Studio Miniatur Filmowych

From cowboys to cannons, diving to racing, perhaps nothing can stop this stuntman

Polish animated short film that uses unconventional film techniques such as cut-out, drawing, filming miscible fluids and scratched images. Also uses non-camera technique such as drawing directly on film. The film is a humorous lecture on the internal structure of a dachshund. Parodying popular lectures at the same time, it contains a message about the superiority of the products of living organisms' techniques and calls for respect for the environment.

Short animation by Alina Maliszewska about two lovers trying to kill themselves

An allegory of the hopeless relationship between a prisoner and his jailer, representing the dependence of mankind upon authoritarianism.

In a simple but powerful way, director Ryszard Czekala presents the horror that happened in Nazi concentration camps: prisoners’ dread, humiliation and lost humanity. Its directness and style is sometimes interpreted as a response to the trend of allegorical and philosophical filmmaking that dominated Polish animation in the 1960s.

A fantasy biography of Franz Kafka, bringing to life the writer's diaries and photographs.

A self-consciously Kafkaesque tale of a winged lonely man literally devoured by totalitarian rule.

An elderly traveler arrives on an alien planet. The natives greet him friendly. Cosmic virgins want to clone the guest so that each of them would have him for herself. The man from planet Earth manages to escape, but his clones remain where they are.

Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.

In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.

A sequel or second part to Dinozaury I, a polish educational cartoon about dinosaurs.

A man seated next to the body of his young wife thinks about their brief life together. Suicide has been the only escape for her... Dumala's technique creates a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere, entirely suitable for Dostoyevski's novel "A Gentle Spirit" on which it is based.

Kajetan, a dog and famous detective, and his assistant, Cat Makawity, try to solve the mystery of the director's disappearance and the problems of other creatures from the neighbourhood. Only the Secret of Marabou’s Code can stop Chameleon, a dangerous criminal.

The princes and princesses, according to the will of their father, King Fafala IV, try to defeat Captain Palemon, the king of the pirates. Will the bravery of the royal sons or the grace of the royal daughters defeat the famous pirate?

It is still one of the most popular Polish animated films. Servants prepare the table for a luxurious dinner party in a beautiful palace. Guests are gathering slowly. Suddenly they are surprised by an unexpected change of roles between the eater and the one who is eaten.

A man living a dream experience linked to memories of his childhood.