Directing
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…
Known For
The Spinner · 1989The 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 16 · 1997Convention 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.
On the Beautiful Blue Danube · 1993On 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.
The Swan · 1990The Swan
1990
MovieAnimationMusic
A film miniature set to classical music by Camille Saint-Saëns, animated in loose matter with colored salt directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo. From the undefined matter, the figure of a dancing girl emerges, soon transforming into a swan. From the rippling water, the swan takes flight, then seamlessly transforms back into a girl. The girl's dance and the bird's flight intertwine. The girl is enchanted into a swan, the swan enchanted into a girl. Their shapes merge, creating a unity.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Romanze Andante · 1991Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Romanze Andante
1991
MovieAnimationMusic
Animation in loose matter (colored salts) directly under the camera by Aleksandra Korejwo. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Serenade in G major KV 525, performed by Polish Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk.
Carmen Suite · 1994Carmen 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 Torero · 1996Carmen 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 Habanera · 1995Carmen 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.
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