LITTLE BLACK SQUARE
POLISH TITLE: MAŁY CZARNY KWADRAT
A boy is walking through an idyllic landscape and suddenly he finds a little black square on his way. He buries it. After a while the mysterious square reappears. This time it is quite aggressive, it starts chasing the boy, destroying everything that stands in its way, it is difficult to get away from it... This meeting will irreversibly change the boy’s life... The film made under the artistic supervision of Professor Jerzy Kucia.
- GENRE:
- animation
- RUNNING TIME:
- 6'
- YEAR:
- 2007
- DIRECTING:
- Tomasz Siwiński
- SCRIPT:
- Tomasz Siwiński
- DOP:
- Tomasz Siwiński
- EDITOR:
- Tomasz Siwiński
- MUSIC:
- Andrzej Bonarek
- PRODUCTION:
- Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Pracownia Filmu Animowanego
Tomasz Siwiński »
Tomasz Siwiński (born 1982) is an animation director specializing in painting technique. He graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (Poland) where he studied Painting and Animation lectured by Jerzy Kucia. In 2014 he directed a short film A Blue Room. It had the world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Also received awards at Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal), Krakow Film Festival (Poland) and many others. In addition to his original films, he also makes documentary animations, such as Moczarski’s Case (Vimeo Staff Pick). His films have been presented at numerous festivals , e.g. in Annecy, Clermont- Ferrand, Cannes, Hiroshima, Zagreb, Uppsala, Hong Kong.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2011 (screening)
- 16th European Film Festival in Essone, France, 2014 (screening)