Se-ma-for was a Polish animation studio. Founded in Łódź, Poland in 1947, the company has created many

animated cartoon Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

s and stop motion animations for young and older audiences. The name, meaning literally ''Se-ma-phore'', is an acronym of ''Studio Małych Form Filmowych'' - Studio of Small Film Forms. The studio was defuncted in 2018. Its most famous productions include the children's shows: ''

Miś Uszatek Miś Uszatek (''Floppy Bear'', literally ''Teddy Floppy-ear'') is a Polish character from the stop motion-animated TV series of the same name. He was created jointly by Polish writer Czesław Janczarski and cartoonist Zbigniew Rychlicki.

'', '' Przygody misia Colargola'', '' The Moomins'' (pol. ''Opowiadania Muminków''), ''Troubles the Cat'', '' Przygody kota Filemona'', ''

Przygód kilka wróbla Ćwirka Przygód kilka wróbla Ćwirka (A Few Adventures of Sparrow Tweet) was a Polish cartoon from 1983-1989 made by Se-ma-for Se-ma-for was a Polish List of animation studios, animation studio. Founded in Łódź, Poland in 1947, the company has crea ...

'', ''

Zaczarowany ołówek Zaczarowany ołówek (''Enchanted Pencil'') is a Poland cartoon from 1964 to 1976 made by Se-ma-for. The series had no dialogue. It tells a story of a boy named Piotr (Peter) and his dog, aided by an enchanted Pencil A pencil () is a w ...

'', and the film '' Peter and the Wolf''.

Józef Skrobiński Józef Skrobiński (born 26 January 1910 in Wólka near Mława, died on 22 January 1979 in Łódź) was a Polish film director and painter. Biography Józef Skrobiński was born on 26 January 1910 in Wólka near Mława (now Mława) in Poland. ...

worked at this studio for some time. From June 2008 to September 2016, the studio was located at ul. Targowa 1/3 on the premises of the old EC1 heat and power plant, where the National Center for Film Culture was established. In September 2016, the studio and the Animation Museum moved to the WIMA post-industrial complex at al. Piłsudskiego 135. In 2017, the studio was moved to the building at ul. Sienkiewicza 100, where it operated until May 2018. In May 2018, after the president's resignation and his departure from Poland, the studio's activity was suspended.

''Peter and the Wolf''

In February 2008, one of its short animated films, '' Peter and the Wolf'' directed by

Suzie Templeton Suzanah Clare Templeton (born 1967 in Hampshire, England) is a British animator. Her film ''Peter and the Wolf'' has won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2008. Early life Raised at Highfield in Sout ...

with

Marek Skrobecki Marek Skrobecki (born September 18, 1951 in Kalisz) is a Polish director of animated films, mainly using classical puppetry techniques. He works with the film studio Se-ma-for in Łódź. Biography He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts ...

as the chief set designer and co-director, received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It was the second Oscar-winning film made by the studio - the first came in the same category in 1982 - '' Tango'' by Zbigniew Rybczyński. The principal photography was shot entirely in within the Se-ma-for animation studios in Łódź, Poland.

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* * Polish animation studios Mass media companies established in 1947 1947 establishments in Poland Culture in Łódź Film production companies of Poland {{PL-film-company-stub