Between Picture and Sound. Jerzy Kucia

Poland2022documentary33'Panorama polskiego dokumentu (2023)

His name must be mentioned in any conversation about animated film. Jerzy Kucia is a film director, pedagogue and a total artist. He has received numerous international awards including the Dragon of Dragons for his contribution to the development of international animation. His films have been screened and awarded at the Krakow Film Festival, beginning with his debut animation "The Return" (1972) to his latest work "Fugue for Cello, Trumpet and Landscape" (2014). Due to his emphasis on visual aspects, he has been dubbed the Bresson of Polish animation. Piotr Dumała, Marta Pajek and Marcin Giżycki, among others, will speak about how Kucia’s art has influenced and inspired them.

directed by
Maria Pisarek, portret reżysera
Maria Pisarek

Television journalist, screenwriter and documentary film director. Graduate of Theatre Studies at the Faculty of Polish Philology of the Jagiellonian University. Since 1995 she has worked for TVP Kraków, making cyclical television programmes and documentaries for TVP3, TVP Polonia, TVP Historia.

cinematography
Maciej Mroziewski
script
Maria Pisarek
protagonists
Jerzy Kucia
sound
Piotr Pelechacz, Maciej Fornal, Tomasz Sikora
editing
Artur Wojewoda
production
(TVP S.A. Oddział w Krakowie), (Małopolskie Centrum Kultury Sokół w Nowym Sączu)
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Kadr z filmu Between Picture and Sound. Jerzy Kucia