O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS 2015
Updated: 05-11-2015 12:56
O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS is back with a new program entraining viewers from around the world into the newest and the coolest Polish animation from the last 2 years. And traditionally the program is created by "the biggest Jury in the world" - Polish audience (in 2015 it was 4166 Jury members)!
O!PLA - THE FESTIVAL OF POLISH ANIMATION (www.polskaanimacja.pl) is the fully independent cultural project, whom 3rd edition was held in 51. Polish cities (21.03 – 31.05.2015).
At O!PLA only audience - from every participated cities - decide about the winners!
O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS is a "cross-section program" guiding by the whole contemporary Polish animation for audience in age 16+.
O!PLA ACROSS
THE BORDERS include: films with big budget/made in professional studios; fully independent animations; films made in school (graduation films); animated music videos; “animated epigrams” (very short movies) and “FORMANIMA” (experimental and abstract animations).
From the very beginning, the main aim of O!PLA is (re)build relations between audience and artists, and reaching out with the art of animation especially to smaller centers in the Poland and all around the world.
Previous edition of O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS was presented in 34 cities at 5 continents.
The initiator and main organizer of O!PLA is Animation Across Borders (Piotr Kardas, Director/Artistic Director).
THE MOVIES (111’)
Films with Polish dialogues has an English subtitles.
01. WATER LILIES / Nenufary, 4’
Poland 2013
Realization: Marcin Surma
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Production: National Polish Film School Lodz (PWSFTviT).
Dialogues: None
The sun revolves around the building ... Beautiful study of light in to Pachelbel's Canon in D Major.
- Special Mention, O!PLA 2015, in the category “Formanima”
02. THE TENEMENT BUILDING / Kamienica, 12’43”
Poland 2013
Screenplay, Directed, Co-Animated: Agnieszka Burszewska
Co-Animated: A. Wyrwas, W. Sankiewicz
Technique: Puppet / Clay animation
Music: R. Baszun, M. Mulawa
Production: FUMI Studio
Dialogues: None
A black comedy about a hungry middle-class inhabitants of the tenement building...
- 3rd Award "Brown Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Film made in professional studio”
03. BUT SHE’S NICE…, 6’
Poland 2014
Realization: Tomasz Pilarski
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Music: Damian Czajka
Production: Artistic University in Poznan (UAP)
Dialogues: None
Do not forget that your shadow is always nearby...
- 3rd Award "Brown Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “School/Graduation”
04. DOGGYDENT / Piesydent, 2’ 05”
Poland 2014
Screenplay, Directed, Illustrated: Magdalena Pilecka
Animated: Rafał Felak
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Music: Remigiusz Zawadzki
Production: Magdalena Pilecka
Dialogues: Yes
Meet a Doggydent and its myriad problems....
- 3rd Award "Brown Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Fully Independent”
05. THE DRIFT / Dryf, 4’ 19”
Poland 2014
Realization: Marcin Ożóg
Technique: Stop-motion animation
Music: Zespół Kariera
Production: Marcin Ożóg
Dialogues: Yes
"Cardboard" music video for Polish band Zespół Kariera.
- 3rd Award "Brown Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Animated music video”
06. 331 DAYS / 331 DNI, 6’ 33”
Poland 2014
Realization: Piotr Mazur
Technique: Time lapse / Stop-motion animation
Production: AFA School of Photography in Wroclaw
Dialogues: None
331 days of "life" of a flat...
- 3rd Award "Brown Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Formanima”
07. DE HERINACIO. ON THE HEDGEHOG, 2’ 06”
Poland 2014
Realization: Ala Nunu Leszyńska
Technique: Puppet animation
Music: Magda Tejchma
Production: Artistic University Poznan
Dialogues: Yes
Features Explained of the hedgehog spikes based on the medieval bestiary…
- 3rd Award "Brown Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Animated Epigrams”
08. HIPPOS / Hipopotamy, 12’ 29”
Poland 2014
Screenplay, Directed, Co-Animated: Piotr Dumała
Co-Animated: Paweł Dębski
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Music: Alexander Balanescu
Production: FUMI Studio
Dialogues: None
"Ballet of the cruelty", which is a disturbing study of human nature...
