PROMOTION OF JERZY ARMATA'S BOOK: "ANIMA. MASTERS OF POLISH ANIMATION"

WHERE: Academy of Fine Arts - Lecture hall 1, plac Jana Matejki 13, 31-157 Kraków
WHEN: 17 October 2025 (Friday), 3:30 PM

Author: Jerzy Armata
Publishers: Ewelina i Eugeniusz Gordziejukowie (Egofilm)
Warsaw 2025
bilingual edition

/ FREE ADMISSION /

ANIMA. MASTERS OF POLISH ANIMATION

Is a publication that comprehensively presents the achievements of Polish auteur animation – from historical and genre perspectives – by discussing the work of its most outstanding representatives, from the times of Jan Lenica and Walerian Borowczyk to the youngest artists who already enjoy a well-established position on the global animation scene, with Marta Pajek being a prime example.

The book contains 50 essays discussing the artistic output of the greatest masters of Polish animation (+ an epilogue devoted to up-and-coming young artists with modest output to date). It is accompanied by 4 DVDs with 53 films created by the artists featured in the book.

”At the beginning of this century, I produced a 36-episode documentary series for Polish Television titled Anima, devoted to the output of the most outstanding Polish animation artists. This album, containing an analysis of the leading fifty artists (to be precise – there are 52 of them), complemented with a selection of their best films (to be precise – there are 53 films), is an extension of that concept”, writes the book’s author in the introduction. The essays devoted to the masters of Polish animation are preceded by an Intro (A Bit of History) and concluded with an Outro (Towards Mastery). The book also includes a documentary section (Biofilmographies / Bibliography / Discography / Filmography).

Jerzy Armata

Film and music critic. Member of the Polish Film Academy. Curator and jury member at numerous film festivals. Member of the Board of the Literature Section of the Polish Filmmakers Association, the Polish section of FIPRESCI (the International Federation of Film Critics). Author of numerous press articles, television and radio programs, as well as the author of over a dozen and co-author of several dozen books, primarily on film-related topics.

Winner of awards from the Polish Film Institute, the Society of Authors ZAiKS, the Platinum Goats at the International Young Audience Film Festival “Ale Kino!” in Poznań. Awarded the Bronze (2013) and Gold (2025) Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture. In 2021, he was honored with the Polish Filmmakers Association Award for outstanding artistic achievements and his contribution to the development of Polish cinema.