NEXT DOOR
POLISH TITLE: ZA ŚCIANĄ
‘A story of a gentleman who quietly lives in a small flat. His time passes unnoticed.’, says the director describing her study. But this collage of animation and acting is not so orderly and quiet because next door...
- GENRE:
- animation
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 9'
- YEAR:
- 2005
- DIRECTING:
-
Marta Pajek
- SCRIPT:
-
Marta Pajek
- DOP:
-
Marta Pajek, Rafał Śmierzchalski
- MUSIC:
- Tomasz Chołoniewski
- PRODUCTION:
- Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Pracownia Filmu Animowanego
is an award-winning Polish animation director. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, she studied at the Animated Film Studio headed by legendary animator, Jerzy Kucia. Pajek later trained under the tutorship of Estonian animator, Priit Pärn at the Turku Arts Academy in Finland. Pajek's cinema style is shaped by an interest in the arts, graphic design and also dance, psychology, spirituality and human experiences. She has directed several short animation films including
After Apples (2004),
Nextdoor (2005) and the award-winning
Sleepincord (2011).
In 2016, she released the first film (and second part) of the trilogy.
Impossible Figures and other stories II (2016) was an instant critical success, winning more than 20 awards including Grand Prize at the Stuttgart Animation Festival and GLAS animation festival.
Impossible Figures and other stories III debuted at Cannes in 2018 and won several international awards.
Pajek’s most recent film,
Impossible Figures and other stories I (2021), the first and final part of the trilogy, is a co-production between Animoon and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). This is Pajek’s first collaboration with the NFB.
