Hi !
My name is Paulina Ziolkowska.
My name is Paulina Ziolkowska.
I am an animation director and illustrator based in Berlin/Mexico City.
Always looking for new cooperations with other filmmakers and animation studios.
I work as creative director, scriptwriter, animator, motion designer, compositing artist, storyboard artist and concept artist.
I work as creative director, scriptwriter, animator, motion designer, compositing artist, storyboard artist and concept artist.
Paulina Ziolkowska is a polish film director, 2D Animator and illustrator. She studied animation at Lodz Film School in Poland and at Filmuniversity Babelsberg. Her debut film “Oh Mother!”(2017) was screened in many festivals worldwide, won many prizes. Her next film “Bless you!”(2018) amongst others has won a special mention at 68th Berlinale and a special mention at AnimaFest in Zagreb. Her films have been shown at festivals like: Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy, Melbourne IFF, Ottawa IAF, Stuttgart, BOGOSHORTS. She took part in Fontevraud residency and TAIS residency in Toronto.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2022/2023 - Tears, in development
2022 - Procrastination Yoga
2021 - 3 geNARRATIONS
2019 - Horizon
2018 - Bless you!
2017 - Oh, Mother!
2013 - Flip-flat
2022 - Procrastination Yoga
2021 - 3 geNARRATIONS
2019 - Horizon
2018 - Bless you!
2017 - Oh, Mother!
2013 - Flip-flat
EDUCATION:
2019 - 2021 – Meisterschülerstudium Animation, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
2011 - 2019 – PWSFTViT Lodz, MA animation
2011 - 2008 - Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, graphic design
2011 – 2007 – University in Wroclaw, art history
2011 - 2019 – PWSFTViT Lodz, MA animation
2011 - 2008 - Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, graphic design
2011 – 2007 – University in Wroclaw, art history
RESIDENCIES and WORKSHOPS:
03.2021 - Berlinale Talents - short film station
07.2019-09.2021 - DAAD scholarship
2019 - The International Residency TAIS, Toronto, Kanada
2019 - The International Residency for Animated Films, Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, France
2017/2018 - Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF - Gaststudium
2017 - ”Animation filmmaking: concept & scriptwriting”, La Poudriere, Valence, France
2013 - Generation Campus - animation workshops, Moskow, tutor - Carlos Lascano
2013 - Animation Jam, Stuttgart
07.2019-09.2021 - DAAD scholarship
2019 - The International Residency TAIS, Toronto, Kanada
2019 - The International Residency for Animated Films, Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, France
2017/2018 - Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF - Gaststudium
2017 - ”Animation filmmaking: concept & scriptwriting”, La Poudriere, Valence, France
2013 - Generation Campus - animation workshops, Moskow, tutor - Carlos Lascano
2013 - Animation Jam, Stuttgart
AWARDS:
BLESS YOU!/ Na Zdrowie!, 4:45, Filmschool Lodz, 2018
68th Berlinale - Generation 14plus - international jury special mention
Animafest Zagreb 2018, Croatia - special mention
Kino w Trampkach 2018, Poland - best animation
Animator.pl 2018, Poland - Złoty Animusz for Debut
Festival Dwa Brzegi - 3rd prize
Filmets Badalona 2020 - best animation award
Bilbao European School Zinema Festival - best animation award
Animateka 2018 - student jury award
Primanima 2018, Hungary - best student film award
22th edition of ISFF CineMaiubit - best animation award
Emile Awards 2018, France - nomination for best European student animation
Vimeo Staff Pick
Animafest Zagreb 2018, Croatia - special mention
Kino w Trampkach 2018, Poland - best animation
Animator.pl 2018, Poland - Złoty Animusz for Debut
Festival Dwa Brzegi - 3rd prize
Filmets Badalona 2020 - best animation award
Bilbao European School Zinema Festival - best animation award
Animateka 2018 - student jury award
Primanima 2018, Hungary - best student film award
22th edition of ISFF CineMaiubit - best animation award
Emile Awards 2018, France - nomination for best European student animation
Vimeo Staff Pick
Oh Mother!/O Matko!, 12:15, Fumi Studio, 2017
Anibar Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2017 - Grand prix student competition
Animaevka, 2017, Belarus - grand prix
Cutout, 2017, Mexico - grand prix
TIAF, 2017, Taiwan - grand prix (student competition)
Etiuda & Anima, 2017, Poland - grand prix
Animasyros, 2017, Greece - best student film
Reanima, 2017, Norway – prize
Linoleum, 2017, Kijów, Ukraine - main prize
Lalka też człowiek, 2017, Poland - 1st prize
Balkanima, 2017, Serbia - Craft Award
Cinanima, 2017, Portugal - prize
Żubroffka, 2017, Poland - prize
Arcipelago, 2017, Italy - prize
Animocje 2018 - best polish film
28th MEDIAWAVE 2018, Hungary - Best International Animation
Golden Kuker 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria - The Best Animated Film award
O!PLA 2018, Poland - Złoty Tobołek Koziołka Matołka w Kategorii Studyjnej
Fest - New directors New Films Festival 2018, Portugal - best animation
Festival of Animation Berlin 2018, Germany - best student animation
25th ITFS 2018, Stuttgart, Germany - FANtastic Prize
Piaff, 2017, Paris - audience award
Sardinia Film Festival 2017 - SFF\Bosa Animation Award - special mention
Nancy International Film Festival 2017 - special mention
2 Annas, 2017, Ryga, Lotwa - special mention
Anim’est, 2017, Bukareszt, Romania - special mention
Animaevka, 2017, Belarus - grand prix
Cutout, 2017, Mexico - grand prix
TIAF, 2017, Taiwan - grand prix (student competition)
Etiuda & Anima, 2017, Poland - grand prix
Animasyros, 2017, Greece - best student film
Reanima, 2017, Norway – prize
Linoleum, 2017, Kijów, Ukraine - main prize
Lalka też człowiek, 2017, Poland - 1st prize
Balkanima, 2017, Serbia - Craft Award
Cinanima, 2017, Portugal - prize
Żubroffka, 2017, Poland - prize
Arcipelago, 2017, Italy - prize
Animocje 2018 - best polish film
28th MEDIAWAVE 2018, Hungary - Best International Animation
Golden Kuker 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria - The Best Animated Film award
O!PLA 2018, Poland - Złoty Tobołek Koziołka Matołka w Kategorii Studyjnej
Fest - New directors New Films Festival 2018, Portugal - best animation
Festival of Animation Berlin 2018, Germany - best student animation
25th ITFS 2018, Stuttgart, Germany - FANtastic Prize
Piaff, 2017, Paris - audience award
Sardinia Film Festival 2017 - SFF\Bosa Animation Award - special mention
Nancy International Film Festival 2017 - special mention
2 Annas, 2017, Ryga, Lotwa - special mention
Anim’est, 2017, Bukareszt, Romania - special mention
Exhibitions:
Beyond Bowie - live animation for the concert of NAPIÓRKOWSKI TRIO for the opening of Animator Festival in Poznan∙ Podwodny Wrocław, (collective exposition), Wrocław 2011
Made in Poland (collective exposition), Wrocław 2011
Made in Poland (collective exposition), Wrocław 2011
OTHER:
2021 - PISF grant, for animated short production
2019 - WARTO award in film field awarded by Gazeta Wyborcza in Wrocław
2018 - PISF grant, for animated short production,2nd film
2017 - Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
2015 - PISF grant, for animated short production, film debut
2019 - WARTO award in film field awarded by Gazeta Wyborcza in Wrocław
2018 - PISF grant, for animated short production,2nd film
2017 - Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
2015 - PISF grant, for animated short production, film debut
Memberships and Teaching activities:
05.10.2020 - conference "Animacja autorska w dobie komercjalizacji", Animator Festival in Poland
28.05.2019 - Animated in Poland - conference, Krakow Film Festival
03.2017- lecturer of animation seminar in El Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, UNAM, México
08.2016 - lecture at La Jacaranda, Patzcuaro
05.2016 -06.2016 - tutor at Poklatkowo.pl - animation workshops
05.2015 - Animated in Poland - conference, Krakow Film Festival
14-16.10.2016 - assistant in Kopublikacja animation workshops
2009- 2011 - member of Animation university research group
28.05.2019 - Animated in Poland - conference, Krakow Film Festival
03.2017- lecturer of animation seminar in El Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, UNAM, México
08.2016 - lecture at La Jacaranda, Patzcuaro
05.2016 -06.2016 - tutor at Poklatkowo.pl - animation workshops
05.2015 - Animated in Poland - conference, Krakow Film Festival
14-16.10.2016 - assistant in Kopublikacja animation workshops
2009- 2011 - member of Animation university research group
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021/2022 - LETKO, animation director, animator, script for the film “Tears”
2020 - PISF, expert in film commission in Polish Film Institute
2020 - Beyond Bowie - live animation for the concert of NAPIÓRKOWSKI TRIO for the opening of Animator Festival in Poznan
2020 - FUMI Studio, “Guilty pleasures”- animator in short directed by M. Orzechowski
2019 - Festival Trailer for the ANIMATOR festival in Poznan
2019 - 2021 - BLUBLU Studio in Warsaw, clean up, color, animation in BluBlu studio in Warsaw
2018/2019 - FUMI Studio - film director, animator, script, layout, animation director for the film “3geNarrations”
2018 - YELLOW TAPIR Studio, "Królewski sen" dir.M. Podolec, animation
2018 - "Flamenco" – animation for the flamenco theater spectacle
2018 - GRUPA SMACZNEGO, "Die besten Beerdigungen der Welt", inbetween, clean up, color
2017 - YELLOW TAPIR Studio, “Colaholic” dir. M. Podolec, animation
2014- 11.2016 - FUMI Studio, film director and animator “Oh Mother!”
2016 - FUMI Studio, "Home" - animator in short directed by A. Borowa
11.2014 - 02.2015 - film director and animator, cooperation with Maciej Rynkiewicz
2011 - 2012 - cooperation with ZEBRA ART Studio, animation, graphic design, illustration, murals
2020 - PISF, expert in film commission in Polish Film Institute
2020 - Beyond Bowie - live animation for the concert of NAPIÓRKOWSKI TRIO for the opening of Animator Festival in Poznan
2020 - FUMI Studio, “Guilty pleasures”- animator in short directed by M. Orzechowski
2019 - Festival Trailer for the ANIMATOR festival in Poznan
2019 - 2021 - BLUBLU Studio in Warsaw, clean up, color, animation in BluBlu studio in Warsaw
2018/2019 - FUMI Studio - film director, animator, script, layout, animation director for the film “3geNarrations”
2018 - YELLOW TAPIR Studio, "Królewski sen" dir.M. Podolec, animation
2018 - "Flamenco" – animation for the flamenco theater spectacle
2018 - GRUPA SMACZNEGO, "Die besten Beerdigungen der Welt", inbetween, clean up, color
2017 - YELLOW TAPIR Studio, “Colaholic” dir. M. Podolec, animation
2014- 11.2016 - FUMI Studio, film director and animator “Oh Mother!”
