecka, Piotr Muszalski, Paweł Walicki, Artur Wrotniewski and the most outstanding representatives of Polish animated cinema: Mirosław Kijowicz, Kazimierz Urbański, Witold Giersz.
Since 1989, the concept of making short films inspired by classical music, addressed primarily to television audiences for children and young people, has allowed Poznań artists to conduct individual aesthetic searches in the matter of animated film. By 1997, 55 film miniatures for classical music had been created, which were awarded 69 awards at national and international festivals, including as many as 7 Children’s Jury Awards.
Films from the series inspired by classical music received awards for screenplays, visual arts, directing, animation, for “perfect transposition of music into image”, for “inventiveness of form and panache”, for “best television films” and “best music videos for children”, for “stylistic purity of animated painting”, “for the originality of film art” and “for special artistic values”. They also won the highest prizes: the Grand Prix at the Shanghai Film Festival, the Grand Prize at the Chicago Film Festival, and the First Place at the World Animation Festival in Los Angeles.
In 1993, the Studio began the production of a series of animated films under the common title “Impressions”, the subject of which is a film interpretation of outstanding works by such painters as Bruegel, Memling, Chagall, Witkacy, Picasso, van Gogh, Mondrian, Magritte and Miró.
The TV Studio of Animation Films was awarded the Honorary Diploma for the series popularizing classical music and the Special Award for an innovative method of popularizing classical phenomena in art in the “Impressions” series.
Between 1980 and 2000 (November), films produced at the Studio won 121 awards and distinctions at national and international festivals, including 15 Children’s Jury Awards.
Since 1996, the Studio has been producing, in addition to the music and art series, a 14-episode series based on the philosophical parables by Leszek Kołakowski entitled “Fairy Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia for the Big and the Small”. The series consists of 15-minute films made in the techniques of classic animation (Jacek Adamczak, Jacek Kasprzycki, Marek Luzar, Hieronim Neumann, Łukasz Słuszkiewicz, Robert Turło, Maciej Wojtyszko), combined animation (Krzysztof Kiwerski, Marek Serafiński), cut-out (Paweł Walicki, Tamara Kasprzycka-Sorbian), animation in loose matter (Piotr Muszalski) and puppet animation (Zbigniew Kotecki).
In 1997, the Studio team participated in the production of two films from the series “Religions of the World” produced for S4C~ International from Cardiff, performing two 4-minute sequences illustrating the parables of the Buddha. Since the beginning of 2000, the Studio has been producing two 12-minute cartoons for Channel 4 of Wales, which are part of the “Fairy Tales of the World” series.
The creators of the Studio are also the authors of animated opening credits for Polish Television, m.in. the setting of the daily “Wieczorynek” for the youngest children, made in friable matter, the opening credits for the programs “Cudaki Zwierzaki” and “Pocztylion”, as well as the opening credits of the Polish Film Festival in Chicago.
Many years of experience of the creators of the Poznań Studio in the production of animated films made using various techniques, from the simplest celluloid techniques to the execution of animation phases on cardboard using painting and graphic techniques, through combined, cut-out and loose matter animations, currently give the Studio the opportunity to produce animated films at the highest artistic level.
Four directors who have been cooperating with the Studio for many years have received the Medals for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis, awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland. Silver Medal Gloria Artis: Jacek Adamczak, Zbigniew Kotecki and Hieronim Neumann, Bronze Medal Gloria Artis: Aleksandra Korejwo.
