Synopsis
The main protagonist of The Gentle Giant is going to take part in a poetry contest. To gather up the courage to come out, he collects the memories from the entire life and fights his own demons. It's a film about one tiny step for mankind, one giant leap for a man.
Contact :
Camera :
Marcin Gierbisz
Animation :
Wiktoria Nowak and Marcin Podolec
Music :
Piotr Markowicz and Rafal Samborski
Screenplay :
Marcin Podolec
Editing :
Marcin Podolec
Sound designer :
Marek Knaga and Katarzyna Szczerba
Producer :
Piotr Furmankiewicz and Mateusz Michalak
Director :
Marcin Podolec
Artistic direction :
Piotr Dumala
Direction
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Marcin PodolecMarcin Podolec was born in 1991 in Jaroslaw, Poland. Comic book artist and animator, he currently works mostly on documentaries and biographies. He’s graduated of The Polish National Film School in Lodz (Animation department). His short animadoc A Documentary Film (2015) was screened and awarded at many films festivals. His last animated documentary, The Gentle Giant is his graduate film.
Other films / FOCUS: Video Poetry
Skin of the cit-y
Canada (New Brunswick) 2016
La chute
Belgium Canada (Quebec) 2016
Beer By C. Bukowski
Italy 2016
Off The Trail
United Kingdom 2015
Circular Inscription
Austria 2016
Entre un jardin et la mer
Palestine Canada (Quebec) 2016
Fourrer le feu
Canada (Quebec) 2016
Sur Elise
Belgium 2016
Nutag-Homeland
Canada (Quebec) 2016