
Directing
Zbigniew Kotecki
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and photographer. Since 1980, he has collaborated with the TV Studio of Animated Films in Poznań. Author and co-author of visual art projects, literary studies, and photography. He also creates and produces children's programs for Channel 1 of TVP SA.
Known for
Zosia received a puppy for her birthday. Much to Zosia's delight, the dog grows rapidly, causing the Mordziaks distress. To them, it's a large, dangerous giant. However, the kindhearted creatures overcome their fear and save the puppy at a critical moment. In gratitude, the dog protects them from a cat attack. Uncle Jeremi reads the Mordziaks a book about the adventures of Staś and Nel. Episode 3 from the Mordziaki series.
The Dangerous Giant
1995
NRZuzia lives with her Stepmother and her daughter Rózia. She works hard from dawn to dusk. However, the Stepmother decides to get rid of her and sends Zuzia into the forest in the winter to gather violets and strawberries. In a clearing in the forest, Zuzia meets the Twelve Months. December grants her request, and to the Stepmother's surprise, Zuzia returns home with violets and strawberries. The Stepmother sends Zuzia to gather gold. When Zuzia brings gold, she decides that next time Rózia will go to the Brothers of the Months and bring back even more gold. Rózia insults Grudzień and his brothers. The Stepmother and her daughters' greed are punished. Grudzień's brushwood turns into snakes. The Stepmother and Rózia flee, and Zuzia begins to manage her father's cottage alone. Based on the fairy tale by Janina Porazińska entitled 'About the Twelve Months'.
Twelve Months
2004
NRAn animated film for children and family audiences based on a simple, wise, and yet funny story by the outstanding Polish philosopher Leszek Kołakowski entitled " Who would like to cheer up an unlucky rhinoceros? ". In his tree nest in the savannah, a wise old Marabou stork tries to calm the young birds as they take their first flight. He decides to tell them why the Rhinoceros sitting under the tree is crying and has a compress on his bottom. It turns out that the Rhinoceros is very worried because he desperately wants to fly, but he can't and is ashamed to admit it. A certain ubiquitous Sparrow decides to teach him how to fly...
A Great Worry
2023
NRA film miniature for classical music inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The form of a luminous line following the rhythm and tempo of the music creates musical instruments suspended in space. The line runs through a city lit up by neon lights, tracing surreal, abstract shapes, only to transform them into dancing silhouettes a moment later. The sounds of the music change the intensity of the light from white and black to a full range of colors vibrating to the rhythm of the music.
Divertimento in D major KV 136. Presto
1991
The film presents the rich and complex personality of Jerzy Krawczyk, a painter from the city of Łódź. Through a fusion of artistic techniques and cinematic language, the short film functions as a metaphor for the perennial conflict between everyday life and the artist's creative vision. It is the director's debut feature.
A Collage Painted with a Brush
1989
NRThe protagonists of the film are three brothers: Eino, Aho and Laje. The brothers live from the cultivation of the family land. Eino works from dawn to night. Aho likes to spend time playing at a nearby inn. Laje once helps Eino, and once accompanies Aho. Once Aho gets cheated by playing dice and losing his family land. The brothers set off in search of a job. They reach a road fork. Eino wants to go left, Aho to the right, and Laje agrees once with one, once with the other brother. The brothers, unable to convince each other for their reasons, start a great quarrel.
The Biggest Quarrel
1999
Behind the camera
Zosia received a puppy for her birthday. Much to Zosia's delight, the dog grows rapidly, causing the Mordziaks distress. To them, it's a large, dangerous giant. However, the kindhearted creatures overcome their fear and save the puppy at a critical moment. In gratitude, the dog protects them from a cat attack. Uncle Jeremi reads the Mordziaks a book about the adventures of Staś and Nel. Episode 3 from the Mordziaki series.
