Zbigniew Rybczynski

Against a set which has been designed in a Kafkaesque and claustrophobic way, Rybczynski has recreated a World of Kafka which corresponds well with Kafka's maze-like novels. It is an abstract and unpredictable world where Kafka himself moves between the scenes of his own stories, from America via The Castle to Metamorphosis, and The Trial is of course the frame story throughout. Rybczynski has chosen to portray Josef K as an alter ego. Other characters become members of his own family, which means that Rybczynski makes a kind of exemplary, depth psychological close reading of his work.

Zbigniew Rybczinski's video experiments set to classical music pieces.

Shows a couple (Adam and Eve) and various objects, simultaneously, in time, space and movement.

Shows a couple (Adam and Eve) and various objects, simultaneously, in time, space and movement.

A tourist group is shown the latest in Soviet virtual reality technology through the Potemkin.

A camera tracks through endless rooms while lives unfold.

Another commission by Lorne Michaels for NBC's The New Show, this short film follows the attempts of a thirsty rotating cosmonaut to imbibe his wine.

A riff on Bunuel's classic, Lorne Michaels commissioned this Zbigniew Rybczynski work for NBC's The New Show, as a satiric look at the January 27th, 1984 White House reception for the Soviet Ambassador.

A portrait of the two documentary filmmakers Jerzy Bossak and Richard Leacock.

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.

A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.

A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.

A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.

A ‘paradocumental’ by Dziworski & Rybczynski.

A 'creative documentary' about an Austrian skier who was known during the 70s. Examined from a biographical / visual standpoint.

A 'creative documentary' about an Austrian skier who was known during the 70s. Examined from a biographical / visual standpoint.

A film editor's setup. A man plays with a balloon.

A 'creative documentary' about an Austrian skier who was known during the 70s. Examined from a biographical / visual standpoint.

Short film by Zbig Rybczyński.

"The Dancing Hawk" refers to the son of a peasant who senses he can climb to the job in troubled times by playing his cards right. His slavery to work match his ambitions, and gradually he reaches the social position he desires. But the costs have included a dehumanized soul and a loss of a moral conscience. People have had to pay for his advancement, including those nearest to him. The downfall is equally painful: either imprisonment or the easy wasy out are offered as the alternatives.

Based on Lokomotywa, a poem by Julian Tuwim. Made with the use of classical cartoon animation and combined photographs.

A weary traveller falls asleep next to a sign reading Weg zum Nachbarn. As soon as he dozes off the world turns on its head.

Short film by Zbig Rybczyński.

Short film by Zbigniew Rybczyński.

The life of a female weaver is thrown onto the socio-political canvas of pre-war and post-war communist Poland through the use of expressive allegorical and symbolic imagery in this imaginative take on the documentary form.

A couple's relationship develops in a combination of photomontage and animation.

A couple's relationship develops in a combination of photomontage and animation.

A story of a monster which, moving at an enormous speed, devours whatever comes across on its way: people, animals, cars, buildings.

Early short film by Zbig Rybczyński.

Short film by acclaimed polish director Zbigniew Rybczynski. Included in The Workshop of the Film Form

Early short film by Zbig Rybczyński.

Early experimental film from Zbigniew Rybczynski that broke new ground in the use of pixelation, optical printing, animation and other compositional film devices. Beautiful jazz score and color usage.