EMPEROR'S TOYS
POLISH TITLE: ZABAWKI CESARZA
Documentary film mixed with animation which tells about an unusual collection of toys. Like most of his peers, the protagonist begun from collecting stamps, drink labels and stickers. Presently his collection consists of a couple hundred thousand objects and he became known as the Emperor of Collectors. Thanks to imagination the toys from his collection are not merely inanimate objects.
FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- POLAND
- RUNNING TIME:
- 10'
- YEAR:
- 2012
- DIRECTING:
- Joanna Wójcik, Joanna Rusinek, Jarosław Moździerz, Tomasz Godfryd, Grzegorz Wierzchowski
- SCRIPT:
- Joanna Wójcik, Joanna Rusinek, Tomasz Godfryd, Grzegorz Wierzchowski
- DOP:
- Tomasz Godfryd
- EDITOR:
- Jarosław Moździerz
- MUSIC:
- Paweł Romańczuk
- PRODUCTION:
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Studio Filmowe KRONIKA
Joanna Wójcik »
animator and graphic designer. She graduated from the animation studio in the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.Joanna Rusinek »
Joanna Rusinek was born on 06th July 1978 in Kraków. Between 1997 and 2000 she was a student of Teacher Training College at the Jagiellonian University. In 2001 she began her studies at the Graphics Faculty in the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. She took part in the Sokrates - Erasmus student programme spending four months at the École Estienne in Paris.
In 2006 she completed her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, graduating from the Animated Film studio of professor Jerzy Kucia. Her diploma was an animation entitled “Coincidence”.
This student film received a Jury award on Ofafa Festival in Kraków in 2006 and a special mention at the Animateka International Animation Film Festival in Lublana in 2007.
In 2011 she was one of the directors of the short documentary “The Emperor’s Toys”. This partly animated film was made thanks to the “First Document” programme.
Jarosław Moździerz »
Born in 1980 in Debica. Graduated from the Rzeszow University. He works as an independent editor, musician and sound effects specialist.Tomasz Godfryd »
photographer, cameraman. Graduated from the Film School in Lodz. He does snowboarding and parkour.Grzegorz Wierzchowski »
he was trained as an economist, now does lots of things not necessarily connected to his education.- Seattle Polish Film Festival, 2012 (screening)
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary FF, Canada, 2013 (screening)
- Plotzlich am Meer 2015, Germany, 2015 (screening)
- StopTrik 2012, Slovenia, 2012 (competition)
- DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2012 (competition)
- 12th St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films Beginning, Russia, 2013 (competition)