UNDERLIFE

„Underlife” is a film inspired by “Kołysanka” (“Lullaby”) directed by Krzysztof Komeda, which employs metaphor to show the destructive influence that ancestors have on man and poses a question if we are able to liberate from it. It raises the universal issue of subconscious determinants which condition and define our lives. A baby carriage, which is the symbol of the time and place of birth, constitutes the leading motif of the film. It is both the place where we appear after coming to the world and an object which reminds us of our roots after years. It determines the cyclical nature of existence and combines the past and the future.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Animowany
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 8
  • Year: 2011

Director: Jarosław Konopka

Script: Jarosław Konopka

Music: Łukasz Feiner

Editing: Jarosław Konopka

Production company: TVP S.A., Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Se-ma-for

About the director:

Jarosław Konopka

Jarosław Konopka

born in 1970 in Lublin, Poland. He is multi-talented Polish author and director of auteur animated films in stop-motion (e.g. “Underlife” inspired by the famous “Lullaby” of composer Krzysztof Komeda). His experience also includes working as a cinematographer, animator, editor, as well as production designer. He graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Krakow (faculties of graphic arts, painting and intermedia – animation with Jerzy Kucia) and for many years has been working with classic easel painting, photography. Later, he decided to focus on film production. Since that time Jaroslaw Konopka has been involved in the production of many animated films. He also became a valued animator of stop-motion series for the pre-school viewers.

At festivals:

6th anim'est international animation film festival, Romania, 2011 (screening)

CutOut Fest, Mexico, 2011 (competition)

Brest European Short Film Festival, France, 2011 (screening)

Animateka Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2011 (competition)

2nd International Izmir Animation Festival, Turkey , 2012 (competition)

10th Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, 2012 (screening)

Open Cinema Film Festival, Russia, 2012 (competition)

Animaevka International Animated Film Festival, Belarus, 2012 (Crystal Pencil in Best Visual Images Cathegory)

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

MUMIA Underground Animation Festiva Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2012 (competition)

London International Animation Festival, United Kingdom, 2012 (competition)

PRIMANIMA World Festival of First Animations, Hungary, 2012 (screening)

2nd Brasil Stop Motion Film Festival, Brazil, 2012 (competition)

Fontainebleau European Short Film Festival 2013, France, 2013 (screening)