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
- COUNTRYI:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 6'
- YEAR:
- 2023
- COLOUR:
- kolorowy
- DIRECTING:
- Witold Giersz
- SCRIPT:
- Witold Giersz
- EDITOR:
- Piotr Furmankiewicz
- MUSIC:
- Krzesimir Dębski
- ANIMATION:
- Witold Giersz, Piotr Giersz
- PRODUCER:
- 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.
AT FESTIVALS:
- The Pigeon International Film Festival (PIFF) , 2025, Iceland, 2025 (Best Animated Short)
- Etiuda&Anima, 2024, Poland, 2024 (Special Mention)