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POLISH TITLE: NIESTETY

A parable of an elderly pair of angels – happy, kind-hearted and always complaisant. One night they both have the same dream: that they are young again. Unexpected events and the dark corners of the dream dumbfound the old folks. Eventually, however, the dawn comes... The whole oneiric story follows the rhythm of Tomasz Stanko’s suggestive music.
 

GENRE:
animation
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
13'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Mariusz Wilczyński
SCRIPT:
Mariusz Wilczyński
DOP:
Jan Maciej Ptasiński
EDITOR:
Jarosław Barzan
MUSIC:
Tomasz Stańko
PRODUCTION:
Redakcja Widowisk Artystycznych Programu II Telewizji Polskiej S.A.

Mariusz Wilczyński »

is a Polish director of animated films and a performer. The retrospectives of his films were organized among others at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2007), The National Gallery in London (2007), Pretoria Art Museum in Pretoria (2007), National Museum of Brazil in Brazil (2009), Anthology Film Archives in New York (2006) and Babylon in Berlin (2007). Wilczyński performs during improvised shows combining live animation and music. He cooperated with Membres de l’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Membres de l'Ensemble de Tokyo, orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Stańko, Michał Urbaniak to list just a few. Wilczyński in his work combines imaginary narration based on a dream-like logic with his particular, author  technique. He worked as a lecturer at Kunstuniversitat in Linz, Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź as well as Polish National Film School in Łódź.

photo: Janusz Marynowski