Animation Around Europe: Focus on Poland – O!PLA Across the Border

O!PLA 2018 – almost 22.000 jury members, almost 90 festival venues located between Baltic Sea and Tatra Mountains, more than 100 shorts in 8 competition categories. These figures briefly outline the specifics of the most unique and completely grassroots, biggest Polish celebration of animated film. Now O!PLA is back – with a new programme introducing viewers frm around the world to the latest and the coolest of Polish animation (O!PLA means “Oh! Polish Animation”, but also “Oh! People Love Animation”). And traditionally, the oprogramme is created by “the biggest jury in the world” – audiences from all participating cities and towns. Started in 2013, O!PLA has consequently grown in size, but two things remain constant: independence and passion, which are the heart of O!PLA.

MARCHEWKOWE POLE (CARROT FIELD )

Regie Director: Kacper Zamarło / Polen / 2016 / 00:16:00 min. / Produktion Production: Studio Xanf

BAJKA O POWSTANIU CZARNEJ DZIURY (HOW THE BLACK HOLE BEGINS )

Regie Director: Karolina Gołębiowska / Polen / 2017 / 00:04:26 min. / Produktion Production: Academy of Art in Szczecin

KAMIEŃ (STONE )

Regie Director: Marcin Ożóg / Polen / 2018 / 00:04:49 min.

DZIĘKI UPRZEJMOŚCI ARTYSTY (WITH THE ARTIST’S KIND PERMISSION )

Regie Director: Piotr Bosacki / Polen / 2016 / 00:10:10 min. / Produktion Production: Piotr Bosacki

ZABAWKA (CAT TOY )

Regie Director: Fabian Kowalczuk / Polen / 2017 / 00:00:55 min. / Produktion Production: UMCS

DZIWNY PRZYPADEK (STRANGE CASE )

Regie Director: Zbigniew Czapla / Polen / 2017 / 00:13:30 min. / Produktion Production: Warsztat Filmowy

NIE MASZ DYSTANSU (YOU ARE OVERREACTING)

Regie Director: Karina Paciorkowska / Polen / 2017 / 00:04:00 min. / Produktion Production: Polish National Film School in Łódź / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Krakow Film Foundation

FAIL (FAIL )

Regie Director: Wojciech Ostrycharz / Polen/ Spanien / 2017 / 00:05:05 min.

LITTLE GIANT (LITTLE GIANT )

Regie Director: Maciej Dydyński / Polen / 2017 / 00:03:08 min.

O Matko! (Oh Mother!)

Regie Director: Paulina Ziolkowska / Polen / 01/2017 / 00:12:15 min. / Verleih Distribution:

NO WEŹ KASIA, CO CI SZKODZI? (COME ON KASIA – IT WON’T HARM YOU! )

Regie Director: Aleksandra Filipowicz, Konrad Ożgo / Polen / 2017 / 00:06:37 min. / Produktion Production: PJATK

OHOHO

Regie Director: Łukasz Rusinek / Polen / 2017 / 00:02:34 min.

GWIEZDNY PYŁ (STARDUST )

Regie Director: Elena Volozneva / Polen / 2018 / 00:02:05 min. / Produktion Production: Nicolaus Copernicus Univerity in Torun

DLACZEGO PRZENIGDY NIE DOKARMIAĆ GOŁĘBI (WHY YOU SCHOULD NEVER EVER FEED PIGEONS )

Regie Director: Agnieszka Świętek / Polen / 2017 / 00:01:20 min. / Produktion Production: Agnieszka Świętek