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ESTERHAZY
ESTERHAZY
Poland/Germany 2009, Animation, 25’
director: Izabela Plucińska
script: Izabela Plucińska, Anna Jadowska
DoP: Izabela Plucińska, Bernadette Paaßen
filmediting: DirkSchreier
animation: Izabela Plucińska, Genia Gostrer,
Kirill Abdrachmanov, Markus Grysczok
prod. design: Agata Rojek, Izabela Plucińska
VFX: Markus Bledowski, Robert Kern music: Max Knoth, Marcin Oleś
sound: Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński cast: Maciej Stuhr, Maria Peszek, Wiktor Zborowski, Borys Szyc, Roma Gąsiorowska production: Donten&Lacroix Films, Maria Blicharska i Monika Sajko-Gradowska
co-production: Claytraces, TVP S.A.
film co-financed by: Polish Film Institute, MEDIA, Medienboard, Defa Spectrum, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film
“Berlin without a wall is no longer as snug” – as one protagonist of this play clay animation film shall regret fully remark, witnessing the revolutionary changes of 1989 in Europe. It is a story of a bunny from Vienna who, upon his arrival in Berlin, finds paradise in the no-man’s land between the walls, as well as the love of his life, which – he hopes – will allow him to improve the genetic makeup of the crumbling aristocratic lineage he belongs to. Adapted from a children’s book written by Irene Dische and Hans Magnus Enzensberger, the filmtells the story of a recent past, which for some has brought long-awaited freedom, and for others disappointment and a longing for the former system, commonly known as ‘ostalgia’. Merging detailed realism with surrealism, Plucińska animates the mascot of the united Berlin to perversely and without prejudice look back at the events from 20 years ago.
Izabela Plucińska, born in 1974 in Koszalin. She studied animation at the Polish National School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź, graphics and design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź and at the Film & Television Academy (HFF) “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam. Among her many clay animations, the most successful was Jam Session (2005), honoured with numerous awards including the Silver Bear at the Berlinale for Best Short Feature Film. She currently lives in Berlin where she established her own production company Claytraces and she is making another animated movies.
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