The Dangerous Giant
1995
NRZuzia lives with her Stepmother and her daughter Rózia. She works hard from dawn to dusk. However, the Stepmother decides to get rid of her and sends Zuzia into the forest in the winter to gather violets and strawberries. In a clearing in the forest, Zuzia meets the Twelve Months. December grants her request, and to the Stepmother's surprise, Zuzia returns home with violets and strawberries. The Stepmother sends Zuzia to gather gold. When Zuzia brings gold, she decides that next time Rózia will go to the Brothers of the Months and bring back even more gold. Rózia insults Grudzień and his brothers. The Stepmother and her daughters' greed are punished. Grudzień's brushwood turns into snakes. The Stepmother and Rózia flee, and Zuzia begins to manage her father's cottage alone. Based on the fairy tale by Janina Porazińska entitled 'About the Twelve Months'.
Twelve Months
2004
NRAn animated film for children and family audiences based on a simple, wise, and yet funny story by the outstanding Polish philosopher Leszek Kołakowski entitled " Who would like to cheer up an unlucky rhinoceros? ". In his tree nest in the savannah, a wise old Marabou stork tries to calm the young birds as they take their first flight. He decides to tell them why the Rhinoceros sitting under the tree is crying and has a compress on his bottom. It turns out that the Rhinoceros is very worried because he desperately wants to fly, but he can't and is ashamed to admit it. A certain ubiquitous Sparrow decides to teach him how to fly...
A Great Worry
2023
NRAn animated film for children and family audiences based on a simple, wise, and yet funny story by the outstanding Polish philosopher Leszek Kołakowski entitled " Who would like to cheer up an unlucky rhinoceros? ". In his tree nest in the savannah, a wise old Marabou stork tries to calm the young birds as they take their first flight. He decides to tell them why the Rhinoceros sitting under the tree is crying and has a compress on his bottom. It turns out that the Rhinoceros is very worried because he desperately wants to fly, but he can't and is ashamed to admit it. A certain ubiquitous Sparrow decides to teach him how to fly...
A Great Worry
2023
NRA film miniature for classical music inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The form of a luminous line following the rhythm and tempo of the music creates musical instruments suspended in space. The line runs through a city lit up by neon lights, tracing surreal, abstract shapes, only to transform them into dancing silhouettes a moment later. The sounds of the music change the intensity of the light from white and black to a full range of colors vibrating to the rhythm of the music.
Divertimento in D major KV 136. Presto
1991
NRA film miniature for classical music inspired by the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The form of a luminous line following the rhythm and tempo of the music creates musical instruments suspended in space. The line runs through a city lit up by neon lights, tracing surreal, abstract shapes, only to transform them into dancing silhouettes a moment later. The sounds of the music change the intensity of the light from white and black to a full range of colors vibrating to the rhythm of the music.
Divertimento in D major KV 136. Presto
1991
The film presents the rich and complex personality of Jerzy Krawczyk, a painter from the city of Łódź. Through a fusion of artistic techniques and cinematic language, the short film functions as a metaphor for the perennial conflict between everyday life and the artist's creative vision. It is the director's debut feature.
A Collage Painted with a Brush
1989
The film presents the rich and complex personality of Jerzy Krawczyk, a painter from the city of Łódź. Through a fusion of artistic techniques and cinematic language, the short film functions as a metaphor for the perennial conflict between everyday life and the artist's creative vision. It is the director's debut feature.
A Collage Painted with a Brush
1989
NRThe protagonists of the film are three brothers: Eino, Aho and Laje. The brothers live from the cultivation of the family land. Eino works from dawn to night. Aho likes to spend time playing at a nearby inn. Laje once helps Eino, and once accompanies Aho. Once Aho gets cheated by playing dice and losing his family land. The brothers set off in search of a job. They reach a road fork. Eino wants to go left, Aho to the right, and Laje agrees once with one, once with the other brother. The brothers, unable to convince each other for their reasons, start a great quarrel.
The Biggest Quarrel
1999
