Aleksandra Korejwo

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Aleksandra Korejwo

Director, screenwriter, poet, painter, violinist, visual artist, and animator, Aleksandra Korejwo (born June 14, 1958 in Poznań, Poland) creates her films using her own unique animation technique, using loose matter (hand-colored salts, depending on the film's color palette), directly under the camera. She has received over 40 awards, distinctions, and nominations at national and international fes…

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The Blue CarThe Blue Car · 2017
The Blue Car
2017
MovieDramaAnimation
A young, poor East African boy faces the reality of running out of food and water while caring for his dying mother. But in his imagination, he travels the world in his favorite blue toy car to save her.
The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitThe Wonderful Ice Cream Suit · 1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
★ 7.01998
MovieComedyFantasy
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.
The SpinnerThe Spinner · 1989
The Spinner
1989
MovieAnimationMusic
A miniature film set to classical music. A cart drives down a gray city street. Behind the houses, instead of the sun, a spinning wheel emerges, from which a broken thread falls into a nearby puddle. A little girl runs down the street. Suddenly, she stumbles and falls into the puddle. Tears from the animated houses fall into the puddle. The drops of tears "revive" the thread, which transforms into a fairy-tale skein and weaves a new dress for the girl. A spinner with a spinning wheel appears and weaves colorful strands around everything. Flowers bloom in the windows of the houses, and the gray walls are covered with vivid colors. The girl, carried by the skein, soars above the houses of what is now a colorful town.
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 16Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 16 · 1997
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 16
1997
MovieAnimation
Article 16. Rights of the child. Right to protection of private, family and home life. 1. No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour and reputation. 2. The child has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Short film animated in loose matter (colored salts) directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo.
Carmen SuiteCarmen Suite · 1994
Carmen Suite
★ 7.31994
MovieMusicAnimation
A film miniature set to classical music, inspired by Georges Bizet's "Carmen" suite, orchestrated by Rodion Shchedrin, animated in loose matter (colored salts) directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo. The music is fully synchronized with the image. The film (first in a trilogy) tells the story of a gypsy caravan and Carmen's dreams of ideal love.
Carmen ToreroCarmen Torero · 1996
Carmen Torero
★ 6.21996
MovieAnimationMusic
A film miniature set to classical music. The Spanish landscape, allusively evoked on screen, is dominated by characteristic elements of Gaudí's architecture. From these elements emerges the arena, with the figure of a fighting bullfighter. The appearance of Carmen introduces a lyrical thread. A passionate love develops between her and the bullfighter. Utterly astounding, iridescent salt animation by Aleksandra Korejwo based around Bizet's Carmen, the third and final film in a trilogy.
Carmen HabaneraCarmen Habanera · 1995
Carmen Habanera
★ 7.01995
MovieAnimationMusic
A film miniature set to classical music, inspired by Georges Bizet's "Carmen" suite, orchestrated by Rodion Shchedrin, animated in loose matter (colored salt) directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo. The music is fully synchronized with the image. The sounds of the music awaken Carmen from her sleep. Her silhouette is illuminated by a nearby bonfire. In this expressive dance, elements of Andalusian gypsy folklore (flamenco) choreographically intertwine with the passionate symbolism of Carmen's gestures. It's the second film in a trilogy.
On the Beautiful Blue DanubeOn the Beautiful Blue Danube · 1993
On the Beautiful Blue Danube
★ 5.01993
MovieAnimationMusic
A film miniature set to classical music. On the banks of the Danube, a girl recalls moments spent with her beloved, especially the ball and the waltz to Strauss's music. Animation in loose matter (colored salts) directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo.

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