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Studio Miniatur Filmowych was a Polish film studio, one of the oldest film producers in the country, operating since January 1, 1958 to 2019. The studio produced over 1,500 films, including original short films (including those by
Piotr Dumała Piotr Dumała (born 9 July 1956 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and animator. He is noted for his animation technique. While training to be a sculptor, he discovered that scratching images into painted plaster could be a beautiful way to cr ...
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), children's series, and feature films. The last director of the studio was Włodzimierz Matuszewski. In October 2019, the studio was incorporated into the Warsaw Documentary Film Studio.


History

It was established in 1958 in Warsaw. Since then, it has produced around 1,500 films, mainly animated, for children, teenagers and adults. It was one of 5 animation studios operating in the
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. The first major international co-production of SMF was the series Dwa koty i pies, in which private investors from the Netherlands and Poland and TVP contributed, among others. It was established as a result of the transformation of the Warsaw branch of the
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in Bielsko-Biała, operating as a state-owned enterprise. The branch of the Bielsko Studio was formed by
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, Mieczysław Poznański and Leszek Kałuża. The structure of the Studio remained unchanged until 1990. In 1995–1996, SMF, as the only Studio from outside the European Union (together with other studios from
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), participated in the production of the series Billy the Cat. In 1996–1998, the Studio co-produced the series Troubles (Ink-Tank/CTW). Pursuant to the Order of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of 3 September 2019, on 1 October 2019, the Film Miniatures Studio merged with the Tor, Zebra,
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studios and the "old" WFDiF, on the basis of which the new Warsaw Documentary Film Studio was established.


Productions

*Dziwne przygody Koziołka Matołka - The strange adventures of Koziołek Matołek - 1969-1971 *Pomysłowy Dobromir - The resourceful Dobromir - 1973-1975 *Pies, Kot I... - Dog, Cat and... - 1972/1975-1976 *Wędrówki Pyzy - Pyza's wanderings - 1977-1983 *O dwóch takich, co ukradli księżyc - About two guys who stole the moon - 1984 *Gucio i Cezar - Gucio and Caesar - 1976-1977 *Fortele Jonatana Koota - The stratagems of Jonatan Koot - 1980-1981 *Na tropie - On the trail - 1963 *Baśnie I Waśnie - Fairy Tales and Feuds - 1964 *Tajemnica szyfru Marabuta - The Mystery of the Marabou cipher - 1980 * The Mr. Kleks tetralogy (1983-2001) **Mr. Kleks' Academy - 1983 **The Journeys of Mr. Kleks - 1986 **Mr. Kleks in Space - 1988 **The Triumph of Mr. Kleks - 2001


References

{{reflist Organizations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Poland Mass media companies established in 1958 2019 disestablishments in Poland Polish animation studios Defunct companies of Poland Film production companies of Poland Film distributors of Poland Mass media companies disestablished in 2019 Polish dubbing studios