AWARDS FOR TV SFA:
TV STUDIO OF ANIMATION FILMS IN POZNAŃ – 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
DIPLOMA OF APPRECIATION for 40 years of animated wonders, 9th National Animation Festival, Grand Finale of O!PLA’2021 ON-LINE!, 08.05.2021
AWARD for Ewa Sobolewska, Producer TVSFA, Honorary Citizen of Animation – Land of Unlimited Possibilities for, 8. National Animation Festival, the Grand Finale of O! PLA’2020 ON-LINE!, 25.04.2020
GREAT SEAL OF THE CITY OF POZNAŃ for activities for the development of film culture and art, Mayor of the City of Poznań Ryszard Grobelny, 4th International Animated Film Festival, Poznań, 15.07.2011
PLATINUM GOATS for thirty years of work, which resulted in beautiful films, delighting children in Poland and around the world, Special Award of the Festival, 28. International Young Audience Film Festival Ale kino!, Poznan, 11.12.2010
CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS to the team of TV Studio Animation Films Ltd. on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Institution’s operation, with thanks for the vivid, full of innovative form film images, enjoying recognition in Poland and abroad and wishing all the best, Ryszard Grobelny, Mayor of the City of Poznań, 09.12.2010
CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF POZNAŃ handed over on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the first film screening in Poznań: “The highest artistic achievements of the TV Studio of Animation Films bring well-deserved fame to filmmakers, and for the City of Poznań they are a great promotion. Thanking you for all this, I congratulate you once again.“, Poznań, 27.12.2006
HONORARY DIPLOMA FOR WORK AND HELP, warmth and kindness in the implementation of the Foundation’s tasks, “Academy of Promotion” Foundation, Warsaw, 2000
GOLDEN LINE AWARD for the great contribution and development of Polish animated film, which has brought an infinite number of successes to Polish film art, VI National Festival of Auteur Animated Films OFAFA’2000, Krakow, 2000
HONORARY DIPLOMA for a set of films to classical music, International Festival of Animated Films for Children – Biennial of Animation BAB’99, Bratislava, 1999
SPECIAL AWARD of the Chairman of the Cinematography Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Art and the President of Polish Television SA for the Television Studio of Animation Films for an innovative method of popularizing classical phenomena in art in the series “Impressions“, 6th Review of Films on Art, Zakopane, 1996
PRESS AWARD – „MY OSCARS” granted by Professor Marek Hendrykowski: „This year, I would like to distinguish Television Studio of Animation Films in Poznań for an excellent series of animated video clips set to classical music, realised using diversified, often novel, techniques. TV SFA does not make much noise about its works (if we forget about the awards for its productions granted in Shanghai, Cairo, or Chicago). However, not everybody may know this but the unique video clips to the music of Mozart, Moniuszko, Albinoni, are one of the ‘export hits’ of Polish Television”, Poznan, Poland, 1994
HONORARY DIPLOMA for a series popularizing classical music, XII National Film Festival for Children and Young People, Poznan, 1992
LITTLE OSKAREK for a sense of humour and great fun with children, VII National Animated Film Festival for Children, Debica, 1991
2024 – 2001
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS, CO-PRODUCTIONS
2024 – in production
Survival
Directed, screenplay, artwork by Hieronim Neumann
Autor’s animated film, combined animation, 13:00 min., 16: HD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Co-producer: Uniwersytet Artystyczny w Poznaniu
2024 – in production
Stories from the Sandbox, season 2 | Opowiadania z piaskownicy, sezon 2
Direction of episodes by Jacek Adamczak, Robert Turło, Paweł Prewencki, Ewelina Stefańska, Paweł Czarzasty, Bartosz Zarzycki, Kamila Okrutny
Screenplay by Renata Piątkowska, Jacek Adamczak, Robert Turło
Artwork by Iwona Kalenik
A series of animated films for children based on Renata Piątkowska’s short stories under the same title
13 episodes x 05:00′ (open)
Co-producer: Polish Television SA for Chanel TVP ABC
2024 – in production
The Wind over Aleppo | Wiatr nad Aleppo
Directed, screenplay, artwork by Agnieszka Sadurska
Medium-length auteur animated film, 2D animation, 25:00 min. 16:9 HD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Co-producer: Agimagine, Polish Television SA
2023
A Great Worry | Wielkie zmartwienie
Directed by Zbigniew Kotecki
Screenplay by Zbigniew Kotecki, Jan Zamojski
Based on a work by Leszek Kołakowski “Who would like to cheer up an unlucky rhinoceros?”
Scenography by Maria Balcerek
Music composition and performance by Kacper Krupa
Animated film for children, pupped, 3D and 2D animation, colour, 26:00 min.
Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and Polish Film Institute
Co-producers: Audiovisual Technology Center, Polish Television SA, „EC1 Łódź – City of Culture”, Fifne Studio, Serafiński Studio Ltd. /development/
Awards:
AWARD ‘SILVER BUNDLE BY KOZIOŁEK MATOŁEK’ in the Preschool and Early School category 7 – 11 years old out of 12. National Independent Animation Festival – Spring 2024, O! PLA, Grand Final, Łódź, 2024-05-12
2023
Lack | Brak
Directed, screenplay, artwork by Paweł Prewencki
Music composition and performance by Kacper Krupa
Short auteur animated film, 2D and 3D animation, 10:45 min.
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Co-producer: Fifne Studio – Michalina Prewencka
Awards:
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM, The 8th Ficcsur, Southern Cone International Film Festival, Valparaíso, Chile, 2024-05-24
AWARD OF „BRONZE MATOŁEK THE BILLY GOAT” in the Producer Category named Marek Serafiński at the 12. National Independent Animation Festival – Spring, O! PLA, Grand Final, Łódź, 2024-05-12
NOMINATION FOR THE FIVE “GOLDEN UNICORNS”, 39th ALPINALE Short Film Festival, Bludenz, Austria, 2024-08-06
HONORABLE MENTION – BEST ANIMATION, Best International Film Festival – March 2024, Bucharest, 2024-04-02
THE BEST ANIMATION FILM, The Digital Gate International Film Festival, Annaba, Algeria, 2024-03-05
AWARD NOMINATION – FINALIST, 2024-03-01, Stockholm Independent Film Festival, 2024-05-26|27
BEST DIRECTOR ANIMATION, Director Talents Movie Awards 2024, 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, Promofest – Promoting Films for Festivals, Madrid, 2024-02-15
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM, French Duck Film Festival, Paris, 2024-01-14
1st PLACE – ZARDZEWIA PODKOWA, ‘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, 2023-12-08
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, Poznan, 2023-06-25
2022
The Kingdom from Rags | Szmatkowe królestwo, sezon 1 | co-production
Children’s series, 2D animation, 3 episodes x 07:00 min.
The following episodes were shot on TV SFA:
The Sugar Mine, directed by Paweł Czarzasty
Balloon flight, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
Toys, directed by Ewelina Stefańska
The Frog Prince, directed by Bartosz Zarzycki
Executive producer: Ewa Sobolewska
Producer: Serafiński Studio Ltd.
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2021
Stories from the Sandbox, season 1 | Opowiadania z piaskownicy, sezon 1
Directed by Robert Turło, Paweł Prewencki, Ewelina Stefańska, Paweł Czarzasty
Screenplay by: Renata Piątkowska, Robert Turło
Artwork by Iwona Kalenik
A series of animated films for children based on Renata Piątkowska’s short stories under the same title
13 episodes x 05:00′ (open)
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Award for the film “Skis”:
AWARD THE BEST TV-SERIES, 13th International Animated Film Festival TOFUZI 2021, Batumi, Georgia, 2021-10-30
HONORABLE MENTION in Category ‘Now the Children have a Voice!’, 9 National Festival of Polish Animation O!PLA’2021, On-Line, Poland, 2021-05-08
2021
Ole-Luk-Oie | Ole Śpijsłodko
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Directed, screenplay, artwork, animation, and camera by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
Music by Maciej Zieliński
Animated film for children, painting animation directly under the camera 13:00′, 16:9 HD
Co-producer
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
2019
Agatha | Agatka, sezon 2 | co-production with Serafiński Studio
A series of animated films for children , 2D cut-out animation, 13 episodes x 10:00′
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Co-produced by Polish Television SA
TVSFA produced the following episodes:
Agatka and the Sailor, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
Agatha and the Butterfly, directed by Robert Turło
Agatha and the Wind, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
2017
Miłek z Czarnego Lasu
Directed, artwork: Ewelina Stefańska | debut
Screenplay by Romek Pawlak na motywach własnej powieści pod tym samym tytułem
Short film for kids, 2D cut-out animation, 13:00′, 16:9 HD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Award:
HONORABLE MENTION in Category ‘Now the Children have a Voice!’ them. Leszek Gałysz, National Festival of Polish Animation O!PLA’2018, Pacanów, Poland, 2018-05-19
2015
Agatka, season 1 | co-production with Serafiński Studio
A series of animated films for children , 2D cut-out animation, 13 episodes x 10:00′
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Co-produced by Polish Television SA
TVSFA produced the following episodes:
AGATHA AND THE PAPERMAKER, directed by Robert Turło
Award:
CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD – the best polish series, Polish Filmmakers Association, Warszawa, 17.12.2015
AGATHA AND THE FROG CLEMENTINE, directed by Robert Turło
AGATHA AND CUKROJAD, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
AGATHA AND THE SOAP, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
Awards:
CHILDREN’S AUDIENCE AWARD – the best Polish animated series as part of the 2015 Film Art Meeting Programme, Polish Filmmakers Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2015-12-17
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE CHILDREN’S JURY in the short film category for informative content, stimulating the viewer’s imagination and colourful, colourful world presented, 5. KinoJazda Film Festival for Children and Youth, Nowy Sącz, Poland, 2015-09-02
AGATHA AND THE DEPUTY, directed by Paweł Czarzasty
2014
It’s Quite True! | To pewna wiadomość!
