Oscar for Peter & the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf25/02/2008

And the Oscar for the best animation went to "Peter and the Wolf". Read more about this state-or-art production.

This much-loved tale has resonated deeply with over five generations of children, enchanted by its power and sense of fun. This fantastical new version by prize-winning director Suzie Templeton, and created in the Oscar winning Se-ma-for Studios in Lodz, is one of the biggest achievements in the Polish animation craft to date.  Filming took place in Lodz, Poland, with a team of over 100 British and Polish animators, sculptors and artists working for five years to bring this half-hour animation to life.

BreakThru Films' innovative animated film version of Prokofiev's classic work, set to a new recording by the world-renowned Philharmonia Orchestra, was produced Poland using stop-frame model animation (the technique popularised by Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations) and state-of-the-art digital technology.

Peter & the Wolf  - Story
Boys like Peter are not afraid of wolves. It is a wolf- eats duck world. But it’s a world in which little boys can find extraordinary courage and – with a little help from a crazy bird and a dreamy duck (and none whatsoever from a fat, lethargic cat and two hooligan hunters) – can catch the wolf.

Awards
BreakThru Films’ Peter & the Wolf took two of the top prizes at Annecy - the Annecy Cristal for Best Short and the coveted Audience Award.
American premiere is expected 25th July 2007 in Mann center in Philadelphia.

Peter & the Wolf is now available online at   http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/
Classic FM - Kids' classic comes alive
Filming is taking place in Poland’s Se-Ma-For studios, thereby drawing on the eastern-European origins of the story and fully capturing the magic of Prokofiev’s score and script.
The amazing visual effects are complemented by a soundtrack recorded by top London orchestra the Philharmonia

The Independent -
An ambitious animated film aims to introduce a new generation of children to Prokofiv’s Peter and the Wolf.  Nicola Christie reports from Lodz, Poland

Peter&Wolf

Director:
- Suzie Templeton

Producers:
- Hugh Welchman
- Alan Dewhurst

Co - Producers:
- Se-ma-for Studios, Poland
- Storm Studios

Lead Animator
-Adam Wyrwas
-Krzysztof Brzozowski

Visual efect superviser
Kamil Polak

Executive Producers:
- Lars Hellebust
- Simon Olswang
- Luc Toutounghi

Music Director:
- Mark Stephenson


J.S.