Poland has nurtured one of the great world animation traditions, but many of the greatest works have been unavailable to global audiences. The Polish Film Institute shares a collection of short-work gems from the past 70 years, including everything from ‘60s “golden-era” pieces to today’s festival award-winners.

This program includes the shorts:

SPLINTERS (Jerzy Kucia, 1984, 9:38)
CZERWONE I CZARNE (RED & BLACK, Witold Giersz, 1963, 6:00)
PODRÓŻ (THE VOYAGE, Daniel Szczechura, 1970, 6:30)
OSTRY FILM ZAANGAŻOWANY, NON-CAMERA (A HARD-CORE ENGAGED FILM. NON-
CAMERA, 1979, 7:49)
TANGO (Zbigniew Rybczyński, 1980, 8:14)
AB OVO (Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, 2013, 5:18)
ZIEGENORT (Tomasz Popakul, 2013, 19:00)
FIGURY NIEMOŻLIWE I INNE HISTORIE II (IMPOSSIBLE FIGURES AND OTHER
STORIES II, Marta Pajek, 2016, 15:00)

A co-presentation with the Austin Polish Film Festival, the Polish Cultural Institute, and the Polish Film Institute. The 2017 Austin Polish Film Festival runs November 2-6.