For decades, Polish filmmakers have drawn on their nation's rich tradition of graphic art, avant-garde theater, and puppetry to create some of the most technically sophisticated and darkly satiric animation in the world. The presented anthologies on 10-DVD's are the first attempt to make at least a part of the extremely extensive output of Polish animators available to wider audiences.
The Complete Anthology
of Polish Animated Films (10-DVD)
Region 0 (PAL) (Multi-system or European DVD player is recommended to see those DVD's, alternatively most of computer-based DVD players will play those DVD's as well.
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For decades, Polish filmmakers have drawn on their nation's rich tradition of graphic art, avant-garde theater, and puppetry to create some of the most technically sophisticated and darkly satiric animation in the world. The presented anthologies are the first attempt to make at least a part of the extremely extensive output of Polish animators available to wider audiences.
This set consists of four volumes:
1) Anthology of Polish Animated Film (2-DVD)
time: 222 min., subtitles: English and French. DVD-9, Format: 4:3, Dolby Stereo 2.0. Region 2.
Includes 50-page booklet in Polish and English with essay about history of Polish animated film and biographies / filmography of directors.
DVD 1:
1. The House, 1958 r. Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica
2. The Changing of The Guard, 1958 r. Wlodzimierz Haupe, Halina Bielinska
3. The School, 1958 r. Walerian Borowczyk
4. The Labyrinth, 1961 r. Jan Lenica
5. Playthings, 1962 r. Kazimierz Urbanski
6. The Red and The Black, 1963 r. Witold Giersz
7. The Armchair, 1963 r. Daniel Szczechura
8. Cages, 1966 r. Miroslaw Kijowicz
9. Everything is a Number, 1966 r. Stefan Schabenbeck
10. The Horse, 1967 r. Witold Giersz
11. Stairs, 1968 r. Stefan Schabenbeck
12. The Journey, 1970 r. Daniel Szczechura
13. The Son, 1970 r. Ryszard Czekala
14. The Roll-Call, 1970 r. Ryszard Czekala
DVD 2:
1. The Road, 1971 r. Miroslaw Kijowicz
2. Soup, 1974 r. Zbigniew Rybczynski
3. Banquett, 1976 r. Zofia Oraczewska
4. Reflections, 1979 r. Jerzy Kucia
5. A Highly Committed Movie, 1979 r. Julian Antonisz
6. Tango, 1980 r. Zbigniew Rybczynski
7. Unfaitthful Portrait, 1981 r. Ewa Bibanska
8. Solo in a fallow Field, 1981 r. Jerzy Kalina
9. Littre Black Riding Hood, 1983 r. Piotr Dumala
10. Gentile Spirit, 1985 r. Piotr Dumala
11. The Race, 1989 r. Marek Serafinski
12. Tuning The Instruments, 2000 r. Jerzy Kucia
13. The Cathedral, 2002 r. Tomek Baginski
14. Ichthis, 2005 r. Marek Skrobecki
Polskie Wydawnictwo Audiowizualne has released the long-awaited DVD album "Antologia Polskiej Animacji". Twenty-eight best Polish animated films on two DVD records complete with texts by the series editor, Marcin Gizycki.
"...These are sheer numbers and prizes that bear testimony to the past significance of Polish animation: 162 films exported in 1963 alone, 1974 proceeds from animated film exports higher than these from sales of feature films, dozens of highest prizes at most important festivals and competitions, Oscar for Zbigniew Rybczynski for "Tango", and so on, and so forth. The present anthology is the first attempt to make at least a part of the extremely extensive output of Polish animators available to wider audiences. (...) The two DVDs which we present to cinema lovers, did not have enough room to contain all the outstanding Polish animated films of the last six decades, nor present all the makers worthy of attention. We do hope, however, that the selection is representative enough to let those viewers, who are not very well familiar with the history of Polish animation, get to know it better, while to its enthusiasts, it will bring back almost thirty of its gems."
Marcin Gizycki
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2) Anthology of Polish Experimental Animation (3-DVD)
time: 258 min., subtitles: English. DVD-9, Format: 4:3, Dolby Stereo 2.0.
