Animations

Here you can find some of the animations that I have done for various clients.

Animation deals with giving life to static images - this is the reason why in many of the book trailers below I've had the occasion to animate the original illustrations to these books. Sometimes I have the opportunity to use my own artwork - depending on the situation...

A short montage of clips from some of my animations - you can watch the full versions below...

Book trailers for the 6th Astrid Lindgren Literary Competition

2024

https://youtu.be/YLwr83iq8xY
Book trailer for Porozmawiajmy o sztuce, Tygrysie! / Let's talk about art, Tiger!, a book about art for children. Illustrations: Magdalena Kozieł–Nowak, as well as Henri Rousseau, Diego Velasquez, Vincent Van Gogh, Vassily Kandinsky and an unknown renaissance painter… Animation: Mikołaj Kamler

The Astrid Lindgren Literary Competition takes place in Poland every four years. Part of the prize for the winning writers is the possibility to get their work published by the participating publishers. As in the previous editions of the competition, the organisers commissioned me to create animated trailers for the winning books. Below are some examples, all of the trailers can be found on the organisers' YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/JZYGyUVYzmA
Mała wiedźma Bazylka / Little Witch Bazylka – Illustrations: Elżbieta Wasiuczyńska, animation: Mikołaj Kamler

https://youtu.be/3jQzVPwKhGI
Formuła Elli / Ella's Formula – ilustrations and animation: Mikołaj Kamler

https://youtu.be/_7Sw9yVOdzg
Zaplątani w sieci / Entangled in the Web – illustrations and animation: Mikołaj Kamler

Marek Biliński – Życie jest muzyką

2023

Marek Biliński is a Polish electronic music pioneer. During the production of the film Marek Biliński – życie jest muzyką / Life is Music, my task was to create animated sequences to enliven the, sometimes too dreary, documentary matter. Some of them you can watch below.
Part of the title sequence ( macro: Piotr Smoleński; vfx and animation: Mikołaj Kamler )

Animated story about mr Biliński's favourite synthesiser, the Mini Moog :)

https://youtu.be/8Vl5FaBI_cc
Most of the clips I had to create were animations of photos from the composers' archive.

If you like electronic music, you can watch the whole documentary on the Polish TV VOD channel.

  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Marek Biliński
  • Client: Narodowe Centrum Kultury

Intro to a documentary series

Series about the Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Animated Film Studio) in Bielsko-Biała

2022

For this series, I have created not only the animated intro, but also some short animations for each of the episodes. I've also done some of the editing and compositing of the series.
  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Studio Filmów Rysunkowych

Kukliński - how a Polish officer saved the world

2021

This project is the biggest that I have single-handedly worked on so far. I was commissioned by the National Centre of Culture to create an animated film based on a children's book written and illustrated by Wojciech Sobolewski Kukliński – jak polski oficer świat uratował. ( Kukliński - how a Polish officer saved the world ). Converting these illustrations, more akin to posters, to animation - and making a 30 minute film out of them - was a real challenge and a lot of hard work. In the end, I managed to make somthing I'm still happy with, but also learned a lot in the process.
  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler ( based on the book by Wojciech Sobolewski )
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Wojciech Sobolewski
  • Music: Jerzy Milian
  • Client: Narodowe Centrum Kultury

Book Trailers

The Magician's Apprentice

2022

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Zuzanna Orlińska, Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Wydawnictwo Literatura

What do the dinosaurs do?

2020


Emilia Dziubak's stunning illustrations were so much fun to animate...

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Emilia Dziubak
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

A wild book about boars

2020


Animating illustrations starts usually with cutting into pieces in Photoshop. The author of the beautiful illustrations in this book actually cut them out of different kinds of paper...

Animating this was fun - but not as much as adding the boar "voiceovers" to the movie...

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Jola Richter-Magnuszewska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Mythology atlas

2021


I created the cover of this book - along with some of the illustrations - myself. In the bok trailer I combined them with the artworks of the other illustrators who have worked on this project.

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Joanna Mosińska, Elżbieta Moyski, Beata Żurawska, Jadwiga Żelazny, Ola Maciejewska, Ola Krzanowska, Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Wydawnictwo Greg

The Mystery of Chopin's Ghost

2020


The fifth part of the children mystery series "The Detectives from Mysterious st. 5", illustrated by Agata Raczyńska

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agata Raczyńska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

The letter book

2020


An alphabet book with beautiful illustrations crocheted ( yes! ) by Anna Salamon - a pleasure to animate...

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Anna Salamon
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Ale kosmos! To znowu Bodzio i Pulpet

2020

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Daniel De Latour
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Don't be afraid! A book about fear

2020

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Lukáš Urbánek, Jakub Kaše
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Dusia i Psinek-Świnek

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Marta Kurczewska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Wtajemniczeni

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Marta Krzywicka
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

The Mystery of the Mutinous Robot

2019


Animating mutinous robots drawn by Agata Raczyńska was a real fun!

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agata Raczyńska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Mieszko, ty wikingu!

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Artur Nowicki
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Zosia from Cat Street

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agata Raczyńska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

The 104-Storey Treehouse

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Terry Denton
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Zula i tajemnica Arlety Makaron

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agnieszka Antoniewicz
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Women - researchers, champions, adventuresses

2018

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Karolina Matyjaszkowicz
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

The Mystery of the Mice Queen

2019

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agata Raczyńska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

The Mystery of the Vampire's Grave

2018

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agata Raczyńska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

The Mystery of the Stolen Gem

2018

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agata Raczyńska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Wielki powrót detektywa Pozytywki

2017

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Piotr Rychel
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Zula i porwanie Kropka

2017

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Agnieszka Antoniewicz
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Nasza Księgarnia

Zaskórniaki

2014

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Daniel de Latour
  • Client: Narodowe Centrum Kultury

Pestka, drops, cukierek

2015

This is not really a book trailer, but an ad for a tabletop game - though one based on a book...

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Granna

Z Bożej łaski Jadwiga, król

2017


Sometimes the book has no illustrations (or the publisher doesn’t need me to use them) – this gives me more creative freedom. This was the case of the trailer for a story taking place in 15th century Poland, in the court of queen Jadwiga:

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: public domain
  • Client: Wydawnictwo Literatura

Biały teatr panny Nehemias

2017

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: photos from the Karta and NAC archives
  • Client: Wydawnictwo Literatura

Astrid Lindgren Awards

The following are book trailers presenting the books nominated for the Astrid Lindgren awards, an event organised every five years by the foundation Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom.

Wstydu za grosz!

2020


Again - a book without illustrations, so I've had complete creative freedom...

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Summer on RODOS

2020


Again, this book isn't illustrated - so I have to do it myself.

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Gwiazda z pierwszego piętra

2020

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Tam, gdzie zawracają bociany

2020

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Selfie ze stolemem

2020

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Zosia Dzierżawska
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Gucio na tropie zaginionej świnki morskiej

2020

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Anna Simeone
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Hebanowe serce

2016

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Maciej Szymanowicz
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Teatr niewidzialnych dzieci

2016

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Emilia Dziubak
  • Music: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Niedokończony eliksir nieśmiertelności

2016

  • Script: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Animation: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Editing: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Illustrations: Mikołaj Kamler
  • Client: Cała Polska Czyta Dzieciom

Inne

The three clips below are something different, as they were made not to sell books, but to commemorate the 1050th anniversary of the baptism of Poland. There were twelve clips, every one was about the influence of this event on one aspect of Polish history (the one included here is about art)

Sometimes – when I have some free time, I make animated cards, mostly with Christmas or Easter greetings: