Are you ready for something that will completely blow your mind?
Even the Czech experimentalist Jan Švankmajer sucks compared to what the Polish seem to have in their blood: psychedelics and complete madness.
And it does not seem to be just one “crazy period”, for example, 1960s-1970s with their totally wild animation (example: “Jak działa jamniczek“, 1971).
Psychedelics and madness still thrive in 2010s, when Wiktor Stribog filmed a miniseries of 6 episodes about a very strange girl Agatka and her friend Małgosia the Squirrel, “Poradnik uśmiechu”.
He also has smaller projects like “Szczęście nóg nie liczy” (“Happiness does not count legs”).
English titles: “How a Dachshund Works”, 1971 by Julian Antonisz;
“How to Smile” 2010s by Wiktor Stribog
Original title (Polish): “Jak działa jamniczek”, 1971 Juliana Antonisza;
“Poradnik uśmiechu”, 2010-2018 Wiktora Striboga
First published in the Levinarium Telegram Channel (now closed and deleted)