Ja Lubie Polske #1 • Identi_TY Animated Film Festival
From 21.05 to 25.05.2013
Careof continues its investigation into Italian and international audiovisual production through a process articulated in exhibitions, research projects, residency and study programs. With Identi_TY Animated Film Festival, the series of actions focused on languages, poetics, and protagonists of video concentrates on Polish production.
Identi_TY Animated Film Festival is an original showcase of 50 animated short films organized over five days. Each day approaches the theme by exploring different topics: from gender identity, to the observation of the city as a place for the formation of social identity, to the exploration of states such as loneliness and alienation, investigating family environments and everyday life contexts, as well as the interstices and the imperceptible hidden within the folds of reality.
In conceiving the project, Iwona Kaminska and Kinga Lewandowska drew inspiration from the film Maski (Le Maschere) by Piotr Karwas, for its particular use of languages – from traditional techniques borrowed from the world of puppetry to digital animation – for introspective research and the focus on the theme of identity in contemporary society. Presented in Milan during the festival, Maski, Golden Bear for Best Animated Film at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, explores the complex system of mechanisms that drive individuals to hide behind a mask.
Among the other works featured at the festival: Switez, directed by Kamil Polak, awarded at the 2011 Internazionale Animated Film Festival in Annecy and at the 51st Krakow Film Festival; I cori, directed by Viola Owls, a dreamlike and poetic tale of three generations of women that takes the form of a musical fable, featuring jazz pianist Leszek Mozdzer; Danny Boy directed by Marek Skrobecki, made using puppetry techniques; Sleepincord by Marta Pajek, invites the viewer on a surprising and unsettling journey through real and dreamed worlds; Droznik by Piotr Szczepanowicz offers an intimate image of a man and the small world around him; the musical-documentary film Miasto Plynie by Balbina Bruszewska tells what can be perceived from the windows of a house…; Krzyzowka dnia, music video by the famous Polish singer Monika Brodka, created by Krzysztof Skonieczny; the clip by Przemyslaw Adamski and Katarzyna Kijek for the song Pirate’s Life sung by the Irish group We Cut Corners.
The festival includes in-depth workshops with classes from Milan’s Art Academies.
Identi_TY Animated Film Festival represents the second stage of Ja Lubie Polske, a project exploring the Polish art scene that the Milan-based organization develops in 2013 through project presentations, video screenings, and residencies for artists and curators.
With the support of Comune di Milano and Fondazione Cariplo
Program
May 21 from 11:00 to 21:00
A dejected mechanic’s workshop – portraying the city, dynamic space.
Day dedicated to the theme of the city and its inhabitants, to friction, harmony, and the identities produced by their relationship, both on an individual and collective level.
Zofia Strzelecka, Dead City, 2004, 3’00”
Robert Proch, Virus / Wirus, 2009, 4’34”
Marcin Wojciechowski, Mental Traffic, 2008, 6’13”
Lukasz „Rusek” Rusinek, Pablopavo - Telehon, 2009, 3’07”
Katarzyna Kijek, Fleisch, 2007, 2’48”
Anna Blaszczyk, Inverno / Zima, 2011, 3’16”
Balbina Bruszewska, Il Bene, la Bellezza e la Verità / Dobro, piekno i prawda, 2011, 6’09”
Ewa Ziobrowska, Allegro, 2006, 5’30”
Stanislaw Furman, Nel giorno di San Vincenzo / Na Sw. Wincentego, 2011, 5’00”
Agata Gorzadek, Il sub / Nurek, 2011, 11’00”
Krzysztof Kiwerski, The Rolling Stones, 2013, 15’00”
Paulina Wyrt, Senza titolo / Bez tytulu, 2012, 1’00”
Monika Kuczyniecka, Fuga / Ucieczka, 2009, 3’28”
May 22 from 11:00 to 19:00
Just round the corner – touching upon the issue of individual identity and loneliness.
The second day of the festival addresses the theme of solitude, alienation, exclusion of individuals from social structures, as well as possible attempts to find one’s identity in the reality of a large metropolis.
Piotr Karwas, Le Maschere / Maski, 1998, 5’00”
Marta Pajek, Sleepincord / Snepowina, 2011, 13’38”
Piotr Szczepanowicz, Il capo stazione / Droznik, 2012, 11’30”
Krzysztof Baran, Conspire, 2010, 4’36”, music video
Kuba Gryglicki, Alter Ego, 2007, 6’56”
Zbigniew Czapla, Il Rituale / Rytual, 2010, 5’41”
Krzysztof Szafraniec, Vino / Wino, 2010, 9’17”
Katarzyna Kijek & Przemek Adamski, Pirate’s Life, 2011, 2’28” • music video
Robert Sowa, Sequenza / Sekwens, 2007, 7’45”
May 23 from 11:00 to 19:00
A bakery of a silent woman – portraying the identity of sex and female and male roles.
Day dedicated to gender issues, sexual identity, and problems related to social roles of men and women.
Michal Socha, Chick / Laska, 2008, 5’06”
Magdalena Parczewska, Bejbe, 2006, 3’12”
Malgorzata Wojtkowiak, Non fai più il bagno per me / Juz nie kapiesz sie dla mnie, 2011, 2’05”
Izabela Plucinska, Pomeriggio / Afternoon, 2012, 3’39”
Wioletta Sowa, I ritornelli / Refreny, 2007, 13’09”
Izabela Bartosik-Burkhardt, Agnese / Agnieszka, 2012, 10’00”
Malgorzata Bosek, Dokumanimo, 2007, 8’22”
Krzysztof Skonieczny, Brodka - Cruciverba del giorno / Krzyz ówka dnia, 2011, 3’28”, music video
Robert Proch, Galleria / Galeria, 2010, 4’40”
Eliza Plocieniak- Alvarez, Mikromusic – Occhio / Oczko, 2011, 3’50”, music video
Chris Lavis & Maciej Szczerbowski, Madame Tutli Putli, 2007, 17’21”
May 24 from 11:00 to 21:00
A sunken obelisk – analysing individual identity viewed through historical events.
This section of the festival tells individual identity through the history of cities and analyzes the impact of cultural heritage on the identity of modern societies.
Damian Nenow, La città di rovine / Miasto ruin, 2010, 5’00”
Zbigniew Czapla, La scatola di carta / Papierowe pudelko, 2011, 8’57”
Krzysztof Kiwerski, Testimone 1919 – 2004 / Swiadek 1919 – 2004, 2008, 10’31”
Tomasz Baginski, Storia animata della Polonia / Animowana historia Polski, 2010, 8’00”
Marcin Wasko, Undo, 2003, 2’52”
Kamil Polak, Switez (La città perduta di Switez) / Switez, 2010, 20’00”
Robert Sowa, Meine Heimat, 2012, 4’30”
Magdalena Osinska, L’Armadio di Zbigniew / Szafa Zbigniewa, 2010, 15’00”
May 25 from 15:00 to 21:00
A gray city street – exploring the theme of individual exclusion and alienation.
The last day focuses on films that address the theme of the urban “gray zone,” often forgotten in social discourse as it is considered marginal.
Marek Skrobecki, Danny Boy, 2010, 10’02”
Balbina Bruszewska, La Città Naviga / Miasto Plynie, 2009, 14’54”
Natalia Brozynska, Shivering Trunks / Drzace Traby, 2010, 3’30”
Lukasz „Rusek” Rusinek, R. U. T. A – Frustare i Signori / Z batogami na Panów, 2011, 58”, music video
Wojtek Wawszczyk, Topo / Mysz, 2001, 7’33”
Beniamin Szwed, Rosa Alba, 2011, 7’47”
Paulina Majda, Due passi indietro... / Dwa Kroki za…, 2010, 8’00”
Pawel Kryszak, B-1033, 2009, 5’24”
Bartek Kulas, Millhaven, 2010, 6’50”
Bio
Iwona Kaminska Gosk is dedicated to the dissemination of cinematic language. In recent years, she has participated in the organization of the Sputnik Russian Film Festival (Poland, Warsaw) and the Wisla - Polish Film Festival (Russia, Moscow). She works for the Five Flavours Film Festival focused on Asian cinema, and for the Autumn Jazz Festival dedicated to jazz music (Poland, Bielsko-Biala). Currently, she is involved in the Movie Therapy initiative, which combines film, education, and psychology with the film projects of the Wajda School.
Kinga Lewandowska holds a degree in creative psychopedagogy, arts, and computer graphics. Her interests focus on cinema. For years, she has participated in the organization of the New Horizons IFF (Poland, Wroclaw): a film festival in Poland considered one of the most important in Central Europe, presenting innovative works from around the world and opening new horizons in cinematic language. She also works for the American Film Festival (Poland, Wroclaw), dedicated to promoting contemporary American cinema. She collaborates with Arteria - Art Foundation in assisting the organization of the Five Flavours Film Festival.
