Films by Bill Plympton
25 WAYS TO QUIT SMOKING (1989) This crazy short as inspired by a book proposal of Bill's entitled "101 Ways to Quit Smoking" and although the book never sold, this film has gone on to be this biggest moneymaker. A few of the demonstrated smoking "cures" – ear a hear-seeking missile hat, hire a sumo wrestler to jump on your head, and use a flamethrower as a lighter. Bill claims that his mother, who smoked for 40 years, quit after seeing this film.
ONE OF THOSE DAYS (1988) (7:50) What would it be like to live the most violent and accident- filled day imaginable? Through the clever use of P.O.V color-pencil animation, this short lets you experience the pain without feeling it.
GUARD DOG … 5':15" / 2004 This film was inspired by a dog I saw in the park barking at all these innocent objects. Why was this dog so angry at these harmless items? This film answers that mystery. The dog could also be seen as a metaphor for President Bush and his foreign policy.
Films by Marjut Rimminen
Trip to Eternity By Marjut Rimminen & Sakari Rimminen 2 minutes, 16 mm, 1972 Synopses: An actor is prepared for the final shot in this pastiche of filmmaking. Produced by Rimminen & Rimminen Awards: HONOURABLE MENTION at the 1973 Lubeck Film Festival A Film
URPO & TURPO Children's series, 35mm, 1996 Urrpo and Turpo Get Ill Synopses: Teddy bears Urpo and Turpo live on a bookshelf in the children's room. The bears are avaricious readers, particularly of the classics. It is these tales combined with the sharp-eared and inquisite bears' observations of everyday and domestic incidents and conversations that inspire shape and drive their adventures.
THE FROG KING 7 mins, 35 mm, 1989 Synopses:The Princess fails to keep her promise to be the Frogs best friend, to eat from the same plate and sleep in the same bed, after the Frog helped to retrieve the Princess's golden ball from the bottom of the pond. A winner of Magic Mirror fairy-table competition, 1988
Films by Kucia
THE RETURN 35mm/ 10'/ 1972 Producer: Studio Miniature Filmowych branch in Krakow Synopsis: Alone passenger travels in a train compartment looking of the landscape, he things of his childhood. His mind wanders back to the small town where he spent his days. Grand Prix – Festival International du Film Courte-Merage de Grenoble 1973/ Special Prize – 12th Melbourne Film Festival, Australia 1973 / Honorable Diploma – 13th Polish National Short Film Festival, Cracow, Poland 1973
REFLECTIONS 35mm/ 6'/1979 Producer: Studio Filmów Animowanych Krakow Synopsis: The remains of civilization by way of pleban elements are transposed and used in a perverted way to create a contemporary story. 12th International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, 1979 (Special Prize )/ 19th Polish National Short Film Festival, Cracow, Poland, 1979 (Bronze Lajkonik – Main Prize)/ 16th International Short Film Festival Cracow, Poland, 1979 (Golden Dragon – Special Prize)/ The Prize of the Polish Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, Poland, 1980/ 11th Review of Films on Art, Zakopane, Poland, 1980 (Golden Dragon – Special Prize)
PARADE 35mm/14'/ 1986 Producer: Studio Filmów Animowanych Krakow Synopsis: Unusually suggestive animation describes a detailed precise study of the pupation of the insect, showing at first the suffering of birth, only to be followed immediately after by the hard struggle for survival. Polish National Short Film Festival, Cracow, Poland, 1987 (Bronze Lajkoik – Main Prize)/ – International Film Festival, Oberhausen, West Germany 1987,(Main Prize)/ 5th World Animated Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria 1987, (Main Prize)/ Polish Animated Film Festival, Zamosc, Poland, 1988 (Main Prize)