SIGNUM

Impression on the topic of the cave painting – art based on simple, now highly sophisticated means of expression. In this painting one  observe artists striving to break the static drawings. Now thanks to the possibilities offered by the animation, one could fulfill their dream and give characters motion. Prehistoric artists painting suggest a plot of each episodes of film.

  • Genre: Animated
  • Running time: 14
  • Year: 2015
  • Color: kolorowy

Director: Witold Giersz

Script: Witold Giersz

DOP: Witold Giersz

Music: Krzesimir Dębski

Editing: Robert Rząca, Witold Giersz

Production company: Studio Animacji Witold Giersz, FunLine Animation Inc

About the director:

Witold Giersz

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:

55th Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2015 (competition)

8th Animator IAFF, Poland, 2015 (competition)

TOFUZI 2015 International Animation Festival, Georgia, 2015 (competition)

58th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany , 2015 (screening)

13th Tindirindis International Animated Film Festival, Lithuania, 2015 (Special Jury Award)

12th Animateka International Animation Festival, Slovenia, 2015 (screening)

AmDocs - American Documentary Film Festival 2016, USA, 2016 (competition)

40th International Animation Film Festival Annecy, 2016 (screening)

40th Annecy International Animation Festival, France, 2016 (screening)

9th Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016 (competition)

Kaohsiung Film Festival 2016, Taiwan, 2016 (competition)

Anima Mundi 2016 - International Animation Festival of Brazil, Brazil, 2016 (Best Animation Technique)

28th Istanbul International Short Film Festival, Turkey, 2016 (competition)

BeThere!2017 Corfu Animation Festival, Greece, 2017 (competition)

5th EU Short Film Festival, Canada, 2018 (screening)

31st Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2019 (screening)

Animatou - International Animation Film Festival 2019, Switzerland, 2019 (screening)