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World Festival of Animated Film /
5 to 10 June 2023
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Le dictionnaire de Joachim / Joachim's Dictionary

POLAND 5: WALERIAN BOROWCZYK - 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

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Le dictionnaire de Joachim / Joachim's Dictionary


Walerian Borowczyk

France / 1965 / 9' 0''



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Saturday, 10. 06.,
Tuškanac Cinema, 17:30 h


Synopsis


Based on a sparse, singular design by Laurence Demaria (Ligia Borowczyk), Joachim defines twenty six words each beginning with a different letter from the alphabet. Borowczyk offers a succession of visual definitions which suggest a doomed attempt at mastering the absurdities of the world. Frequently hilarious, Joachim’s Dictionary is Borowczyk at his most anarchic.

Walerian Borowczyk


Master craftsman, dadaist prankster and unrepentant sensualist, Walerian Borowczyk (1923 - 2006) and his films have yet to be both fully discovered and appreciated. Having relocated to France during the late 1950s, Borowczyk produced a succession of startling, often comic short films that were as innovative as they were provocative. Not only was Borowczyk a trailblazer for fine artists working in film, but he also brought a keen, painterly eye to framing and editing objects, animals and bodies. Often, Borowczyk would place special emphasis on props, which often play vital roles in his highly visual approach to storytelling. A master at marrying film to both classical and electronic music, Borowczyk’s approach to cinema harked back to both the silent days and even pre-cinema. A parodic, sense of earthy humour masks Borowczyk’s distinctly moral sensibility, eager to satirise the corruption of institutions, whether they be feudal, clerical or bureaucratic. Prepare to be dazzled.

 

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Walerian Borowczyk


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POLAND 5: WALERIAN BOROWCZYK - 100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY