The five films selected here – classics of Polish animation – invite us to travel back and forth through time. Witold Giersz’s Tajemnica starego zamku echoes classic Disney animation while drawing on Sherlock Holmes motifs. A similarly mischievous suspense runs through Nieustraszeni pogromcy duchow, while Dyliżans – both from the cult series Two Cats and One Dog – reminds us that clashes of personality and absurd comedy remain timeless. Podróże w czasie – w krainie dinozaurów revives the childhood fantasy of stepping into the television screen, only to awaken relieved it was just a dream. The animated miniature Zabawka is a pure celebration of abstraction, equally accessible to children and adults. Each film opens up its own journey – historical, sentimental, intellectual – with echoes of Sherlock Holmes, Koko’s Earth Control 457 Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo. Absurdity meets slapstick, memories trigger new associations, and imagination runs at full speed.

All the films have been digitally restored by WFDiF – Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych. Magdalena Nowak-Gniadek

Podróże w czasie – W krainie dinozaurów (In the Land of Dinosaurs, Polonia/1965)
R.: Stefan Szwakopf. D.: 9’
Nieustraszeni pogromcy duchow (Fearless Ghostbusters, Polonia/1991) R.: Stefan Janik. D.: 9’
Dyliżans (Stagecoach, Polonia/1992) R.: Bogdan Nowicki. D.: 10’
Tajemnica starego zamku (The Mystery of the Old Castle, Polonia/1956) R.: Witold Giersz. D.: 12’
Zabawka (The Toy, Polonia/1988) R.: Aleksander Oczko. D.: 2’

Introduced by Magdalena Nowak-Gniadek (Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych)
From 6 years