2016 - FUMI Studio, "Home" - animator in short directed by A. Borowa
11.2014 - 02.2015 - film director and animator, cooperation with Maciej Rynkiewicz
2011 - 2012 - cooperation with ZEBRA ART Studio, animation, graphic design, illustration, murals
SCREENINGS:
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2013,
Melbourne International Animation Festival 2013,
Monstra - Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2013,
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2014,
Animasivo 2014,
New York Intl Children’s Film Festival 2013,
Stoptrik 2013,
Primanima 2013,
Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2017,
Ismailia International Film Festival 2017,
Future Shorts Festival 2017,
Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy - KFF 2017-konkurs polski, konkurs międzynarodowy,
Koszaliński Festiwal Filmowy Młodzi i film - 2017 - wyróżnienie,
Lucania Film Festival 2017,
Transatlantyk, Łódź 2017,
ANIMA MUNDI FESTIVAL 2017
18th Lucania Film Festival 2017
SICAF 2017 International Animation Film Festival, Seoul,
Hors concours Fantoche 2017,
2017 INSOMNIA, Russia,
Giffoni Experience 2017,
19th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation,
Kameralne lato, 2017, Radom - Nagroda specjalna pisfu
ANIMANIMA Festival 2017, Serbia
Two Riversides Film and Art Festival/ Dwa brzegi, Kazimierz Dolny
Anibar Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2017
LINOLEUM Festival, Kijov, Ukraine
Festival International du Film de Nancy,
9th Animation Festival and Market of Segovia (Spain) 3D Wire
13th World Festival of Animated Film in Varna 2017, Bulgaria
"Vermouth in Short " of the 26th Film Festival of Madrid (FCM-PNR)
Riga International Film Festival, Latvia
Turku Animated Film Festival, Finland
Cartoon Club Film Festival, Rimini
PIAFF, Festival International du Film d'Animation de Paris
Viborg Animation Festival in Viborg, Denmark
19th FESTCURTASBH (Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival,
SESIFF International Extreme-short/Short film Competition, 9th Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival
7th Ars Independent Festival, Katowice
Panorama- Section of the Timishort Film Festival, Romania
TIAF Student Short Films Competition, Taiwan
14th Sedicitorio International Film Festival
Sardinia Film Festival,
Anim’est 2017, Bucharest
CINANIMA 2017,
Animasyros International Animation Festival 2017
Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy 2017,
Seoul Int’l Youth Film Festival (SIYFF)
MUMIA Film Festival
KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2017
Kaohsiung Film Festival
Balkanima 2017
Reanima, Sweden, 2017
Primanima 2017,
7th Annual Kuandu International Animation Festival (KDIAF) 2017,
18th Polish Film Festival LA, PFFLA, USA 2017
Lalka Też Człowiek Festiwal 2017,
Multivision festival 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia
Interfilm Berlin/Kuki 2017
15. FFOL - Festiwal Filmowy Opolskie Lamy
CRAFT, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
SPARK Animation 2017, Vancouver, Canada
The ANIMAGE 2017, Brazil
Etiuda&Anima 2017, Poland
ISFF Sleepwalkers / Animated Dreams 2017, Estonia
ALTER-NATIVE 25 2017, Romania
11 Offeliada 2017, Poland
CASTELLINARIA International Film Festival 2017, Switzerland
Cutout, 2017, Meksyk
14th Animateka International Animated Film Festival 2017, Slovakia
22nd Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS 2017, Latvia
MFFK ŻUBROFFKA 2017, Poland
Emile Awards 2017, France
[A]RCIPELAGO | International Festival of Short Films and New Images 2017, Italy
Animalada- Seville Animation Festival 2017, Spain
Short Waves Festival 2018, Poland
The Roanne animation short film festival, Ciné court animé 2018, France
Anima 2018, Belgium
25th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2018, Germany
ANIMAC 2018, Spain
42nd HKIFF 2018, Hong Kong, non competitive section
13th Athens Animfest 2018, Greece
Animavì International Film Festival of Poetic Animation 2018, Italy
ANIFILM 2018, Czech Republic
O!PLA 2018, Poland
The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) 2018, Australia
Chalon Tout Court festival, 2018, - Out of competition
