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Tango
A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, looping further through an absurd dance of social disconnection.
Zbigniew Rybczynski worked eight hours a day for ten months on the Oscar-winning Tango. He brings together a jumble of cut-out photos featuring countless figures of all kinds and ages in a flawlessly synchronised animation. The work was formally highly innovative at the time, establishing Rybczynski as one of the most inventive experimental filmmakers in Europe in the 1980s.
Bio Zbigniew Rybczyński
Polish multimedia artist Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949) has won numerous prestigious industry awards, including the 1983 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Tango. He is renowned for his innovative audiovisual techniques and pioneering experimentation in new image technology.
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- This film was #12 in the “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025