The 9th edition of the Carrefour des Images celebrates animation cinema from Tunisia and Poland. The programme of this year's festival revolves around productions from those two countries, featuring screenings, workshops and debates entirely dedicated to animation cinema, special effects, 3D and video games. The events include a retrospective of Marek Skrobiecki's work, a review of new talents, as well as a focus on the masters of the Se-Ma-For studio
In addition to the regular presentation of films and projects from French schools, the festival Carrefour de l'animation has recently expanded its programme by including an extensive overview of short films and a selection of long form films premieres (such as Crulic, Goodbye Mr Christie, Tatsumi or A Letter to Momo), empathising on independent, personal, bold and engaged cinema.
As a platform of presentation of all kinds of contemporary images produced with the use of the latest technologies, the Carrefour festival also offers a confrontation with past images, such as animated advertising, or the productions of the Se-Ma-For studio, that initiated a long tradition of Polish cinema and continues to inspire a whole new generation of brilliant filmmakers in Poland. In parallel, the festival also presents emergent cinema, through an homage to the recent Tunisian and Arabic revolutions portrayed via animation.
The numerous guests of this year's edition will participate in debates and forum combining students, confirmed professionals, big names of animation cinema such as Anca Damian, Marek Skrobecki, Zouhaier Mahjoub and Jean-François Laguionie, or video games, such as Philippe Ulrich. As to young talents, they will work in situ in front of the public: 22 teams gathered to create an animated cadavre exquis and a collective multimedia installation within four days. The programme also includes the Carrefour's main thread of relations between animated images, music and sounds, with a notable event: the second edition of the project CinéSon, the image that reads the sound. The collection gathers student films based on the same original soundtrack composed by Christophe Héral, at the initiative of the Carrefour de l'animation.
- 1st of December 2011 at 18:00.
Marek Skrobecki retrospective
Screening with the participation of the director, lengh : 105'.
Poland, animation 1988-2011, colour, 80' (35mm ad video).
Marek Skrobecki is considered as one of the best animation filmmakers in Poland. He specialises in traditional techniques using puppets, his body of works including Episode (1988), D.I.M. (1992), Ichtys (2005) and Danny Boy (2010), all festival laureates. A close collaborator of the Se-Ma-For studio, he participated in the animation of Peter and the Wolf by Suzie Templeton and co-directed a film on Chopin, the much anticipated Flying Machine (2011).
Detailed programme:
Epizod / Episode (1988), Tort Urodzinowy / Birthday Cake (1989), Ostatnia Kanapka / Last sandwich (1991), D.I.M. (1992), OM (1995), Ichthys (2005) and Danny Boy (2010), and fragments of Marchenbilder / Obrazki Z Bajek / Pictures from Fairy Tales (1998), Peter and the Wolf by Suzie Templeton (2009) and The Flying Machine (2011)
- 2nd of December 2011 at 17:00.
New Polish talents
Screening lengh : 90'.
Poland, animation, English subtitles, 2010-2011, colour & black & white, 80' (35mm and video).
Newcomers of Polish animation recently proved at numerous festivals how the genre is still flourishing today, following a long tradition established over six decades ago. From its powerful themes to the exquisite mastership of the technique, whether it is traditional puppet direction, hand drawn animation or computer generated technologies.
Detailed programme :
Bits and Species (U. Palusińska, 2010) ; Galeria (R. Proch, 2010) ; Underlife (J. Konopka, 2010) ; Every Girl Has A Boy (M. Kuczyniecka, 2011) ; Sleepincord (M. Pajek, 2011) ; Protozoa (A. Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, 2011) ; Who would have thought ? (E. Borysewicz, 2009) ; Gibbon's Island (M. Pakalska Bosek, 2010) ; Lumberjack (de P. Debski, 2011) ; Millhaven (B. Kulasa, 2010).
Also notable screenings: Paths of Hate (D. Nenow, 2011) included within the programmes of SIGGRAPH 2011 (Friday 2 December 2011 at 20:00) and Cartoon d'or (Sunday 4 December 2011 at 18:00).
- 3rd of December 2011 at 15:30.
The masters of the Se-Ma-For studio
Sscreening with the participation of Zbigniew Żmudki, president of Se-Ma-For, lengh : 120'.
Poland, animantion, English subtitles, 1958-1976, colour & black & white, 75' (35mm and video).
Founded in Lodz in 1947, the animation studio Se-Ma-For produces films in various techniques: drawing, stop motion and puppets. In the 1950s, the studio hires pioneer artist often associated with the "Polish school of poster art", including Jan Lenica and Walerian Borowczyk. After their exile in Eastern Europe, this movement keeps on living thanks to the work of Daniel Szczechura and Kazimierz Urbański, as well as younger authors such as Zbigniew Rybczyński and Piotr Dumała. The selection prepared by the Se-Ma-For studio displays the works of most of these artists.
Detailed programme : Attention, devil / Uwaga, diabeł (Z. Wasilewski, 1958) ; Dalliance / Igraszki (K. Urbański, 1962) ; Holiday / Święto (Z. Rybczynski, 1976) ; The man and the Angel / Człowiek i anioł (E. Sturlis, 1966) ; Graph / A Graph (D. Szczechura, 1966) ; Breakfast on the grass / Sniadanie na trawie (S. Lenartowicz, 1975) ; The bag / Worek (T. Wilkosz, 1967) ; Kosmogonia (D. Adamska-Strus, 1974) ; Exclamation mark / Point d'exclamation (S. Schabenbeck / H. Ryszka, 1967) ; Moon story (W. Haupe, H. Bielińska, 1955) ; Ondraszek (W. Kondek,1959)
With the help of the Polish Institute in Paris and the Se-ma-for Film Festival.
In partnership with the Festival Kinopolska 2011.
For the complete programme of Carrefour de l'animation go to: www.forumdesimages.com.
Source: press release