Knock Down

Knock Down 1975

1

Impressions about fighting the passing of time, living in a constant hurry and the uphill battle of finding the natural tempo to life itself.

1975

Margo the Mouse

Margo the Mouse 1986

8.00

Compilation of several episodes of the original animated TV series 'Przygody Myszki', Margo is a little mouse that lives quietly in a tree. It is her house, where she cooks, she sleeps, she plays the piano. In the tree where she lives. Little Margo has neighbors: Eliana, a squirrel that lives in the upper floor of the tree or Dennis, a dormouse that lives in the back floor. Life in the tree runs smoothly, but there are people who are not willing to make life easy for Margo. The little mouse will have problems of the day to day with cats, beggars or owls. However, in each experience, Margo will learn various values about life, about friendship, about love, respect and independence. With her friends, Margo will live many adventures.

1986

Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West

Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West 1986

6.50

The dangerous thug Pif-Paf escapes from prison. Bolek and Lolek bravely chase after him through the prairie, canyons and rocky mountains.

1986

Around the World with Bolek and Lolek

Around the World with Bolek and Lolek 1977

5.90

Animated film about two young boys, Bolek and Lolek, who seek to fulfill the last will of Phileas Fogg who decided that his inheritor would be the one who made an identical round the world journey as he had done, using the means of transport generally in use in the nineteenth century. As they journey round the world, a bad character named Jeremiah tries to foil their attempts.

1977

Steering My Own Destiny

Steering My Own Destiny 1971

1

A contemporary man in the eye of the cyclone created by information. He finds no support for his hands and feet. It’s like in a poem by Tadeusz Rozewicz (‘falling in every direction’), he turns to dust when his time finally comes.

1971

The General and the Fly

The General and the Fly 1961

1

A Prussian general instructs his soldiers how to get rid of the storks bringing new lives. He turns the conscripts into cannon fodder, and he can't deal with one fly himself.

1961

Bulandra and the Devil

Bulandra and the Devil 1959

1

Bulandra the miner explores the underground and wins gold from its inhabitant, an old spirit. Little does he know that the Devil will cause mischief to him once he gets out.

1959

A Tale

A Tale 1968

1

All of a sudden. the clock stops to work…

1968

Cat and Mouse

Cat and Mouse 1958

6.00

Polish short animation that plays with the idea of lineless animation vs lined animation. A lined cat chases an lineless mouse.

1958

Re - The God of Sun

Re - The God of Sun 1970

7.70

A swarm of slaves in ancient Egypt moves massive boulders to erect a statue of Re, the god of the sun. Erecting impressive structures required knowledge and exact measurements. However, the statue's massive hand falls down and crushes the builders. The statue has been awe-inspiring for many centuries. Meditations on the religious nature of man.

1970

The Flag

The Flag 1965

1

A sly critique of the communist regime in Poland, one of the carefree participants disrupts a patriotic march by retrieving a collection of unnecessary "bourgeois" items from inside his head. It introduces the disunity in their ranks as everyone starts playing with objects brought by him.

1965

Mrs. Twardowska

Mrs. Twardowska 1955

1

Animated adaptation of Adam Mickiewicz's ballad entitled Mrs. Twardowska, made on the hundredth anniversary of the poet's death (1855). Jan Marcin Szancer, an outstanding graphic designer and book illustrator, was the author of the script and the art concept. He was a person present in the Polish film industry since the interwar years. The main animator of Mrs. Twardowska was Witold Giersz, the future master of animation. The fluidity of movement and the grace of the characters, similar to the ones in The Goat Kid, evoke associations with Disney films. This beautiful film proves the creative possibilities and ambitious attitude of the Polish animation community a few years after the war.

1955

The Hum of the Forest

The Hum of the Forest 1973

9.00

A man experiences a scary night in the old forest. The trees resemble monsters that have been frozen in time, the clock faces melt as in a surreal painting and the revolving door grinds them into pieces as in an expressionist film.

1973

Don Juan

Don Juan 1963

1

The adventures of a classic "podrywacz" character known from Molière's drama and Byron's poem, who has not lost popularity until today. All this is shown with a pinch of salt, in a grotesque form of a cut-out film, reminiscent of the comic book editions of "Trzy Muszkieterów".

1963

The Cockroach

The Cockroach 1987

7.00

An apocalyptic Kafkaesque vision of the end of the world. The man catches cockroaches and splits them under a microscope. He connects thousands of elements to sew a piece of clothing with a hood and a mask in case of a nuclear disaster.

1987

New Year's Night

New Year's Night 1964

1

The mystery of the New Year's night told from three different points of view. A caretaker, a chimney sweep, and a postman visiting female tenants on several floors experienced it in a different way.

1964

The Blue Ball

The Blue Ball 1969

1

A lonely man rolls a big blue ball. People encountered on the way do not help him. Night does not bring rest either, he has to chase away the birds. The man finally reaches the end of the road and pushes the ball into the sea. An animated parable created by Miroslaw Kijowicz, a director, scriptwriter of animated films, set designer and educator. An ordinary man was usually the protagonist of Kijowicz's philosophical short films. The situations presented in the films were rather general, they were supposed to provide food for thought.

1969