“You can draw anything and bring every idea, every fantasy to life. The only limit is our imagination. This is how I create my films, and if you want, I will teach you the same.” – says Mariusz Wilczyński.
As every year, we warmly invite young creators, artists, illustrators, and art school students to join the Animation Group, which will be working during the ten-day audiovisual workshops – the Film Spring Open Workshops. The workshops will be led by your favorite mentor, painter, set designer, and animated film director – Mariusz Wilczyński.
I predict, just like before, that some participants will have their own ideas, and we will work on them together. For those looking for inspiration, I have already prepared a set of several of the most beautiful HAIKU.
Participants will have the opportunity to work on their projects using a technique of their choice and based on their own scripts, receiving feedback from the Master of animation. You will have a rare opportunity to interact with a great artist and co-create the unique creative atmosphere of the group.
Before the start of the Workshops, there will be 3 online sessions. The first one is already on 09.09.2025. Participants will be able to prepare their film scripts in advance, which they will realize during the Film Spring Open 2025. Please send your applications to: biuro@filmspringopen.eu
To take part in the Animation Group, register for the Film Spring Open Workshops, which will take place from 07 to 16 October 2025 in Krakow!
Mariusz Wilczyński: Polish animation director, performer, painter, professor at the Film School in Łódź. He learned the art of animation himself and has been making his own animated films since 1996. He had retrospectives of his films at the Museum of Modern Art MoMA in New York (2007), at the International Forum in Tokyo (2014), at the National Museum in Warsaw (2018) and in other places. His full-length animated film entitled “Kill it and leave this town”, on which he had been working for 14 years, had its world premiere in February 2020, the of. Currently, the artist is working on a new full-length animated film under the working title “Come to my funeral in a red dress”, the premiere of which is planned for 2027.
In 2007, the New York Times called Mariusz Wilczyński “one of the most important contemporary creators of artistic animation.”
Szymon Wołek – graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he studied animated film. Author of animated promotional spots for the National Museum in Krakow and the Royal Castle in Warsaw, as well as the short animations Moje słońce (My Sun) and Mała kropla (A Little Drop). Co-founder of the Rzeczy collective.
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