Finally on You Tube!

Finally! My diploma short is ooonnnn! :) Bear me on You Tube

I'm really happy to announce that Bear me web site is finally on! 

Check this out!

http://www.bear-me.com/

13th Episode

Bear Me series. Ep 13. Layouts.

We're slowly finishing first season of Bear me series.

Curious? Me too :)

Merry Christmas!

'Bear me' Short

We're slooowly preparing for the Internet premiere of 'Bear me' Short. For this occasion (?) I want to say sth...

Besides of a great technical support from Filmaka, many individuals participate in the success of the bear story:

Anna Matacz– one of the best producers I know. Fully professional, motivating, involved, pushing things forwards.

Karol Obara – a brilliant musician, composer of the music for 'Bear me' Short. He understands. (For me, as a person who can't verbalize the music, Karol was my godsend) Dziękuję Karol.

For a great help, just before 'Bear me' little premiere in Animation Institute screaning room, in a Split Second, I want to thank Sascha Gedert for editing and rendering the movie, and Goddi, for an awesome fart sound :)

My first fart joke

In compositing the movie, I took a few valuable lessons from Ore the Orson Peleg, the amazing tv flickering, and fx by Felix Buccela and Johannes Peter (tv scene). The beautiful meatballs were fully animated by fully vegetarian – Alex Herrmann

Ali meet ball animation

Animation support, an awesome animator Paul Cichon.

Scene animated by Paul Cichon

Julia Ocker, who help me with coloring scenes at the last moment. And the Holly Hogler for a technical support, rebulding my computer, for the whole collection of a costiumes for Any Ocassion, best cookies and the wildest parties :) Thanks Holger!

Thank you all, students of AI I have a pleasure to meet on my bear way. For all your feedback, danke, dziękuję, muchos gracias and happy new year!

                                                              Bear me on facebook

'Bear me' on Facebook

Yoy! Finally - Bear Me on Facebook

'Bear me' series - we're doing it, doing it...

'Bear me' series - Photos for the end credits

So, we're doing it :)

As I announced before animation for 'Bear me' series is realized in Grupa Smacznego!
I have a pleasure to work with an awesome animators: Matthew Wilson, Marcin Zdybel, Ania Oparkowska.
And, and ... Compositing masta: Tomasz Halski aka Jasiu.

We already have 3 episodes of 'Bear me' series. Six more months and you can already watch it on You Tube! :)

Can't wait!

Kasias face

Sketchbook

Today I have for you a layout for first episode of series, and a few pages from 'Bear me' sketchbook.

The production of 'Bear me' series in progress... We have two episodes already animated! Yupii! 

kasias face

'Bear me' series Co-Producers

ep 02_Friends

It's on! (Alan!)
I"m getting a little bit stressed! Shiuuu, time is running so fast!   
We start Production of the 'Bear me' series in a month! We finished storyboards, 
now polishing animatics and drawing backgrounds (lots of backgrounds...)

I'm happy to announce that the animation will be realized in Gdansk through Grupa Smacznego! http://g-s.pl/ ,  Grupa Smacznego! on Facebook    
Brilliant  animators, great crew, in an awesome city - I can't wait!

Color grading and FX will be done in Badi Badi - http://www.badibadi.com/
and O.K.O. FX Studio. I've already seen the magic - Color grading in Badi Badi :)

Sound for 'Bear me' series, narration and music will be realized in Studio Spot - http://studiospot.pl/ 
StudioSpot on Facebook, Łukasz Targosz will take care of the music! 

From the legal side support us Firma Prawnicza LSW  http://www.lsw.com.pl

And all of this great studios - people, were gathered and befriended by my producer, Grześ Wacławek from Animoon Studio.   Thanks! :)

'Bear me' series is  co-financed by the Polish Film Institute -  http://www.pisf.pl/en/

As soon as, I have a good feelin' about it :) 
I mean series. Production. We have good, talented, crazy on their ways people. With passion, flow, sens of humor (very important) and maybe the most important, people who believe in the Bear Story. I hope that the first season will be as good as it seems to be :)

More news soon. Stay tuned!

'Bear me' references I

* POLISH SHORTS:

from: http://polishshorts.pl/pl/katalog_filmow/animacja/1228/

To zabawny film o dziewczynie i niedźwiadku. Narratorka Lili opowiada nam historię o swojej podróży w towarzystwie pewnego uroczego, niezdarnego niedźwiadka. Opowieść pokazuje relacje z rosnącą bestią...

* PALM SPRING PRIZE 2012:

from: http://www.psfilmfest.org/news/detail.aspx?NID=327&year=2012

BEST STUDENT ANIMATION Palm Springs Int Shortfest First Place – Bear Me (Germany, Poland), Kasia Wilk
A young woman’s object of love, and other desires, is a surprisingly strange choice in her seemingly otherwise quite normal world.

* CIVIS 2013 Prize winner European Young CIVIS Media Prize

from: http://www.civismedia.eu/index.php?id=143&L=1

"Bear me" is an amusing animated film about love, everyday life and everything that is part of a relationship from an idealistic point of view. One day Lilly discovers a bear waiting at the bus stop and takes it home with her. At the beginning both are inseparable, but there are some discrepancies little by little in her relation. Lilly does not further take these into account. Whether fair-haired or brown, whether great or small and why the bear should be an exception? It is only a little different.

* Bear me in Dublin 2013!

from: https://www.facebook.com/KINOPOLIS.DUBLIN

Freshly Squeezed International Student Short Film Festival kickes off on May 12 with a number of screenings and workshops piped up for the whole day of movie madness. Among this year's shortlisted there is ''Bear Me'' directed by Kasia Wilk. This talented Polish animator created a story of a little bear and a girl as her diploma project at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg during her student exchange.

 * Prix du Jury pour Bear Me de Kasia Wilk

from:  Grizzly Studio.com

 Ce Week end, en tant que juré du Festival Internationnal de court metrage d'animation Court mais bon du Puy en Velay, je ne suis pas peu fier d'avoir pu distinguer l'excellent Bear Me de Kasia Wilk, c'est beau, c'est intelligent et ça nous change un peu de tous les erzsatz et autres pâles et lisses imitations en 3D de Pixar et Dreamworks.
Et oui, j'avoue, en bon teigneux que je suis, je me suis bien fighté pour que ce film ait le prix du jury !

Kasias Face

'Bear me' for president!

Crazy week for 'Bear me'!!!
 
Little bear won Jury's Prize Festival int. Du court metrage, Cergy-Pointoise in France - http://www.grizzly-studio.com/drupal/?q=node%2F229&fb_action_ids=10152265770604897&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=timeline_og&action_object_map={%2210152265770604897%22%3A146267158885040}&action_type_map={%2210152265770604897%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map
and Best Animated Film on 15th international Filmfestival of the Filmacademy in Viena - http://2013.filmfestivalwien.com/
and Best Animated Short on Cleveland International Film Festival! - http://www.clevelandfilm.org/about/awards
 
Even more crazy is that 'Bear me' after Cleveland has chance to be nominated to Oskar! Keep your little fingers crossed!

'Bear me' seres - new sketchbook

New sketchbook. For 'Bear me' series only.

Dear Lili,
what exactly am I doing?
Just started brand new sketchbook! It's for 'Bear me' series only.
Sketches for storyboards. Have few more pages but I don't want
to spoil you one of the episodes.I have 8 storyboards for your new
adventures! ( 4 left to finish the first season) Work in progress.
Stay in touch!

Your sincerely,
Kasia Wilk

Storyboards

                                           
Storyboards.
...or sorryboards as my friend Kulkin used to say.

 So I started to draw sorryboards for 'Bear me' series.
 It's funny as hell, seriously. After drawing 200 shot you just laugh...

