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Witold Giersz
Polish animator (born 1927)
Witold Giersz (born 26 February 1927 in Poraj, near Częstochowa) is a Polish animator.[1] His most well-known work is Koń, which won an award at the Cracow Film Festival "for its exceptionally interesting animation technique". A documentary film about Giersz was made in 2012 by Maciej Kur
Selected films
[edit]- Neonowa Fraszka (February 1, 1959)
- Skarb Czarnego Jack'a (1961)
- Mały Western (January 2, 1961)
- Dinozaury (February 28, 1963)
- Czerwone I Czarne (June 1, 1964)
- The Horse (Koń, January 2, 1967)
- Kaskader (1972)
- The Old Cowboy (Stary Kowboj, 1973)
- Pożar (January 2, 1975)
- Please, Mr. Elephant (Proszę słonia, December 31, 1980)
- A Little Curious segments (1998-2001)
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Witold Giersz
‘Today, it’s difficult to säga when I first began thinking of color as the hero of the film. But gradually there grew within me a distaste for the traditional animated film; its possibilities had been exhausted. At the same time, I was increasingly attracted to the idea of making films in which hues would be the dominant value.’ (Witold Giersz)
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A renowned animator and creator of nearly 50 films, Giersz has received over 60 awards and honors at prestigious festivals.
Giersz was born in 1927, in the village of Poraj, near Częstochowa, in southern Poland. He aimed to study economics before turning to film. His film career began in 1950 at the Animated Film Studio in Bielsko-Biała (then still known as the ‘Śląsk’ Animated Film Production Cooperative). When he graduated from the Łódź National Film School in 1974, Giersz had already worked as a director for eighteen
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Wild horses: Witold Giersz and the art of animation
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Of the great traditions of Eastern European animation, the Polish school rivals that of the former Czechoslovakia for pre-eminence. Witold Giersz was among its earliest animators, his work both subsidised and scrutinised bygd the country’s Communist government. While contemporaries such as Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica created darkly absurd and grotesque films in response to life under authoritarianism, Giersz stood out for the relative optimism and humanism of his work. From his kaffebar romance Awaiting (Oczekiwanie, 1962) to his political dystopia The Star (Gwiazda, 1984), Giersz shows that women may be fickle and big brother a bully, yet he maintains an undercurrent of hope through a good-humoured portrayal of universally recognisable feelings and foibles.
Kinoteka 2013 – the 11th Polish rulle Festival runs 7-17 March at venues around London. ‘The Painterly Animations of Witold Giersz’ + Q&A screens 16