by Anna Blaszczyk
Avventura | Poland | 2014 | HD | 8 min.
Date friday 3 july
Location Giardini del Castello - ESTE (PD), via Giuseppe Garibaldi
An animated short film based on a pastoral from “Pastorals and Carols with melodies”, published in Cracow in 1843. Three Kings: naive Gaspar, shy Melchior and nervous Balthasar embark on a journey following the light of the Star… The film refers to a biblical parable but it’s free of pathos – first of all it’s a tale about the adventures of the three men.
Anna Blaszczyk is a film director, character animator, script-writer, and illustrator. She was born 1981 in Lodz and graduated from Polish National Film Theater and Television School in Lodz. Her film debut was CARACAS , short animation that’s been awarded at several film festivals (Grand Prix BALKANIMA in Belgrad, first prize at International Festival of Animation Films BIMINI in Riga, Special Prize Filmfest Dresden 2007, Grandprix Sopot Film). She then attended a European Animation Masterclass in Halle (Germany) where she’s directed NANNYLESS ( Weimar Unicato Awards 2007, Kurzsuechtig 2007 Leipzig). She took part to several editions of the European Exchange Forum – Perspectives for Animated Film in Dresden. She student at the HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam ( DAAD scholarship) where she directed another animated short, RETURN (co-produced by Polish Oscar –winning studio – Se-ma-for Film Production ). She's author of visuals for international music festival OPEN'ER 2008 and directed the music video-clip SZARE MIRAZE (Polish cult band Kora) nominated for Yach 2008 Award In 2009 she’s been character animator of Polish animation movie GEORGE - THE HEDGEHOG. She is also a book and press illustrator. Her works have been published by weekly magazine WPROST, as well as art magazine LAMP, with exhibitions at the Bologna Children Book Fiere 2008 and at the Berlin Consumed Society Exhibition.
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