The Unfinished Life of Phoebe Hicks
The story of Phoebe Hicks, a spiritualist from Providence, presented in Agnieszka Taborska's prose, is now adapted into a cinematic oratorio. The performance takes place in a monochrome world, cloaked in mist, creating an ethereal, ghostly atmosphere that echoes between the realms.
After the screening we invite you to opening of Marcin Giżycki and his America exhibition in New Horizons Cinema (lobby floor 1; free entrance).
Marcin Giżycki
He was born in 1951 in Warsaw. He was an art critic and historian with a special passion for animated film. He was previously the editor in chief of Animafilm quarterly and was the program director of the “Animator” International Animated Film Festival. Mr. Giżycki was a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. As a director, he made documentaries (frequently about artists) as well as animated films.
Selected filmography
1998 Wyspa Jana Lenicy (TV, doc., short)
1998 Gus Van Sant. Buntownik okiełznany (TV, co-dir., doc., short)
2005 Podróże Daniela Szczechury (TV, doc., short)
2007 Olney Street (short, anim.)
2014 Magiczne życie. Opowieść o American Magic-Lantern Theater / A Magic-Lantern Life: The Story of the American Magic-Lantern Theater (co-dir., doc.)
Grzegorz Pleszyński
Grzegorz Pleszyński, born in 1955 in Olsztyn, graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Pleszyński is an interdisciplinary artist whose work includes painting, performance, music, and video art. He has created this oratorio based on The Unfinished Life of Phoebe Hicks by Agnieszka Taborska. He also worked with Marcin Giżycki as an actor in the short film Theatrum Magicum.
Filmography
2023 Niedokończone życie Phoebe Hicks / The Unfinished Life of Phoebe Hicks (short, co-dir.)
Cast & Crew
