Film from BAFTA-winning director Tomek Baginski to premiere as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi season.
Sci-fi Ambition, starring Game of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen and Screen International Star of Tomorrow Aisling Franciosi, is to receive its international premiere during the BFI Sci-Fi film season on Oct 24.
Produced by Poland’s Platige Image, it is directed by Poland’s Tomek Bagiński, who previously won a BAFTA for his short animation Sztuka spadania in 2006 and was nominated for an Oscar in 2003 for his animated short Katedra.
Shot on location in Iceland, Ambition tells of a young apprentice (Franciosi) struggling to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to Gillen’s enigmatic master.
Bagiński said: “This is a project, ultimately, about great ambition: the power of the human spirit and our collective will to exceed all perceived boundaries.
“As our heroes seek out and close in on the very key to life, it goes beyond...
Sci-fi Ambition, starring Game of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen and Screen International Star of Tomorrow Aisling Franciosi, is to receive its international premiere during the BFI Sci-Fi film season on Oct 24.
Produced by Poland’s Platige Image, it is directed by Poland’s Tomek Bagiński, who previously won a BAFTA for his short animation Sztuka spadania in 2006 and was nominated for an Oscar in 2003 for his animated short Katedra.
Shot on location in Iceland, Ambition tells of a young apprentice (Franciosi) struggling to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to Gillen’s enigmatic master.
Bagiński said: “This is a project, ultimately, about great ambition: the power of the human spirit and our collective will to exceed all perceived boundaries.
“As our heroes seek out and close in on the very key to life, it goes beyond...
- 10/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Film from BAFTA-winning director Tomek Baginski to premiere as part of the BFI’s Sci-Fi season.
Sci-fi Ambition, starring Game of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen and Screen International Star of Tomorrow Aisling Franciosi, is to receive its international premiere during the BFI Sci-Fi film season on Oct 24.
Produced by Poland’s Platige Image, it is directed by Poland’s Tomek Bagiński, who previously won a BAFTA for his short animation Sztuka spadania in 2006 and was nominated for an Oscar in 2003 for his animated short Katedra.
Shot on location in Iceland, Ambition tells of a young apprentice (Franciosi) struggling to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to Gillen’s enigmatic master.
Bagiński said: “This is a project, ultimately, about great ambition: the power of the human spirit and our collective will to exceed all perceived boundaries.
“As our heroes seek out and close in on the very key to life, it goes beyond...
Sci-fi Ambition, starring Game of Thrones’ Aidan Gillen and Screen International Star of Tomorrow Aisling Franciosi, is to receive its international premiere during the BFI Sci-Fi film season on Oct 24.
Produced by Poland’s Platige Image, it is directed by Poland’s Tomek Bagiński, who previously won a BAFTA for his short animation Sztuka spadania in 2006 and was nominated for an Oscar in 2003 for his animated short Katedra.
Shot on location in Iceland, Ambition tells of a young apprentice (Franciosi) struggling to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to Gillen’s enigmatic master.
Bagiński said: “This is a project, ultimately, about great ambition: the power of the human spirit and our collective will to exceed all perceived boundaries.
“As our heroes seek out and close in on the very key to life, it goes beyond...
- 10/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to our friends over at Opium (really you should check their site out, it's like the Polish Quiet Earth) for pointing out the latest short from Polish animation house Platige (check out Teaching Infinity) and animator and Oscar nominee Tomek Baginski (The Cathedral, 2003). The story is based ona graphic novel by Mateusz Szutnik from the 'Revolutions' series.
Here's a very rough translation of the synopsis:
He talks about Francisie, modest municipal official and a self-taught-inventor. It would appear that Francis has everything: a big house in a small town, a lot of free time and loving wife. Unfortunately, it was obsessed with inventions. The latest invention Francis was to be a revolution. He had a world to change, start a new era. Francis was perfecting each element, each detail of precision seen only by geniuses and lunatics. He called his invention the cinematograph. Francis, believed that when you have...
Here's a very rough translation of the synopsis:
He talks about Francisie, modest municipal official and a self-taught-inventor. It would appear that Francis has everything: a big house in a small town, a lot of free time and loving wife. Unfortunately, it was obsessed with inventions. The latest invention Francis was to be a revolution. He had a world to change, start a new era. Francis was perfecting each element, each detail of precision seen only by geniuses and lunatics. He called his invention the cinematograph. Francis, believed that when you have...
- 5/27/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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