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The Lost Town of Switez
201019 min 54 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Kamil Polak
Production: Stanislaw DziedzicZbigniew ZmudzkiKamil PolakEliza OczkowskaLuc ToutounghiDenis FriedmanPawel PartykaMarcin LunkiewiczRené ChénierViviana Queirolo-BertoglioFranck MalminNeil Mundy
Script: Kamil Polak
Produced by Human Ark in co-production with Se-Ma-For, Archangel, Denis Friedman Productions, the National Film Board of Canada, Pwsftvit, Partyflex System, Kamil Polak and Zielony Pomidor.
In 19th-century Poland, a traveller loses his way in the forest one stormy
night, then witnesses the last days of a medieval town under attack by
ruthless warriors. Are the knights on galloping steeds and the hail of fiery
arrows mere figments of his imagination? The Lost Town of Switez
transports viewers into an apocalyptic fantasy world. But out of the horror of
a massacre, the most delicate flowers bloom.
Screened at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival, the film is
based on an epic poem by renowned Polish writer Adam Mickiewicz. The grandiose
tale is propelled by the music of Irina Bogdanovitch. Kamil Polak has used
advanced computer-assisted animation techniques to create a rich visual
universe inspired by religious iconography and Polish romantic painting.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureLegends, Myths, and TalesWorld Literature
- War, Conflict and Peace > Allegories of War and Peace
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical ValuesReligious Diversity/Heritage
- History > World History
Credits
- direction
- Kamil Polak
- script
- Kamil Polak
- music
- Irina Bogdanovich
- producer
- Stanislaw Dziedzic
- Zbigniew Zmudzki
- Kamil Polak
- Eliza Oczkowska
- co-producer
- Luc Toutounghi
- Denis Friedman
- Pawel Partyka
- Marcin Lunkiewicz
- executive producer
- René Chénier
- Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio
- Franck Malmin
- Neil Mundy
- line production
- Halszka Janiszewska
- Francine Langdeau
- associate producer
- Jakub Woroszylski
- editing
- Kamil Polak
- collaborative editing
- Jacek Rokosz
- Alexei Panfilov
- 1st assistant director
- Jacek Rokosz
- storyboard artist
- Kamil Polak
- Jacek Rokosz
- Piotr Milczarek
- art design supervisor
- Jacek Rokosz
- texture supervisor
- Dorota Kobiela
- digital paint supervisor
- Dorota Kobiela
- main painter
- Daniel Cybula
- Dominika Sadowska
- painter
- Dawid Kawalec
- Marcin Zalewski
- Piotr Dominiak
- Jakub Kubiak
- art design artist
- Arkadiusz Augustyniak
- Marcin Busko
- Paulina Majda
- Artur Malewski
- Piotr Milczarek
- Marta Pszonak
- CGI supervisor
- Szymon Kapeniak
- animation supervisor
- Wojciech Wawszczyk
- sequence supervisor
- Rafal Bielski
- technical director
- Andrzej Majewski
- Arkadiusz Rekita
- Wojtek Jakubowski
- Maciej Jurgielewicz
- Michal Krupa
- Georg Dumlein
- Carolo Volpati
- animator
- Dawid Bunio
- Wojciech Jakubowski
- Magdalena Osinska
- Maciej Wojtkiewicz
- Piotr Szczepanowicz
- Jakub Tarkowski
- Piotr Zyla
- 3D artist
- Kacper Czyczlo
- Piotr Golabek
- Grzegorz Jankowski
- Mateusz Jarmulski
- Grzegorz Krol
- Miroslaw Paczkowski
- Aleksander Gajewski
- Roberto Bianchi
- modelling artist
- Arkadiusz Jarmula
- Marcin Klicki
- Norbert Naroznik
- texture artist
- Olga Duraj
- Michal Kwolek
- Marek Madej
- Katarzyna Okoniewska
- Urszula Pociecha
- Pawel Rosiak
- Mikolaj Zientalski
- digital paint artist
- Olga Duraj
- Michal Kwolek
- Marek Madej
- Katarzyna Okoniewska
- Urszula Pociecha
- Pawel Rosiak
- Mikolaj Zientalski
- compositing supervisor
- Agata Waclawiak
- compositing artist
- Marek Madej
- Tytus Majerski
- Alexei Panfilov
- Bartosz Sujkowski
- Piotr Skiejka
- Mateusz Wojt
- reference material D.O.P.
- Slawomir Berganski
- reference material actor
- Cezary Iber
- translation
- Agnieszka Kwiecien
- Agnieszka Horak
- title design
- Alexei Panfilov
- Marek Madej
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- information technologies staff
- Ryszard Harasimowicz
- Pawel Januszkiewicz
- Marcin Sadurski
- sound draft
- Janusz Czubak
- music producer
- Marcin Lunkiewicz
- music preparation assistance
- Bartosz Stawiarski-Lizau
- sound editing assistance
- Bartosz Stawiarski-Lizau
- music recording
- Jaroslaw Regulski
- mezzosoprano solo
- Malgorzata Panko
- orchestra manager
- Kama Grott
- choir manager
- Kinga Jazwinska
- co-operation
- Ewa Bombol
- Marek Sobczak
- Agnieszka Dragon
- sound design
- Luigi Allemano
- music re-recording
- Luc Léger
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- Shelley Craig
- online editing
- Denis Gathelier
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- technical coordinator
- Julie Laperrière
- laboratory supervisor
- Malgorzata Rogulska
- film recording artist
- Jaroslaw Migala
- artistic supervisor
- Piotr Dumala
- Marian Kielbaszczak
- production manager
- Joanna Stawnicka
- production co-ordinator
- Milada Broel-Plater
- Agnieszka Dragon
- Wojciech Janio
- Artur Zicz
- production assistant
- Aleksandra Misiewicz
- Marta Zmudzka-Ptak
- production accountant
- Anna Kawalkiewicz
- Alicja Mayer
- Kazimierz Krolikowski
- Ewa Szymaniak-Kobylanska
- legal assistance
- Lesnodorski Slusarek
Awards
- First Award- Best Short FilmInternational Film Festival
- Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers' AwardWorld Festival of Animated Film
- Best Visual Effects AwardSichuan TV Festival
- Best AnimationInternational Film Festival
- Best Short Animated Film (from 10 to 50 min)Golden Kruker- International Animation Film Festival
- Silver Hobby-Horse for Best Animated FilmInternational Film Festival
- Pulcinella Award for Best Short FilmCartoons on the Bay
- Best Animation Short- with a cash prize of $2,000 USDInternational Short Film Festival
- « Jean-Luc Xiberras » Award for a first filmInternational Animated Film Festival
- Best AnimationNew York City Short Film Festival