“Danse macabre”





“Danse macabre” is an adaptation of medieval “dance of death” motif. It is also a graduation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Its characterised by purism that stems from my inclination for searching the simplest means of expression that would project the subject matter in a sufficient way. 
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DANSE MACABRE 

GENRE : animation
COUNTRY : Poland
RUNNING TIME : 5'
YEAR : 2013

DIRECTING/ANIMATION : Gosia Rżanek
MUSIC : Magda Grabowska
Aleksander Dębicz - piano; Ela Drozdowska - flute; Dominik Kosyrczyk; Jerzy Matysiak - clarinet; Dominika Paszkowska - oboe; Cezary Remisz - foboe
SOUND : Paweł Janułajtys

PRODUCTION : Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
mentor
Hieronim Neumann & Przemysław Adamski 



AT FESTIVALS:
29th Warsaw Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (screening)
43rd Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2014 (screening)
15th International Animation Festival Hiroshima, Japan, 2014 (screening)
9th Anim'est Animation Film Festival, Romania, 2014 (screening)
5th Cartón ISAFF, Argentina, 2015 (screening)
"The Fantastic Four" Central European Film Festival in Istanbul 2015, Turkey, 2015(screening)
Cinefondation Cannes Film Festival, France, 2013 (competition)
16th Ismailia International Film Festival, Egypt , 2013 (The Jury Prize in the Animation Competition)
Cinefiesta 2013, Puerto Rico, 2013 (competition)
World Festival of First Animations Primanima 2013, Hungary, 2013 (competition)
29th interfilm International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2013 (competition)
25th Trieste Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)
Jaipur International Film Festival, India, 2014 (competition)
30th IMAGINE Film Festival in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014 (competition)
17th Brooklyn International Film Festival, USA, 2014 (competition)
5th Fantastic Film Festival Bloody Weekend, France, 2014 (competition)
10th World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Bulgaria, 2014 (competition)
7th Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, France, 2014 (competition)
21st International Animated Film Festival KROK, Russia, 2014 (competition)
13th International Short and Independent Film Festival Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014(competition)
ANIMAC - Animation Film Festival of Catalunya, Spain, 2015 (competition)
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2015, Australia, 2015 (competition)







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A humoristic adaptation of a popular medieval theme "dance of death". A patchwork of symbols illustrates human passing. Following a three-legged Read More

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