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The Lost Town of Switez

2010 19 min
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In 19th-century Poland, a traveller loses his way in the forest one stormy night. He witnesses the last days of a medieval town under attack by ruthless warriors. The grandiose tale of The Lost Town of Switez is carried along by the music of Irina Bogdanovitch. Kamil Polak has used advanced computer-assisted animation techniques to create a rich visual universe inspired by religious iconography and Polish romantic painting. The film was screened at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival.

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In 19th-century Poland, a traveller loses his way in the forest one stormy night. He witnesses the last days of a medieval town under attack by ruthless warriors. The grandiose tale of The Lost Town of Switez is carried along by the music of Irina Bogdanovitch. Kamil Polak has used advanced computer-assisted animation techniques to create a rich visual universe inspired by religious iconography and Polish romantic painting. The film was screened at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival.

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  • direction
    Kamil Polak
  • script
    Kamil Polak
  • music
    Irina Bogdanovich
  • producer
    Stanislaw Dziedzic
    Zbigniew Zmudzki
    Kamil Polak
    Eliza Oczkowska
  • co-producer
    Luc Toutounghi
    Denis Friedman
    Pawel Partyka
    Marcin Lunkiewicz
  • executive producer
    René Chénier
    Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio
    Franck Malmin
    Neil Mundy
  • line production
    Halszka Janiszewska
    Francine Langdeau
  • associate producer
    Jakub Woroszylski
  • editing
    Kamil Polak
  • collaborative editing
    Jacek Rokosz
    Alexei Panfilov
  • 1st assistant director
    Jacek Rokosz
  • storyboard artist
    Kamil Polak
    Jacek Rokosz
    Piotr Milczarek
  • art design supervisor
    Jacek Rokosz
  • texture supervisor
    Dorota Kobiela
  • digital paint supervisor
    Dorota Kobiela
  • main painter
    Daniel Cybula
    Dominika Sadowska
  • painter
    Dawid Kawalec
    Marcin Zalewski
    Piotr Dominiak
    Jakub Kubiak
  • art design artist
    Arkadiusz Augustyniak
    Marcin Busko
    Paulina Majda
    Artur Malewski
    Piotr Milczarek
    Marta Pszonak
  • CGI supervisor
    Szymon Kapeniak
  • animation supervisor
    Wojciech Wawszczyk
  • sequence supervisor
    Rafal Bielski
  • technical director
    Andrzej Majewski
    Arkadiusz Rekita
    Wojtek Jakubowski
    Maciej Jurgielewicz
    Michal Krupa
    Georg Dumlein
    Carolo Volpati
  • animator
    Dawid Bunio
    Wojciech Jakubowski
    Magdalena Osinska
    Maciej Wojtkiewicz
    Piotr Szczepanowicz
    Jakub Tarkowski
    Piotr Zyla
  • 3D artist
    Kacper Czyczlo
    Piotr Golabek
    Grzegorz Jankowski
    Mateusz Jarmulski
    Grzegorz Krol
    Miroslaw Paczkowski
    Aleksander Gajewski
    Roberto Bianchi
  • modelling artist
    Arkadiusz Jarmula
    Marcin Klicki
    Norbert Naroznik
  • texture artist
    Olga Duraj
    Michal Kwolek
    Marek Madej
    Katarzyna Okoniewska
    Urszula Pociecha
    Pawel Rosiak
    Mikolaj Zientalski
  • digital paint artist
    Olga Duraj
    Michal Kwolek
    Marek Madej
    Katarzyna Okoniewska
    Urszula Pociecha
    Pawel Rosiak
    Mikolaj Zientalski
  • compositing supervisor
    Agata Waclawiak
  • compositing artist
    Marek Madej
    Tytus Majerski
    Alexei Panfilov
    Bartosz Sujkowski
    Piotr Skiejka
    Mateusz Wojt
  • reference material D.O.P.
    Slawomir Berganski
  • reference material actor
    Cezary Iber
  • translation
    Agnieszka Kwiecien
    Agnieszka Horak
  • title design
    Alexei Panfilov
    Marek Madej
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • information technologies staff
    Ryszard Harasimowicz
    Pawel Januszkiewicz
    Marcin Sadurski
  • sound draft
    Janusz Czubak
  • music producer
    Marcin Lunkiewicz
  • music preparation assistance
    Bartosz Stawiarski-Lizau
  • sound editing assistance
    Bartosz Stawiarski-Lizau
  • music recording
    Jaroslaw Regulski
  • mezzosoprano solo
    Malgorzata Panko
  • orchestra manager
    Kama Grott
  • choir manager
    Kinga Jazwinska
  • co-operation
    Ewa Bombol
    Marek Sobczak
    Agnieszka Dragon
  • sound design
    Luigi Allemano
  • music re-recording
    Luc Léger
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording
    Serge Boivin
    Jean Paul Vialard
    Shelley Craig
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • technical coordinator
    Julie Laperrière
  • laboratory supervisor
    Malgorzata Rogulska
  • film recording artist
    Jaroslaw Migala
  • artistic supervisor
    Piotr Dumala
    Marian Kielbaszczak
  • production manager
    Joanna Stawnicka
  • production co-ordinator
    Milada Broel-Plater
    Agnieszka Dragon
    Wojciech Janio
    Artur Zicz
  • production assistant
    Aleksandra Misiewicz
    Marta Zmudzka-Ptak
  • production accountant
    Anna Kawalkiewicz
    Alicja Mayer
    Kazimierz Krolikowski
    Ewa Szymaniak-Kobylanska
  • legal assistance
    Lesnodorski Slusarek

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Ages 13 to 17
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School subjects
Ethics and Religious Culture - Ethical Values Ethics and Religious Culture - Religious Diversity/Heritage History - World History
Help students understand the film as the action unfolds while you watch it. As a class, discuss various interpretations of the film. Ask students to write the story of the film in their own words. Assign a research project on another lost city.
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