Based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Directed, screenplay, artwork, animation, and camera by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
Music by Michał Makulski
Short film for kids, painting animation directy under the camera, 13′, 16:9 HD
Co-produced by Estrada Poznanska
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, 15-17.10.2015
THE 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, artwork by Jacek Adamczak
Screenplay by Jan Zamojski
Based on te tale by Leszek Kołakowski
Medium-length film, drawing animation, 16:00′, 16:9 SD
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
2010
Świtezianka
Directed, screenpaly, artwork by Anna Dudek
A film miniature to the music by Fryderyk Chopin
Short film, painting animation, 03:30′, 16:9 SD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2010
Etiuda
Directed, screenpaly, artwork by Ewa Ziobrowska
A film miniature to the music by Fryderyk Chopin
Short film, computer animation, 03:30′, 16:9 SD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2010
Mazurek
Directed, screenpaly, artwork by Elżbieta Kamieńska-Mruszczak
A film miniature to the music by Fryderyk Chopin
Short film, drawing animation, 03:30′, 16:9 SD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2010
Ballada
Directed, screenpaly, artwork, and animation by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
A film miniature to the music by Fryderyk Chopin
Short film, painting animation directly under the camera, 03:30′, 16:9 SD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2006
Dies Irae
Directed, screenpaly, artwork, and animation by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
A film miniature to the music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Short film, painting animation directly under the camera, 02:15′, 4:3 SD
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2017 – digital reconstruction to HD format, 03:30″ 16:9 HD
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
AWARD FOR THE BEST POLISH FILM, Jury Association of Polish Filmmakers at the 4th International Animated Film Festival “ReAnimacja”, Łódź, Poland, 2007-04-22
2005
The Spinner | Prząśniczka
Directed, screenpaly, artwork, and animation by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
A film miniature to the music by Stanisław Moniuszko
Short film, painting animation directly under the camera, 02:20′, 4:3 SD
2017 – rdigital reconstruction to HD format, 02:20″ 16:9 HD
2005
The Flax | Len
Directed, artwork and camera by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz
Screenplay by Frances Osterfelt
Based on fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Painting animation directly under the camera, 13:00′, 4:3 SD
Film co-financed by Film Production Agency of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2016 – Digital reconstruction to HD format, 13:00″ 16:9 HD
Award:
AUDIENCE AWARD, 11 National Festival of Auteur Animation Films OFAFA’2005 in Cracow, Poland, 2005-12-17
NAJWAŻNIEJSZE SERIE I CYKLE PRODUKCYJNE
2024
Stories from the Sandbox, season 2 | Opowiadania z piaskownicy, sezon 2
13 episodes x 5′ | episode 14-26
Co-production: Telewizja Polska SA
2021
Stories from the Sandbox, season 1 | Opowiadania z piaskownicy, sezon 1
13 episodes x 5′ | episode 01-13
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
2017
Polish Fairy Tales, season 3 | Baśnie i bajki polskie, sezon 3
13 episodes x 13′ | episode 27 – 39
Co-production: Polish Television S.A., National Audiovisual Institute
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Episodes 27 – 39 from the „Polish Fairy Tales” series
27. Noodles, The Gate | Kluskowa Brama, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
28. Gingerbread Heart | Serce z piernika, directed by Anna Dudek
29. Apolejka and Her Donkey | Apolejka i jej osiołek, directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
30. Poe and Joe | Paweł i Gaweł, directed by Andrzej Gosieniecki
31. The Woodcutter and The Devil | O drwalu i diable, directed by Jacek Adamczak
32. Of The Unusual Friendship | O niezwykłej przyjaźni, directed by Robert Turło
33. Warsaw Mermaid | Warszawska Syrenka, directed by Paweł Czarzasty
34. Stone on The Bottom of The Lake | Kamień na dnie stawu, directed by Jacek Adamczak
35. Basket with Reason | Kobiałka z rozumem, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
36. Monkey in The Bath | Małpa w kąpieli, directed by Andrzej Gosieniecki
37. The Snake Gratitude | O wężowej wdzięczności, directed by Robert Turło
38. Cinderella | Kopciuch, directed by Robert Turło, Paweł Czarzasty
39. Cats and Dogs | O kotach i psach, directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
2009
Polish Fairy Tales, season 2 | Baśnie i bajki polskie, sezon 2
13 episodes x 13′ | episode 14 – 16
A series of animated films for children commissioned by Channel 1 of Polish Television S.A.
Episodes 14 – 26 from the „Polish Fairy Tales” series
14. The Raven King | Król Kruków, directed by Jacek Adamczak
15. The Witch’s Beads | Korale czarownicy, directed by Aniela Lubieniecka
16. Winter Fairies | Zimowe wróżki, directed by Anna Dudek
17. The Lying Goat | Kozucha kłamczucha, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
18. The Golden Apple Tree | Złota jabłoń, directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
19. Shepherd of a Thousand of Hares | Pasterz tysiąca zajęcy, directed by Zuzanna Krzysik
20. Susana and Water Sprites | Zuzanka i Utopce, directed by Monika Martini Madej
21. Amber Crown | Bursztynowa korona, directed by Paweł Czarzasty
22. Cobbler Kopytko and Kwak Duck | Szewc Kopytko i Kaczor Kwak, directed by Andrzej Gosieniecki
23. On Zeflik and the Dragon | O Zefliku i smoku, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
24. The Black Goblin | Czarne Licho, directed by Robert Turło
25. Poznan Billygoats | Poznańskie koziołki, directed by Jacek Adamczak
26. Gift of Skarbnik, the Coal Mine Spirit | Dar Skarbnika, directed by Robert Turło
2005
Polish Fairy Tales, season 1 | Baśnie i bajki polskie, sezon 1
13 episodes x 13′ | episode 01 – 13
A series of animated films for children commissioned by Channel 1 of Polish Television S.A.
Episodes 01 – 13 from the „Polish Fairy Tales” series
01. Glass Mountain | Szklana góra, directed by Jacek Adamczak
02. Golden Duck | Złota kaczka, directed by Jacek Kasprzycki
03. On Bartek the Doktor | O Bartku doktorze, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
04. Cobbler Dratewka | Szewczyk Dratewka, directed by Artur Wrotniewski
05. Live Water | Żywa woda, directed by Witold Giersz
06. The Ice Mountain | Lodowa góra, directed by Robert Turło
07. Twelve Months | Dwanaście Miesięcy, directed by Zbigniew Kotecki
08. Basilisk | Bazyliszek, directed by Andrzej Kukuła
09. The Blacksmith and the Devil | O kowalu i diable, directed by Jacek Adamczak
10. The Dragon of Wawel | Smok wawelski, directed by Anna Dudek
11. Enchanted Shoes | Zaczarowane pantofelki, directed by Aniela Lubieniecka
12. On a Princess Turned into a Frog | O królewnie zaklętej w żabę, directed by Robert Turło
13. Thread, The Tailor | Krawiec Niteczka, directed by Andrzej Gosieniecki
The open, auteur formula of the series facilitates creative film interpretation of Polish fairy tales, stories and fables, attractive to the contemporary child. Each episode has been made using a different technique and different aesthetics. Tradition and contemporariness intertwine. As a result, the child is presented with a unique animation production, which remaining faithful to the literary original in terms of the story told invites the child to explore the diverse film conventions.