The present anthology is a selection of some forty works by well-known artists from beyond the cinematic milieu - writer Stefan Themerson and his painter wife Franciszka, for example, the designer Andrzej Pawlowski, or the photographer Tomek Sikora. There are also works by leading Polish contemporary artists like Józef Robakowski and Jerzy Kalina. There is no lack of work by world-renowned animators like Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk, Zbigniew Rybczynski or Jerzy Kucia. Includes 11-page booklet in Polish and English with essay about history of Polish experimental animation.
1 DVD:
- The Eye and The Ear, 1944/45, Franciszek and Stefan Themerson
- Once Upon a Time..., 1957, Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica
- Cinéforms, 1957, Andrzej Pawlowski
- Here and There, 1957, Andrzej Pawlowski
- The Banner of Youth, 1957, Walerian Borowczyk, Jan Lenica
- Somnambulists, 1958, Mieczyslaw Waskowski
- The Dynamic Rectangle, 1971, Józef Robakowski
- Test I, 1971, Józef Robakowski
- Demons, 1980, Kazimierz Urbanski
- Stomp, 1984, Maciej Cwiek
- Muka, 2003, Natalia Wilkoszewska
- III, 2003, Jakub Lech
- 1-39-C, 2004, Olga Wroniewicz
2 DVD:
- Sweet Rhythms, 1965, Kazimierz Urbanski
- Oneself at the Helm, 1971, Katarzyna Latallo
- Replica, 1975, Kazimierz Bendkowski
- New Book, 1975, Zbigniew Rybczynski
- Oh, I Can't Stop!, 1975, Zbigniew Rybczynski
- Portrait, 1977, Stanislaw Lenartowicz
- Dead Shadow, 1980, Andrzej Klimowski
- Line, 1981, Grzegorz Rogala
- The First Film, 1981, Józef Piwkowski
- Block, 1982, Hieronim Neumann
- Splinters, 1984, Jerzy Kucia
- Video-Disc, 1986, Maciej Cwiek
- Zoopraxiscope, 2005, Hieronim Neumann
3 DVD:
- Beach, 1964, Edward Sturlis
- COPYRIGHT BY FILM POLSKI MCWLXXVI, 1976, Piotr Szulkin
- Sun: A Non-Camera Film, 1977, Julian Antonisz
- What Do We See After Closing Our Eyes and Stopping Our Ears?, 1978, Julian Antonisz
- Bermuda Wheel, 1979, Jerzy Kalina
- Cinéma Vérité, 1979, Andrzej Warchal
- An Unforgettable Night, 1996, Janek Koza
- Family Business, 1996, Janek Koza
- Death to Five, 2002, Mariusz Wilczynski
- Unfortunately, 2004, Mariusz Wilczynski
- Bark, You Mongrel, Raise Hell, My Pearl, 2006, Wojciech Bakowski
- Spoken Movie 1, 2007, Wojciech Bakowski
- Cap, 2007, Tomek Sikora
- Cakes, 2007, Tomek Sikora
In the jubilee year of Polish animation Polish Audiovisual Publishers publishes the third DVD album in its very popular series dedicated to film animation. The theme of the latest triple DVD set is Polish Experimental film animation. The films were chosen by the critic Marcin Giżycki.
"Experimental animation is a broad notion that can be applied to many genres of animated film that break with formal and narrative conventions. The present anthology is a selection of some forty productions that do not quite fit into the mainstream of film animation. On the three discs the viewer will find abstract films, films composed of photographic images subjected to manipulation, as well as animations drawn in unconventional fashion. Some of these are works by well-known artists from beyond the cinematic milieu - writer Stefan Themerson and his painter wife Franciszka, for example, the designer Andrzej Pawlowski, or the photographer Tomek Sikora. There are also works by leading Polish contemporary artists like Józef Robakowski and Jerzy Kalina. There is no lack of work by world-renowned animators like Jan Lenica, Walerian Borowczyk, Zbigniew Rybczynski or Jerzy Kucia. The choice of films included in the Anthology of Polish Experimental Animation is so varied that every viewer is sure to find something of great interest". Marcin Gizycki
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3) Action Animation (Akcja Animacja) - The Anthology of Contemporary Polish Animation (2-DVD)
time: 220 min., subtitles: English. DVD-9, Format: 4:3, Dolby Stereo 2.0.
