'Rebirth' Is a Stunning Animated Movie Celebrating the Independence of Poland

Polish studios Juice and Tengent have collaborated to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Poland's independence with a short animated movie.

'Rebirth' is a story about the work of many generations of Poles in regaining Poland’s independence in 1918. Thanks to their patriotism, faith, courage, and love for their own culture, they managed to survive the 123 years of Partitions as a nation.

"Our history has taught us to celebrate freedom as there were days we were not even on the map. 'Rebirth' shows a metaphorical journey through a few moments of our long way to independence. To us, it was also one of the toughest animations we have ever created. But all the sleepless nights were rewarded with the final piece, made of 36,000 rendered frames," says the director Marcin Karolewski. 

'Rebirth' is also a story about today’s Poland: about its roots and the potential driving force for the Polish people for the next hundred years of independence.

Full Credits

Production: Ruch Społeczny im. Prezydenta RP Lecha Kaczyńskiego

Creative Concept & Production: Tengent

Executive Producer: Marta Staniszewska

Director: Marcin Karolewski

Script: Marcin Karolewski, Krzysztof Noworyta, Tobiasz Piątkowski 

Music: Mathieu Alvado

Post production Studio: Juice 

Post production Support: Dash Dot

Art Directors: Marcin Karolewski, Selim Sykut

CG Supervisors: Andrzej Sykut, Jakub Wrzalik

Concept Artists: Krystan Biskup, Patrycja Boś, Hanna Czyżewska, Matus Garaj, Maciej Haraf, Marcin Karolewski, Przemysław Nawrocki, Wojciech Pijecki, Magdalena Gałuszka

Character Design Artists: Hanna Czyżewska, Patrycja Ćmak, Jia Hao, Uwe Heidschoetter, Marcin Karolewski, Magdalena Kułaga, David Ardinaryas Lojaya, Ikhwan Waliyudin

Modeling & Shading Lead Artist: Piotr Koczan

Modeling Artists: Patrycja Boś, Alicja Cygan, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Jarosław Handrysik, Jia Hao, Łukasz Kamiński, Piotr Koczan, Magdalena Kułaga, Dariusz Markiw, Thierry Masson, Sławomir Ostrowicki, Przemysław Nawrocki, Tomasz Stefański, Daria Szczypiorowska, Robert Walentynowicz, Łukasz Walicki, Tomasz Wróbel, Jakub Wydro, Katarzyna Senczuk, Marko Zarić, Tomasz Gugała

Texturing & Shading Artists: Patrycja Boś, Alicja Cygan, Piotr Koczan, Przemysław Nawrocki, Andrzej Sykut, Robert Walentynowicz, Tomasz Gugała

Rigging Artists: Branko Brkovic, Anna Kuczyńska, Waldemar Nalepa, Marcin Orzechowski, Aleksandra Rafalska, Paweł Żugaj

Storyboard Artist: Marcin Karolewski

Layout Artists: Nvizage, Tomasz Dyrduła, Jakub Wrzalik

Animation Supervisors: Aleksandra Rafalska, Jakub Wrzalik

Animation Lead Artist: Marcin Orzechowski

Animation Artists: Adrian Adamus-Cepa, Branko Brkovic, Łukasz Kubiński, Anna Kuczyńska, Monika Migdalska, Marcin Orzechowski, Aleksandra Rafalska, Jakub Wrzalik, Paweł Żugaj, Waldemar Nalepa

Mocap Producer: Radosław Idczak

Mocap Artists: Łukasz Kubiński, Waldemar Nalepa

Mocap Actors: Rafał Duszeńko, Magdalena Kułaga, Paweł Janisiów, Dawid Raczyński

Lighting & Rendering Lead Artist: Andrzej Sykut

Lighting & Rendering Artists: Alicja Cygan, Tomasz Dyrduła, Jarosław Handrysik, Piotr Koczan, Przemysław Nawrocki, Tomasz Gugała, Andrzej Sykut, Łukasz Walicki, Marko Zarić, Robert Walentynowicz

Groom Artists: Jarosław Handrysik, Andrzej Sykut

FX Simulation Artists: Tomasz Dyrduła, Kamil Kryński, Paweł Pojedynek

Cloth Simulation Artist: Marcin Orzechowski

Compositing Lead Artists: Szymon Jaskuła, Selim Sykut

Compositing Artists: Paweł Białowąs, Przemysław Czapla, Krzysztof Łucki, Szymon Jaskuła, Selim Sykut, Marko Zarić

Typography: Threedotstype, Szymon Sznajder

Technical Director: Marko Zarić

IT: Jarosław Ćwirzeń

Team Coordinator: Maciej Tunikowski