Walls
Poland1987animated8'Retrospektywa Piotra Dumały (2021)
Electrifying expression and the gloomy Kafkaesque atmosphere of entrapment mark this sombre story about a man and his disconsolate life. The protagonist is imprisoned in a room without windows or doors. His eyes are closely watching the walls, his ears catch every murmur. The chances of breaking free are nil. Extraordinarily sophisticated black and white graphics and a suggestive score consistent with claustrophobic images in which Przemysław Gintrowski’s poignant music plays the leading part, next to natural effects and drama-enhancing silence, brought Walls a true cascade of festival trophies.
- directed by
- Piotr Dumała
Piotr Dumała – animated and feature film director and graphic artist. He was born in 1956. His films, including A Gentle Creature (1985), Freedom of the Leg (1988), Franz Kafka (1991) and Crime and Punishment (2000) won over 70 awards at international festivals (among others, in Kraków, Zagreb, Annecy). In 2009 he made his feature debut The Forest. Dumała teaches at the Film School in Łódź, Konstfack College in Eksjo and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- cinematography
- Grzegorz Świetlikowski
- script
- Piotr Dumała
- animated by
- Piotr Dumała
- music
- Przemysław Gintrowski
- sound
- Mieczysław Janik
- editing
- Henryka Sitek
- production
- (Studio Małych Form Filmowych Se-Ma-For)
- Photo
