ONCE THERE WAS A KING

BYŁ SOBIE KRÓL

“Once There Was a King” is an interpretation of a lullaby based on a poem written by Polish poet Janina Porazinska. A boy, living with his parents in a small, wooden house sees planes flying overhead in formation. The planes are passing by silently, harbingers of evil. The plot has two layers. The literal illustration of the lullaby sang by boy’s mother becomes interwoven with his life.

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  • Genre: Animowany
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 5
  • Year: 2011

Director: Tytus Majerski

Script: Tytus Majerski

DOP: Tytus Majerski

Music: Maria Peszek

Editing: Tytus Majerski

Production company: Kolektyw Film

About the director:

Tytus Majerski

Tytus Majerski

A young Polish animator. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Lodz in 2002 and Polish National Film School in 2008. He is the author of short animated films “Passenger” and “Consumatum est”. He also collaborated on such projects as “The Flying Machine” by Martin Clapp, “Peter and the Wolf” by Suzie Templeton and “Switez” by Kamil Polak. 

At festivals:

ArtFilm Fest, Slovakia, 2012 (competition)

T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival 2012, Poland, 2012 (competition)

Guanajuato IFF 2012, Mexico, 2012 (competition)

Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy, France, 2012 (screening)

Reikäreuna Film Festival, Finland, 2012 (screening)

7th Vilnius Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2012 (competition)

Ars Independent International Film Festival, Poland, 2012 (competition)

Anim'est International Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2012 (competition)

28th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2012 (screening)

12th Lille Short Film Festival, France, 2012 (competition)

10th International Animated Film Festival TINDIRINDIS, Lithuania, 2012 (competition)

Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2012 (competition)

FILMETS Badalona Film Festival, Spain, 2012 (competition)

2. Filmfestival filmPOLSKA Munchen, 2012 (screening)

9th Animateka, Slovenia, 2012 (screening)

25th Premiere Plans International Film Festival, France , 2013 (competition)

8th Tehran Animation Film Festival, Iran, 2013 (competition)

23rd MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2013 (competition)

23rd MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering, Hungary, 2013 (screening)

11th Plein la Bobine Animated Film Festival, France, 2013 (competition)

12th Euganea Film Festival, Italy, 2013 (competition)

Animatou Animated Film Festival 2013, Switzerland, 2013 (competition)

5th International Animation Festival Chilemonos, Chile, 2014 (competition)

12th International Short Film Festival IN THE PALACE, Bulgaria, 2014 (screening)

17th Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico, 2014 (screening)

"The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Istanbul 2015, Turkey, 2015 (screening)

"The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Izmir, Turkey, 2016 (screening)

44th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France, 2022 (competition)