A Little Western

Poland1960animated6'Retrospektywa Witolda Giersza (2017)

Full of witty gags and surprising turns of action, the film is a parody of a „big screen” western. The characters are three cowboys and their horses that came into being from a drop of paint dripping of a brush. The 1st Wawel Dragon Award in the animated film category – ex aequo – at the 1st National Documentary, Educational and Animated Film Festival in Krakow (1961) as well as prestigious prizes at, among others, Cork, Leipzig, Melbourne, Necochea, Oberhausen, San Francisco and Turin.

directed by: Witold Giersz
He was born in 1927. He is a visual artist, screenwriter and director of animated films who graduated from the Film Directing Faculty of the Film School in Łódź. Using various animation techniques he has made about sixty films, which include: Little Western, Red and Black and The Horse. In recognition of his work he has received over eighty awards at the festivals in Cannes, Cork, Edinburgh, Oberhausen and Krakow to name just a few.
cinematography: Aleksander Lipowski
script: Witold Giersz
music: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
sound: Jan Radlicz
production: (Studio Miniatur Filmowych)
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