Kasia Zimnoch, Paweł Kleszczewski
A Polish duo of filmmakers and visual artists. Both MA graduates from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. In 2013, they established animation production studio Konik in Cavan, Ireland. Their works have been presented at over fifty international film festivals and arts festivals, winning awards and distinctions, including festivals: Fano in Italy, Clones in Ireland and Pilsen in Czech Republic. In 2018, they received prestigious “Young Poland” Bursary funded by Polish Culture and National Heritage Ministry. They were artists in residency in Sweden, Ireland, Estonia and Germany.
Past events
- 21.10.2023, 12:00 - 14:00, The National Museum in Szczecin, The Boundries of Cinema - KONIK STUDIO: timeline
- 17.10.2021, 15:00 - 17:30, Kino Zamek, West Pomerania Shorts
- 20.10.2023, 19:00 - 20:30, Kino Zamek, West Pomerania Shorts - Blok 1
- 22.10.2020, 17:00 - 19:00, EVENT ONLINE, West Pomerania Shorts
- 23.10.2020, 10:00 - 26.10.2020, 10:00, FILM ONLINE, West Pomerania Shorts | 10am, 21.10 - 10am, 26.10
- 24.10.2020, 10:00 - 26.10.2020, 10:00, FILM ONLINE, West Pomerania Shorts | 10am, 21.10 - 10am, 26.10
- 25.10.2020, 10:00 - 26.10.2020, 10:00, FILM ONLINE, West Pomerania Shorts | 10am, 21.10 - 10am, 26.10
- 13.06.2019, 18:00 - 20:00, INKU Inkubator Sektorów Kreatywnych, West Pomerania SHORTS 2019
Films
- The Creation11’
In the beginning there was nothing but the endless sea. On this sea, in a boat, God was sailing. One day, from his reflection, out of sea depths the devil emerged. Soon after they started to create the world together, quickly falling into conflict, which continues to this day. “The Creation” is the first animation depicting the Slavic myth of creation. The screenplay was based on folk stories as well as on reconstructions of prominent historians and culture researchers. The film was made by a team of two people using the paint-on-glass animation technique.
read more - Babel5'
Inspired by Stefan Lindemann music piece “Intrada E Danza,” the video shows a story of pilgrims who want to reach the top of Holy Mountain inhabited by God himself; as it turns out, it is not an easy trip….
- Story about why devil limps / Ajtia o tym, dlaczego diabeł kuleje6
A long, long time ago, in the meadows of paradise, God was grazing his sheep. The devil grazed his goats nearby and wanted to take the sheep from God. The plot of the story is based on folk tales explaining this incredibly important fact from the devil’s life.
- In The Beginning Was Water20'
„In The Beginning Was Water" to film animowany, który jest naszą interpretacją irlandzkich podań o początku rzeki Shannon, oraz mitu o łososiu mądrości (irl. bradán feasa).The girl goes on a mystical trip expressed in the search for Salmon of Knowledge, but the search for wisdom is not a safe journey.