„/…/A concept of animation based on juggling genre conventions, situation, character and linguistic comedy, often revealing surprising contradictions, has proved a good idea for adapting well-known tales to the screen. This device has given them some new added shine and freshness. And what was once ‘a long, long time ago’ or ‘behind mountains, behind forests’, has turned out not to be so distant after all. And this is one reason why one should watch these fairy tales… and maybe also because Adam Mickiewicz said a long time ago that ‘this world is a pure fairytale!’/…/”. From the review by Iwona Grodź in Akademia Filmowa
50 awards and commendations at international and national film festivals, including the prestigious Gold World Medal in New York, Platinum Remi Award and Special Remi Award in Houston and Gold Panda in Sichuan.
Up to date, films from the ‘Baśnie i Bajki Polskie’ [Polish Fairy Tales] series have been presented at over 300 film festivals and reviews, including in London, Rimini, Teheran, Pretoria, Sichuan, Chicago, Amsterdam, Madrid, Roma, Rimouski, Giffoni, Houston, Riga, Cairo, Tallin, Taipei, Buenos Aires, Vilnius, Chemnitz, Tel Aviv, Sydney, Hiroshima, Umei, Palm Springs, Tabor, Sheffield, Melbourne, Adelaide, Montevideo, Sancy, Toronto, Zlín, Moskwa, Třeboň, Gyor, Stuttgart, Oslo, San Francisco, Taiwan, Bosna and Hercegovina, Barcelona, Espinho, Berlin, Geneva, Ottawa, Kopenhagen, Seoul, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Positano, New York, Clermont-Ferrand, Tampere, Annecy, Semarang, Changzhou, Mill Valley, Leipzig, Siena, Belfast, Ravenna, Bratislava.
The ‘Baśnie i Bajki Polskie’ [Polish Fairy Tales] series has been sold to 40 countries including the United Kingdom, Italy (2x), Spain (2x), Portugal (2x), Finland, Brazil, Argentina, Slovenia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Malta, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Vatican, Republic of San Marino, Monaco, Switzerland (Italian-speaking part).
2007
Fantazy the Bear | Miś Fantazy
13 episodes x 13′
A series of animated films for children commissioned by Channel 1 of Polish Television S.A.
Directors of the episodes of the series:
01. Blue Bear directed by Robert Turło
02. The Crystal’s Secret directed by Robert Turło
03. Lunar Land directed by Andrzej Kukuła
04. The Big Black Bird directed by Artur Wrotniewski
05. Magic Hat directed by Marzena Nehrebceka, Waldemar Mordarski
06. Prospero’s Book directed by Paweł Czarzasty
07. Scarlet Pearl directed by Andrzej Kukuła
08. Broken Seal directed by Paweł Czarzasty
09. Island of Cats directed by Marzena Nehrebceka, Waldemar Mordarski
10. The Land of Green Hills directed by Andrzej Kukuła
11. Riddle’s Dice directed by Joanna Jasińska Koronkiewicz
12. Latarius’ Compass directed by Paweł Czarzasty
13. Fantazy’s Name-Day directed by Robert Turło
The Tale by Marek Karwan-Jastrzębski
There is room for everyone in the Land of the Eternal Sunshine. For the Wizard, occupied with his magic tricks, for the Frog, engaged in practical things. For Wesołek the Bug who fills his time goofing around. Two girls: Puzzle and Tekla complete the picture, and the Monster, known as the Prince of Darkness, adds a touch of menace and suspense, necessary in every story. All of them create a circle around the main character – Fantazy the Bear, the blue child of happiness. These characters are submerged in the miraculous space of the Island, where grasses sing lullabies and nature, while undergoing its cycle of changes, spins its eternal tale of birth and death. But if we only listen carefully to the sound of the instruments we can be transported to a parallel reality filled with unknown worlds, abandoned castles, exotic lands. A moment is all it takes to be transported to new dream-like dimensions, to gain new experiences, but then always return safely home. „The Adventures of Fantazy the Bear” is a fairytale showing the power of love, which, by taking the shape of goodness, friendship, fidelity or happiness strives to encompass the world and render other people better.
