Puppet is a Human too 2016

11th International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults

9th October - 16th October 2016

Animated film section

For the second time we organize a competition for young animators. Apart from competition films we present Hungarian animation, films awarded at ANIMATOR 2016 festival, a restrospective of Hubert Sielecki, renowned Austrian experimental filmmaker and a documentary About Zbigniew Rybczyński directed by Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski. Screening are proceeded by a short introduction.

Małgorzata Sady
Artistic Director
of Animated Film Section

Małgorzata Sady

Małgorzata Sady enjoys exploring various creative area. Works with text, sound and images. Curator and participant of exhibition and art events worldwide. Has collaborated with K. Kamoji. Quay Brothers, D. Thomas, Serafinski Studio, Kronika Studio, In Situ Foundation. Translator of literature (prose and poetry - S. Themerson, J. Czechowicz), philosophy (Wittgenstein, B. Russell), numerous texts on art. Author of essays on art and film. From the late 70. has collaborated with art centres at home and abroad. Member of Polish Filmmakers Association.

Jury

Agnieszka Kozłowska

photo credit kasia chmura-cegiełkowska / tearalna.com

Agnieszka Kozłowska

Runs Open Culture Code Foundation supporting art criticism and promoting art culture. Curator of animation screenings and moderator of discussions that follow them. She believes that apart from watching animation we should talk about it. Member of ASIFA, for 2 years its board member. Combines her artistic interests social work and supporting a dialogue between citizens and public administration.

Hubert Sielecki

Hubert Sielecki

Hubert Sielecki (b. November 6, 1946) is an Austrian artist, primarily known for his animation.

In 1985 he founded the Austrian chapter of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA). He was a lecturer for film at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig. From 1986 to 1991 he was a member of film promotion boards in Austria. Sielecki is also a board member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus.

In 2007, on the occasion of the studio's 25th anniversary, he created the Hubert Sielecki Prize in several categories for artistic and experimental short film or animation for young Austrian filmmakers.

In 1968 he undertook his first film experiments. Together with Zbigniew Rybczyński he created his first animated movies. His movies are auteur films, in which he is mostly responsible for all areas of production from script to music. He worked with writers such as Gerhard Rühm, Antonio Fian and Gernot Wolfgruber, painters such as Maria Lassnig, Tone Fink or musicians such as Wolfgang Mitterertogether. Through his specialization in animation film his work has a special position in the Austrian filmavant-garde.

Sielecki's films were featured on film festivals in Germany, including at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Hamburg Short Film Festival,  International Videofestival Bochum, the Bamberg Short Film Festival and the Regensburg Short Film Week. Outside the German-speaking countries, he was shown on important festivals such as the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and the Kraków Film Festival. He has been on a jury of film competitions, ran workshops and masterclasses.

Filip Kozłowski

Filip Kozłowski

Philospher by education. Member of AWA Film Club , CK Zamek in Poznań for many years. Associated with OFF CINEMA Independent Film Festival in Poznań. Has collaborated with ANIMATOR International Festival of Animated Films from its foundation. For a number of years Festival Office Manager, now Chief Programme and Competition Coordinator.

Selection Committee

Małgorzata Bosek

Małgorzata Bosek

Małgorzata Bosek studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Her highly individual animated films have been awarded and screened at numerous festivals at home and internationally. Recepient of grant from Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. She is also an animated film producer and artist.

Grzegorz Rogala

Grzegorz Rogala

A cameraman and film director, graduted from the Łódź Film School. His diploma film „Line” won Grand Prix at the festival in Munchen (1981). A co­founder of the K. Irzykowski Film Studio. In the 80s he founded the first film studio specializing in special effects. A lecturer and author of multimedia installations.

Jury Verdict

Film awards of the 11th International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Film Animations for Adults „Puppet is a Human too”

1st Award

No-Go Zone, Atelier Collectif, 10’, Belgium, 2016

No-Go Zone is a strong commentary on the condition of the modern world in which economic profit is more important than the common good.

The film proves that animation can become a critical instrument for evaluating political mechanisms we are all subjected to and also an effective medium of reflecting on the dangers that civilisation progress brings.

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2nd Award

Kinki, Izumi Yoshida, 10’, Poland, 2015

The filmmaker rendered the formal side of the film with immaculate perfection, at the same time conveying the ambiguity of human emotions.

„Kinki” shows that abstract animation can engage the viewer as intensely as narrative films.

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3rd Award

Beyond, Milán Kopacz, 10’, Hungary, 2015

Balcony, David Dell'Edera, 6’18”, Hungary, 2015

3rd Award goes to two Hungarian films which constitute a sensitive confrontation with our „now and here”, trying to redefine and grasp our existence in the social and physical space.

"Balcony" is an interesting commentary on social reality in which cry is a new form of communication with a unifying and not destructive force.

„Beyond" attempts at exploring what happens beyond reality, which we find difficult to define ourselves in relation to and which can only be experienced. The film presents thoughtfully the multi-dimensional nature of the way people experience the world.

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Audience award

No-Go Zone, Atelier Collectif, 10’, Belgium, 2016

Films and events

Films and events held at the 11th International Festival of Puppet Theatre and Animated Films for Adults „Puppet is a Human too”