Still, I have pure joy from 'reanimation' my characters. So many new
adventures, situations, cheesy moments (I love cheesy moments!) :)

I work on scripts and storyboards with two great guys Grześ Wacławek,
producer of the series and Michał Poniedzielski, our script director
whose wicked sense of humor keeps us alive :) 

I already wrote you sth about 'Bear me' series.. and I think I can tell
you that a new character appear in the story. It's Miss Dyniak, the neighbor
of Lili and bear. She isn't, to put it mildly, the biggest fan of the bear...
More about series soon :)
Stay Tuned!

'Bear me' on festivals in 2013

Current list of festivals where you can see 'Bear me'

1. Premi Ciutat de Palma d’Animació Independent 2012, Palma de Mallorca / Spain (08.-10.01.2012)
2. Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Bamberg / Germany (21-27.01.2013)
3. Anima Brussels, Flagey/ Belgium (08.-17.02.2013)
4. Flicks International Student Short Film Festival 2013, Groningen/Netherlands (13.-15.03.2013)
5. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, Landshut / Germany (13.-18.03.2013)
6. Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche, Regensburg / Germany (13.-20.03.2013)
7. Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta / USA (15.-24.03.2013)
8. Festival international du film d´Aubagne, France (Off-competition)(18.-23.03.2013)
9. Holland animation film festival, Utrecht / Netherlands (20.-24.03.2013)
10. Int. Motion festival Cyprus, Nicosia / Cyprus (22.-24.03.2013)
11. Cleveland Int. film festival, Cleveland; OH / USA (03.-14.04.2013)
12. Internationales Filmfestival der Filmakademie Wien 2013, Austria (10.-14.04.2013)
13. Filmfest Dresden, Germany (16.-21.04.2013)
14. Independent Days Filmfest, Karlsruhe / Germany (24.-28.04.2013)
15. Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Kyiv / Ukraine (24.-28.04.2013)
16. BEFILM. New York / USA (23.-27.04.2013)
17. Sapporo Short Fest, California Independent film festival showcase, Japan (11.-16.09.2013)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Work in progress - 'Bear me' series

'Bear me' series ep.06_Growing up. All rights reserved.

So we just finished work on scripts :)

We will have for you 13 episodes for the first season. You will learn some unknown
adventures of Lili and the bear :) Episodes show their beautiful journey through ups
and downs of Life.. and their trip to New York,  nasty neighbor, Christmas atmosphere,
holidays on The Little Shell Beach, tutorial how to cook Romantic Dinner for Two
and many more. Seriously :)
This is a almost true story about friendship, love, passion and the bear...
Guest star: animated Woody Allen and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Keep your fingers crossed for our production!

'Bear me' series...

Hi, my name is Lili and... I don't know if I told you that 'Bear me' is going to be realized as a series...

Yes, eight months ago, after the polish premiere of 'Bear me' on Lodza po Wisle 2012, I met Grześ Wacławek, the producer from Animoon Studio. He got an awesome idea to make a series out of my diploma movie.

We started working in August 2012. Developing story, plots and new characters, first scripts. At the and of the year we happily received funding from Polish Film Institute. 

Production will take a while...The whole fun, animation and post production is yet to come but - it's on!!!

More information (in polish) you can find on  http://animoonstudio.com/pl/filmy/bear-me

First illustration is one of the set designs for first episode.

Second -  few rough sketches of Lili, just to remember the character :)

Christmas awesome gift

Look what I got for Christmas!!! Those beautiful dolls are made by my friend Marlena.
Thank you again!
I just thought about puppet animation sequel of 'Bear me' :)

Ho ho ho!

                                                          Have a holly jolly Christmas!
                         Beast wishes for you, your family and all the bears in the whole world!

Another great news for my Bear

So happy to announce that 'Bear me' won 18. Filmschau Baden-Württemberg!
Niiiicee

http://www.filmschaubw.de/infostream/preisregen-bei-der-18-filmschau-baden-wurttemberg/

News!

'Bear me' won first award for animation in Festivalul Internaţional de Film Studenţesc CLUJ-NAPOCA!

http://www.filmtett.ro/hir/3462/a-6-ffest-dijazottjai