- 2nd Award "Silver Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Film made in professional studio”
09. OVER MY DEAD BODY! / Po moim Trupie!, 3’ 38”
Poland 2015
Realization: Agata Mianowska
Technique: Drawn animation
Music: Paris Music
Production: National Polish Film School Lodz (PWSFTviT)
Dialogues: Yes
Young pussy cat shows parents a new boyfriend's –rabbit-artist...
- 2nd Award "Silver Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “School/Graduation”
10. PATE / Pasztet, 5’ 30”
Poland 2014
Realization: Łukasz Jedynasty, Zuzanna Staszewska
Technique: Puppet animation
Music: Kasia & Wojtek
Production: Rainbow Box
Dialogues: Yes (lyrics)
Fictionalized music video for the band Kasia & Wojtek, or how it is played literally "to chop"...
- 2nd Award "Silver Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Fully Independent”
11. MY IDENTIFICATION / Moja Identyfikacja, 3’ 19”
Poland 2013
Realization: Natalia Krawczuk
Technique: Pixelation animation
Music: AmperA
Production: National Polish Film School Lodz (PWSFTviT)
Dialogues: Yes (lyrics)
Music video for the Polish band AmperA.
- 2nd Award "Silver Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Animated Music Video”
12. SUPERNOVA / Supernowa, 7’ 30”
Poland 2014
Realization: Paweł Czarnecki
Technique: Mixed animation
Music: Patryk Bychoski
Production: Paweł Czarnecki.
Dialogues: None
The poetic image of death (or radical transformation) of a planet...
- 2nd Award "Silver Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Formanima”
13. THE RIVERS / Rzeki, 2’ 29”
Poland 2014
Screenplay, Directed: Daria Wiktoria Kopiec
Animated: Adam Wyrwas
Technique: Puppet / Clay animation
Music: Ola Bilińska
Production: Fundacja Pogranicze / WJTeam
Dialogues: Yes
The beautiful interpretation of the poem by Czeslaw Milosz under the title "The Rivers"...
- 2nd Award "Silver Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Animated Epigrams”
14. A BLUE ROOM / Niebieski Pokój, 14’ 26”
Poland 2014
Screenplay, Directed, Co-Animated: Tomasz Siwiński
Co-Animated: P. Garbacz, A.P. Morawski
Technique: Paint-on-glass animation
Music: Rémi Boubal
Production: Sacrebleu Production / Se-Ma-For Production.
Dialogues: Yes
Extremely evocative study of the human mind in the state of clinical death...
- 1st Award "Golden Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Film made in professional studio”
15. A DOCUMENTARY FILM / Document, 6’ 50”
Poland 2015
Realization: Marcin Podolec
Technique: Drawn / mixed animation
Music: Wiktoria Nowak
Production: National Polish Film School Lodz (PWSFTviT)
Dialogues: Yes
Portrait of a father, whose children live their own lives far away from him.
- 1st Award "Golden Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “School/Graduation”
16. BEVARE OF SMOKING, OR THE DEADLY EFFECTS OF SMOKING, VER.2 / Zgubne Skutki Palenia Ver. 2, 4’ 53”
Poland 2013
Directed, Animated: Maciej Pestka
Screenplay: Maciej Pestka, Piotr Pestka
Production: Mapepi Animations
Technique: 3D computer animation
Dialogues: None
Think twice before you light your last cigarette...
- 1st Award "Golden Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Fully Independent”
17. AVA ‘N GARDE / Awa ’N Garda|, 6’ 29”
Poland 2014
Realization: Bogna Warszawa
Technique: Graphic animation
Music: SinSen & Oz
Production: Bogna Warszawa/ SinSen
Dialogues: Yes (lyrics)
Music video for the Polish rapper SinSen.
- 1st Award "Golden Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Animated Music Video”
18. LOOP, 3’
Poland 2014
Realization: Michał Socha
Technique: Drawn animation
Music: Michał Socha
Production: BrosFX
Dialogues: None
The visual variations on the loops effect...
- 1st Award "Golden Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Formanima”
19. HEDGEHOG / Jeż, 1’52”
Poland 2014
Realization: Anna Nowicka
Technique: CGI animation
Production: Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw (PJAIT)
Dialogues: None
Apple-tree, apple and hedgehog...
- 1st Award "Golden Sack", O!PLA 2015, in the category “Animated Epigrams”
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