Series has been sold to 40 countries including the Finlandia, Węgry, Portugalia, Republika Czeska, Republika Słowacka, Algieria, Maroko, Tunezja, Libia, Egipt, Sudan, Jemen, Liban, Syria, Jordania, Kuwejt, Irak, Bahrain, Katar, Arabia Saudyjska, Oman, Pakistan, Cypr, Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie
Seria Miś Fantazy ukazała się na DVD.
1989 – 1995, 2010
Animation Film to Classical Music | Miniatury filmowe do muzyki klasycznej
61 auteur animated films set to classical music (55 films commissioned by Channel 1 of Polish Television S.A.) and 6 independent films. The series is primarily aimed at children and young people. Its aim is to popularise best performed classical music.
Animation, which gives unlimited possibilities of creating images, is „musical” by its nature, affecting the viewers’ imagination through condensed ideas achieved by the texture of movement, visual and literary associations and editing, thus allowing to create musical film impressions without destroying the inner structure of the music. Music is the protagonist of those films, performing the function of a narrator, creating the rhythm of the images, the pace of movement, organising the space in the film frame. Through simultaneous activity of sounds and images, the viewers’ attention is at the same time focused on listening and watching.
Films from the series have received 74 awards and commendations at international and national film festivals, including 7 awards granted by Children’s Juries. In addition to main awards, the films were awarded and appreciated for script, artwork, directing, animation, perfect transposition of music into pictures, for creativeness of form and imaginativeness, for the best TV films and best video clips for children, for stylistic purity of animated painting, for original artwork and for unique artistic values.
The series of animation films set to classical music has always been a very attractive commercial offer of Polish Television. The film miniatures have been sold to over 50 television stations in a number of countries, including Cyprus, Sweden (5x), Mexico, Japan (3x), Spain (5x), United Kingdom, Switzerland, Korea (2x), Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary (2x), Lithuania, Norway, Finland (3x), Iran, Kuwait, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Russia (2x), USA, Taiwan (4x), Brazil, Portugal, Republic of South Africa, Canada, France (2x), Germany, Costa Rica, China (3x), Hong Kong (2x), Czech Republic (2x), Romania, Greece.
The series was also released on DVD: China (2x), Russia and the CIS, English-speaking countries of Africa, including the Republic of South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Hong Kong. In 2010 the series was released on DVD in Poland.
1995 – 2000
Fourteen Tales from Lailonia Kingdom by Leszek Kołakowski | 14 bajek z królestwa Lailonii Leszka Kołakowskiego
11 episodes x 15’. A series of animated films commissioned by Channel 2 of Polish Television S.A.
Films in this series provide fun and education, awaken the sensitivity of young viewers, invite to a discussion and independent reflection.
They invite the viewer to look at the surrounding world from different points of view, and above all, endeavour to cultivate and reinforce in young people the skill of asking questions and seeking answers, which small children posses, and which we tend to lose while growing older in favour of uncritical acceptance of “obvious truths” and paths already well-travelled.
As he wrote in the explication of the screenplay adaptation of inventor John Zamojski, these stories also have drama values, which allow their deep and wise message to be conveyed using film means, such as the structure of the tale, action filled with unexpected twists, colourful characters, tragedy and humour present both in the action and in the dialogues, as well as the intensity of the experiences of the heroes.
32 awards and commendations at international and national film festivals, including the prestigious Best Animated Film Award in Siena, the Second Prize in Szolnok, Poznańskie Koziołki, Marcin and Marcinek awards granted at the Poznań Film Festival.
1995 – 1997
Impressions | Impresje
12 auteur animation films, commissioned by Channel 1 of Polish Television S.A.
With their personal, subjective and often-surprising vision of the paintings and with their feelings at the start the authors use the films to show their own poetic interpretation of art, at the same time trying to find the inner coherence, atmosphere and aura created by the painter. They embark on a dialogue with the audience and inspire them to define their own approach to art. This series offers the viewer a new form of „meeting” with art. Yet, it does not intend to substitute the direct contact with the original works but rather to supplement the usual ways of art perception.
12 awards and commendations at domestic and international film festivals, including a Special Award for an innovative method of popularising classic phenomena in art in the “Impressions” cycle at the Festival of Films on Art in Zakopane.’