The Cathedral DVD VIDEO SHORT animated movie CGI film! SIGNED BY TOMEK BAGINSK Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: Tomek Released: 2002 Media: DVD The Cathedral SIGNED BY TOMEK BAGINSKA mysterious wanderer encounters a cathedral that is seemingly organic with pillars containing what appear to be dead people (I know that is an extremely bare bones plot but revealing anymore would venture into spoiler territory)."The Cathedral" is a Tomek Baginskis almost seven-minute short animated movie, based on the story of Jacek Dukaj. The movie got an award at Siggraph 2002 (Best Animated Short), the biggest world-wide market of computer graphic and special effects that took place in San Antonio in Unites States. In a jury verdict from Siggraph 2002 we can read: "This submission was selected as the Best Animated Short by unanimous vote of the Computer Animation Festival Jury. The extraordinarily rich visualization achieved in 'The Cathedral' was a seduction for the CAF jury. It was viewed repeatedly, and each time the jury became more entranced. It is a beautiful animation - very representative of the outstanding work we received from small, highly creative production companies in this country and internationally". "The Cathedral" is seen as one of the best in this movie category, what allowed to try and get Academy nomination in the Best Animated Short category in year 2003. "The Cathedral" hasnt got an Oscar(R), but got some other rewards in 2002 and in 2003.For DVD Player (North American NTSC)
