HORSE PORTRAIT

POLISH TITLE: PORTRET KONIA

Painterly impressions of the silhouette of a horse, its springy movements, the shape of the head, the fight of stallions. In addition to his own animation, the director presents studies on Leonardo da Vinci's horse, drawings by Pablo Picasso, Saul Steinberg and others, but also mythological figures such as a centaur and pegasus. It also shows how horses were painted by Japanese, Chinese and Paleolithic artists.

GENRE:
animation
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
6'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Witold Giersz
SCRIPT:
Witold Giersz
EDITOR:
Piotr Furmankiewicz
MUSIC:
Krzesimir Dębski
ANIMATION:
Witold Giersz, Piotr Giersz
PRODUCTION:
Piotr Furmankiewicz, FUMI Studio

Witold Giersz »

He was born in 1927. He is a visual artist, screenwriter and director of animated films who graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Film School in Łódź. Using various animation techniques he has made about sixty films, which include: Little Western, Red and Black and The Horse. In recognition of his work he has received over eighty awards at the festivals in Cannes, Cork, Edinburgh, Oberhausen and Krakow to name just a few.