{"id":71492,"date":"2025-09-29T20:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/?post_type=kff_archiwum&#038;p=71492"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:30:14","slug":"dragon-of-dragons-2025","status":"publish","type":"kff_archiwum","link":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/en\/archiwum\/dragon-of-dragons-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon of Dragons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie to Receive the Dragon of Dragons AwardSmok\u00f3w 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Winner of the Palme d\u2019Or in Cannes, the French C\u00e9sar, and both the Silver and Golden Dragon at the Krak\u00f3w Film Festival, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie is set to return to the capital of Lesser Poland. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie is going to receive the Dragon of Dragons and lead a masterclass The occasion will be accompanied by a retrospective of his remarkable, painterly films.<\/strong>animacji.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>The Krak\u00f3w Film Festival Programme Council has selected French animation maestro Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie as the recipient of the 2025 Dragon of Dragons award. For six decades, Laguionie has continued to explore new compositional possibilities in animated storytelling. His early films \u2013 Noah\u2019s Ark (Silver Dragon, 1967) and A Random Bomb (Golden Dragon, 1969) \u2013 earned recognition at the Krak\u00f3w Film Festival, while Rowing Across the Atlantic (1978) secured him the Palme d\u2019Or at Cannes. His latest feature, A Boat in the Garden, is set to premiere this year.<\/em> \u2013 explains <strong>Tadeusz Lubelski, Chair of the KFF Programme Council.<\/strong> &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The oneiric journeys of Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie<br>Dagmara Marcinek<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie\u2019s cinema is an invitation to travel into the unknown. It can be done both literally \u2014 since the protagonists of his films traverse mountains, deserts and oceans, lands full of surprising adventures and fantastic characters; and figuratively \u2014 as Laguionie\u2019s films are surreal journeys through unexplored corners of imagination, where the boundaries between the real and the unreal are virtually non-existent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-oneiric-journeys-of-jean-francois-laguionie.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The oneiric journeys of Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguioni&#8221; by Dagmara Marcinek.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"63596\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smok-smokow-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smok-smokow-5.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smok-smokow-5-729x410.jpg 729w, https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/smok-smokow-5-492x277.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Born in 1939 in Besan\u00e7on, France, <\/strong>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie initially pursued drawing, painting, and theatre. He studied stage design at the \u00c9cole de la rue Blanche in Paris before turning to acting. In 1963, he met Paul Grimault (1904\u20131994), one of France\u2019s most celebrated animation directors. That encounter prompted Laguionie to alter the course of his artistic development. Grimault became his mentor, providing him with studio space and imparting not only the technical aspects of animation but also the principles of constructing narratives. Most importantly, he demonstrated that animation need not be confined to merely entertainment; it could also serve as a profound artistic medium exploring human emotions and experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dragon of Dragons - Krakow Film Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dragon of Dragons - Krakow Film Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie to Receive the Dragon of Dragons AwardSmok\u00f3w 2025 Winner of the Palme d\u2019Or in Cannes, the French C\u00e9sar, and both the Silver and Golden Dragon at the Krak\u00f3w Film Festival, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Laguionie is set to return to the capital of Lesser Poland. 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