From 1st to 3rd July, ESAD - College of Art and Design Matosinhos and Batalha Centro de Cinema will host the Panorama of Polish Animation - Based on Films by Students and Teachers from the National School of Cinema, Television and Theatre in Łódź.

The Polish Animation Panorama is an initiative of the Łódź National Film, Television and Theatre School, which includes workshops led by its prestigious teachers and students, film screenings, meetings with directors and an exhibition that will be on show at the ESAD's Gallery until 30th of July.

Programme
1 July
10:00 - Opening - Room 0.03
10:30 - 13:00 - ESAD Workshop: Different Types of Animation with Aleksandra Chrapowicka
14:00 - 17:30 - ESAD Workshop: Classical Animation with Aleksandra Chrapowicka

2 July
10:00 - 13:00 - ESAD Workshop: Stop Motion, Cut-out Animation and Other Materials with Aleksandra Andrzejewska
14:00 - 16:00 - ESAD Workshop: Painted Animation with Zuzanna Heller
16:00 - 18:00 - Animated Film Session - ESAD Auditorium

3 July
10:00 - 13:00 - ESAD Workshop: Animation with Plasticine with Agnieszka Popińska
15:00 - 18:00 - Animation Film Session + Q&A Session with Filmmakers - Batalha Cinema Centre (Room 2), Porto

2 — 30 July
Exhibition at the ESAD Gallery

The Panorama of Polish Animation presents around 30 animated films created by students and teachers over more than 30 years of the faculty's existence. The selection includes internationally recognised works such as Ab Ovo (real. Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi), Kigo (real. Izumi Yoshida), I Am Here (real. Julia Orlik), Headprickles (real. Katarzyna Miechowicz) and There Are People in the Forest (real. Szymon Ruczyński). The programme also includes lesser-known but equally captivating works, revealing the diversity of voices and approaches within the school.

As well as student films, the programme includes works made by teachers, who often take on the role of artistic supervisors. These include Hipopotamy by Piotr Dumała, Rain by Piotr Milczarek, It Is Quite True by Joanna Jasińska-Koronkiewicz, The Story of the Little Dog by Aleksandra Chrapowicka, Potatoes by Marcin Podolec and Thrown Away Book by Agata Gorządek.

This meeting brings together works by artists from different generations, created using various techniques and offering unique perspectives on the contemporary world.

This initiative by the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź is a project co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund, with support from the Honorary Patronage of Marshal of the Lodzkie Region Joanna Skrzydlewska, Casa da Animação and Batalha Film Centre.