Subtitles: English
The selection of titles reflects the diversity of techniques used by the contemporary film artists in Poland: a classical and computer animation, the stories painted directly into the camera - on the glass and canvas, collages and drawings, and the live cutouts. "Action Animation" is also a record of changes that have taken place in the Polish animation in the last two decades, as seen from the perspective of young artists.
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We hope that the "Action Animation" accurately portraits youngest generation of animated film makers in Poland.
A wide variety of topics and problems are presented on this 2-DVD set: nostalgic stories about the transience and loneliness are intertwined with the bitterly criticized consumerism. Delicate films about love in contrast to the sad visions of the future. The authors attempt to film psychoanalysis and "playing chess" with the memories.
The selection of titles reflects the diversity of techniques used by the contemporary film artists in Poland: a classical and computer animation, the stories painted directly into the camera - on the glass and canvas, collages and drawings, and the live cutouts. "Action Animation" is also a record of changes that have taken place in the Polish animation in the last two decades, as seen from the perspective of young artists.
This set is an important complement to the previous three anthologies, which together present to the entire history of Polish animation.
(from the introduction by Mariusz Frukacz)
Content:
DVD 1
STUPAJKOP – Andrzej Zareba
MASKI – Piotr Karwas
OJ DA DA NA – Anna Matysik
OPERA OCANELNA – Tomasz Kozak
ROMANS DZENTELMENA – Tomasz Kozak
MILEnKA – Joanna Jasinska-Koronkiewicz
MYSZ – Wojtek Wawszczyk
NARODZINY NARODU – Kamil Polak
PRÓŻNIA – Janek Koza
UWAGA! ZLE PSY! – Maciej Majewski
POJEDYNEK – Waldemar Mordarski
00:03:04:08 – Olga Wroniewicz
MASA – Wojciech Bakowski
SUFLER – Przemyslaw Swida
PO JABLKACH – Marta Pajek
SZTUKA SPADANIA – Tomasz Baginski
DVD 2
IO – Olga Wroniewicz
JAM SESSION – Izabela Plucinska
INTRO – introduction to "SIOSTRY Z DOMU JARZAB" – Aga Jarzabowa
SIOSTRY Z DOMU JARZaB – Aga Jarzabowa
TELEWIZOR – Tomasz Siwinski
CARACAS – Anna Blaszczyk
EXIT – Grzegorz Koncewicz
MOLOCH – Marcin Pazera
AMERICAN DREAM – Jakub Wronski
ARKA – Grzegorz Jonkajtys
DOKUMANIMO – Malgorzata Bosek
EPIZOD – Agata Gorzadek
REFRENY – Wiola Sowa
SEKWENS – Robert Sowa
WSZYSTKO PLYNIE – Edyta Turczanik
FILM MÓWIONY 2– Wojciech Bakowski
PAN PAN I GOlaB – Piotr Milczarek
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4) The Anthology of Polish Children's Animation (3-DVD)
time: 357 min., subtitles: English. DVD-9, Format: 4:3, Dolby Stereo 2.0. Region 0.
Includes 7-page booklet in Polish and English with essay about history of Polish children's animation.
Polskie Wydawnictwo Audiowizualne has released the long-awaited DVD album "Anthology of Polish Children`s Animation". Thirty-seven best Polish animated films on three DVD records complete with texts by the series editor, Marcin Gizycki. An Anthology of Polish Children's Animation includes almost forty shorts chosen from amongst several hundred award-winning or critically well-received films from the last 60 years.
DVD 1
- ZA KRÓLA KRAKUSA [In the Time of King Krakus] (1947) directed by Zenon Wasilewski
- CYRK [Circus] (1954) directed by Wlodzimierz Haupe
- MYSZKA I KOTEK [Cat and Mouse] (1958) directed by Wladyslaw Nehrebecki
- BULANDRA I DIABEL [Bulandra and the Devil] (1959) directed by Jerzy Zitzman, Lechoslaw Marszalek
- PYZA [Dumpling] (1959) directed by Lucjan Dembiński
- MALY WESTERN [A Little Western] (1960) directed by Witold Giersz
- PRZYGODA W PASKI [An Adventure in Stripes] (1960) directed by Alina Maliszewska
- ZA BOREM, ZA LASEM [Beyond the Wood, Beyond the Forest] (1961) directed by Wladyslaw Nehrebecki
- SCYZORYK [The Pocket-Knife] (1961) directed by Leszek Lorek
- KUSZA [Crossbow] (1963) directed by Wladyslaw Nehrebecki
- DINOZAURY [Dinosaurs] (1963) directed by Witold Giersz
- KWARTECIK [The Little Quartet] (1965) directed by Edward Sturlis
DVD 2
- MALUCH [Maluch The Little Car] (1965) directed by Lucjan Dembiński
- NIESPODZIANKA [The Surprise] (1965) directed by Teresa Badzian
- REKSIO POLIGLOTA [Rexie the Polyglot] (1967) directed by Lechoslaw Marszalek
- CZARNE CZY BIALE [Black or White] (1967) directed by Waclaw Wajser
- PIESEK W KRATKĘ [The Little Checked Dog] (1968) directed by Zofia Oldak
- KUNDELEK [The Little Mongrel] (1969) directed by Lidia Hornicka
- MIKI MOL [Miki Mol] (1975) directed by Ryszard Antoniszczak
- ZADYMKA [The Blizzard] (1976) directed by Piotr Szpakowicz
- SMOK BARNABA [Barnaby the Dragon] (1977) directed by Tadeusz Wilkosz
- NIELOTEK [The Little Flightless Bird] (1984) directed by Lucja Mróz-Raynoch
- O NAJWIĘKSZEJ KLÓTNI [The Biggest Quarrel] (1999) directed by Zbigniew Kotecki
- KRAWIEC NITECZKA [Tailor Thin-as-a-Thread] (2005) directed by Andrzej Gosieniecki
DVD 3
- GUZIK [Button] (1964) directed by Teresa Badzian
- OSTATNIE ZERO [The Last Zero] (1965) directed by Alina Maliszewska
- BAJKA [A Tale] (1968) directed by Ryszard Kuziemski
- JAK TO SIĘ DZIEJE [How Is It That...?] (1970) directed by Julian Antonisz
- JAK NAUKA WYSZLA Z LASU [How Learning Came Back Out of the Woods] (1970) directed by Julian Antonisz
- WSPANIALY MARSZ [The Wonderful March] (1970) directed by Witold Giersz
- JEŚLI UJRZYSZ KOTA [If You Spot a Cat Flying Through the Air] (1971) directed by Daniel Szczechura
- CZARODZIEJSKIE TRÓJKĄTY [Enchanted Triangles] (1972) directed by Stefan Janik
- ŻEGNAJ PARO [Farewell to Steam] (1974) directed by Ryszard Antoniszczak
- LOKOMOTYWA [Locomotive] (1976) directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński
- KULE I KOLA [Balls and Wheels] (1988) directed by Lucja Mróz-Raynoch
- DOBRANOCKA [The Bedtime Story] (1997) directed by Daniel Szczechura
- KOSMICZNA GRA [The Cosmic Game] (2000) directed by Robert Turlo
An Anthology of Polish Children's Animation includes almost forty shorts chosen from amongst several hundred award-winning or critically well-received films from the last 60 years. Although it does not include selections from the most popular animated series (they deserve a separate release), some of those characters, like Bolek and Lolek or Rexie are represented here, as they had previously appeared in separate films. The works presented here contain no violence, but are intended not only for younger viewers, but also for lovers of art film, who will value their unusually high artistic quality and innovative form. Among the directors included are some of the most famous names in Polish animation, among them Zenon Wasilewski, Witold Giersz, Daniel Szczechura, Julian Antonisz, and Academy Award-winner Zbigniew Rybczynski.
Marcin Gizycki
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