Brussels Short Film Festival 2018, Belgium
28th MEDIAWAVE 2018, Hungary
Skepto International Film Fetival , 2018, Włochy
21st Japan Media Arts Festival, 20118, Japonia
Animocje 2018, Polska
PULCINELLA AWARDS 2018, Włochy - panorama
Animafest Zagreb 2018, Croatia
ANIMAKOM FEST 2018, Spain
Golden Kuker Festival 2018, Bułgaria
Northwest Animation Festival 2018, USA
FilmPolska 2018, Germany - pokaz pozakonkursowy
FEST 2018, Portugal
Festival of Animation Berlin 2018, Germany
HIROSHIMA 2018, Japan
Busho Vision 14- Budapest short film festival 2018, Hungary
Animaphix, International Animated Film Festival 2018, Italy
Animator 2018, Polska
2018 68. Berlinale - Generation 14plus, Germany
2018 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Francja
2018 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia
2018 Krakowski Festiwal Filmowy, Polska
2018 “Młodzi i Film” Koszalin, Polska
2018 Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival, Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie
2018 Transatlantyk, Polska
2018 AnimaMundi, Brazil
2018 Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
2018 Animator.pl, Polska
2018 20th TLV student films fest, Izrael
2018 Kino w Trampkach, Polska
2018 BIKY_Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival, South Korea
2018 Valladolid International Film Festival
2018 TIAF, Tajwan
2018 New York International Children's Film Festival, USA
2018 ŻUBROFFKA, Polska
2018 16.Festiwal Filmowy Opolskie Lamy, Polska
2018 Spektrum, Polska
2018 Festival TINDIRINDIS, Litwa
2018 The 9th China International New Media Short Film Festival, Chiny
2018 Piccolo Festival Animazione, Włochy
2018 PÖFF Shorts, Estonia
2018 Sedicicorto Festival
2018 Spark Animation, Kanada
2018 Etiuda i Anima, Polska
2018 Olympia International Film Festival, Grecja
2018 Manchester Animation Festival, UK
2018 London International Animation Festival, UK
2018 Banjaluka, Bośnia i Hercegowina
2018 34. Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy
2018 CinEast, Luksemburg
2018 Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo, Meksyk
2018 Turku Animated Film Festival, Finlandia
2018 Ottawa IAF, Kanada
2018 FAB, Niemcy
2018 Milano Design Film Festival, Włochy
2019 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Francja
2019 Filmfest Dresden, Niemcy
2019 “Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival”, Macedonia
2019 International Animation Day, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
2019 "Les chemins de la Création", Brussels
2019 Primanima, Węgry
2019 ANIMASIVO, Meksyk
2019 Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam
2019 Best of European Animation Schools programme for the Fête de l’anim’, Lille, France
2019 Cinanima, Espinho, Portugalia
2019 Milwaukee Film Festival, USA
2019 Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraina
2019 Popcorn Frights Film Festival, USA
2019 Animatou, Szwajcaria
2019 Imaginaria, Włochy
2019 Lago Film Fest, Włochy
2019 Melbourne IAF, Australian IAF i New Zealand IAF
2019 ShorTS International Film Festival, Triest
2019 Olbia Film Network, Figari Film Fest, Włochy
2019 SEHSÜCHTE, 48th International Student Film Festival, Niemcy
2019 The Norwegian Short Film Festival
2019 IFEMA International Female Film Festival in Malmö, Sweden
2019 The Flatpack Festival, UK
2019 Neisse Film Festival, Niemcy
2019 21th Mo&Friese Children's ShortFilmFestival Hamburg, Niemcy
2019 San Francisco Film Festival, USA
2019 7eme Lune Festival, Francja
2019 International Film week at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, USA
2019 Trickfilm Festival from Stuttgart, Niemcy
2019 BOGOSHORTS, Kolumbia
2020 Shortcutz Festival, Berlin, Niemcy
2020 Animatricks Festival, Helsinki
2020 "Court c'est court", Francja
2020 Bit Bang Festival, Argentina
2020 Leeds International Film Festival
2020 goEast Short Film Tour
2020 RheinMain Short Film Award, Niemcy
2020 Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Focus on Poland, NIemcy
2020 New Normal International Film Festival
2020 FEAR NO FILM, Utah Arts Festival
2020 Big Cartoon Festival, Rosja
2020 11th Roanne Animation Short Film Festival, Francja