The award in Hollywood!
27 September 2012"Haracters go to the movies" - a commercial for RealD created entirely in the Human Ark animation studio was given The Best 3D Commercial Award at the 3D Film Festival in Los Angeles!
The movie was directed by the WAWPOL directors team (Kamil Polak and Wojtek Wawszczyk).
First "Zabka" commercial
22 August 2012Amongst over 50 commercials I was somehow involved in the past year this one seemed as one of the most complex. Directed by WAWPOL (Kamil Polak & Wojtek Wawszczyk). Animation and VFX by Human Ark studio.
Haracters: Street Musicians
22 August 2012Haracters are mascots of the Human Ark animation studio that I've been working at for more than a year. So I shot this crazy chairs banging man with a phone and then we added digital creatures so they could help him perform Polish "Happy Birthday" song.
My directors reel 03/2012
22 August 2012My directors reel from March 2012 - together with Kamil Polak.
HEDGEHOG gets important awards!
22 August 2012Finally! "George the Hedgehog" has recently won two very important prizes at huge international festivals! The Spirit Award at Brooklyn Film Festival in New York, US and the GRAND PRIX at the biggest Asian animated festival SICAF in Korea!!!
Two new commercials 2/2
1 December 2011And here's the second one! Directed by Wojtek Wawszczyk and Kamil Polak; animation and VFX by Human Ark studio.
Two new commercials 1/2
1 December 2011Human Ark studio has recently completed two new commericals from the popular "Heart and Mind" series. Both were directed by me and Kamil Polak.
Another nice review of "GtH" in the US
17 October 2011
Read it HERE! ♥
GEORGE at Chicago International Film Festival
16 October 2011After another screening in US, at the Chicago Internation Film Festival, I found this terrific review of GEORGE THE HEDGEHOG - you can read it HERE.
George the Hedgehog on DVD and Bluray in stores
10 August 2011Finally! George the Hedgehog appeared in stores in three versions: the regular 1-disc version, the collectors 2-dvd edition and Bluray version (consisting of 2 discs as well). The movie is avalilable with English subtitles. The limited collectors edition was additionally packed with over 120 minutes of extras including my older short films: "Headless", "Mouse" and "Penguin".
Hedgehog in Variety!
25 July 2011"George the Hedgehog"'s Variety review!
Festivals...
21 July 2011"The Lost Town of Switez" directed by Kamil Polak and animation supervised by me got the main prize for the first film at the Annecy festival and was awarded with the main prize at the Palm Springs festival.
"George the Hedgehog" was screened at the East of the West competition in Karlovy Vary - it was one of only two Polish films accepted for the festival's competition! The UK premiere of "George" is planned during the LIAF. I'll be there.
T.Leśniak, W.Wawszczyk, J.Tarkowski, R.Skarżycki at the premiere of "George"
Making of "Pepper and Salt" Commercial
20 June 2011Behind the scenes of one of the most popular Polish commercial. The ad was produced by Human Ark studio from Warsaw. I supervised the character animation process.
The Lost Town of Switez at Annecy
8 June 2011Kamil Polak's short film "The Lost Town of Switez" that I supervised animation for, has been recently awarded "Silver Hobby-horse" prize at Cracow film festival and currently is being screened at the Annecy Festival in France.
http://www.annecy.org/edition-2011/festival:fr/programmation/programme-fiche-film:f20110179
An excerpt from the movie:
JEZ JERZY Trailer in English
9 April 2011The trailer of the full-lenght animated movie for adults, co-directed by me - with English subtitles:
George the Hedgehog vs. Axe 2
20 March 2011Second commercial starring George the Hedgehog, directed by me.
George the Hedgehog vs. Axe 1
20 March 2011First commercial starring George the Hedgehog. Animated parts were directed by me. Drawings: Tomek Leśniak and Olaf Ciszak.
Heart and Brain: Pilot and Mouse
14 March 2011"George the Hedgehog" is being currently screened in all big Polish theaters! Reviews are fantastic, however lots of viewers seemes to be offended by the film - well, the movie wasn't meant to please all people.
In the meantime take a look at the third commercial starring popular Heart and Brain. I supervised animation on this one as well. Again, the commercial was produced in Human Ark Studio.
Heart and Brain: Pepper and salt
10 March 2011Another commercial with Heart and Brain, made by a Warsaw-based studio HUMAN ARK. I supervised animation on this one.
Heart and Brain: Hysteria
19 February 2011Here comes a new commercial with popular tv characters Heart and Brain, directed and animation supervised by me and Kamil Polak at Human Ark Studio.
"The Lost Town of Switez" Trailer
19 February 2011"The Lost Town of Switez" (dir. by Kamil Polak) - the movie that I supervised animation for - has a new trailer. The movie is currently being screened at the Berlinale Film Festival!
Hedgehog in Cinemas: March,11th
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Finally... "George the Hedgehog" was given an official premiere date: March,11th 2011! Soon we're releasing a new (final) trailer of the movie and after that a new comic book, a music video, toys and other surprises! Stay tuned!
Watch the new Wojtek's Reel
25 August 2010
New Website's Design!
12 July 2010
The new version of the wojwaw.com website was designed by me, Maciej Kukurba (visit his furniture store PAN POPI) and Anna Błaszczyk (check out her online sketchbook diary). The website was coded by Piotrek from www.simplewebapps.net.
Become a fan of JEŻ JERZY!
12 July 2010
Become a fan of the most popular Polish comic book character!
Dwutygodnik: interview with Wojtek
12 July 2010
The online cultural magazine Dwutygodnik published an interview with me about the production of Jez Jerzy (George the Hedgehog) – what are the similarities and differences between a graphic novel and an animated movie (in Polish).
Splinter awarded
12 July 2010
SPL)NTER won the Best Animated Movie Award at the 8th Era Nowe Horyzonty festival in Wroclaw, Poland!