ŻUBROFFKA 2026 SIGNAL FILM

After six years of curating the identity of International Short Film Festival Żubroffka and inviting artists to create the signal films for its subsequent editions, we came back to working on the image ourselves.
For this jubilee, the 20th edition, we drew inspiration from the primordial forests surrounding Białystok, where the festival’s main venue is located. Jubilees invite reflection and return to one’s sources, and over the years Żubroffka has accumulated its own constellation of memories and associations. We wanted to channel that accumulated energy into something that felt both elemental and distinctly tied to the festival.
The leafless crowns of the trees in December seemed to carry a primal force of their own, something raw and almost ritualistic. That archaic connection to nature became the starting point for the nervous, mysterious atmosphere of this year’s visual identity. At the same time, the roughness of the image comes from an association that was impossible to ignore: black metal, with its darkness, intensity and uncompromising physicality.
By bringing together the primal energy of the forest, the accumulated mythology of Żubroffka and the raw language of black metal, we ended up with this murky ritualistic piece, a kind of visual incantation for the festival’s twentieth edition.

"THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN EGG" FOR MoMA

250 years after Constantin Brâncuși was born, we had an opportunity to draw inspiration from his work. Thanks to an invitation from MoMA, we co-created an episode of the award-winning series "Once Upon an Artwork". Each episode starts with a different work of art from MoMA’s collection being shown to children to spark their imagination. The story evolves through unrestrained conversation, resulting in untamed chains of events. "The Tale of the Golden Egg" was ignited by Brâncuși’s "Bird in Space" (1953), discussed by Jaxon and Musa. We interpreted the unmistakable shapes created by the French-Romanian sculptor to create a tactile, mixed-media world subjected to kids’ logic.
Director/Producer: Sarah Cowan Animation direction and design: Kijek/Adamski Animation: Przemysław Adamski, Katarzyna Kijek, Zofia Snarska-Słobodzian, Michał Słobodzian-Snarski Original music: James Pratley Watson Sound design: Somesh Yatham Voices: Musa and Jaxon

VIMEO STAFF PICK

"Slow Light" got a Vimeo Staff Pick! This one feels extra special.
When we first made a Vimeo account back in 2008, it quickly became our favorite corner of the internet—full of quality, weird, beautiful, inspiring work. And the holy grail? The Staff Pick badge. Every time we uploaded something, we secretly hoped it would get picked. It felt like a little nod from the cool kids saying, "Hey, you did good." Over the years, we’ve been lucky to receive five Staff Picks—and now "Slow Light" joins the club. We're very grateful, very happy, and a little bit emotional 🥲

WORKSHOP AT POCKET STUDIO IN TBILISI, GEORGIA

Last month we traveled to Tbilisi to conduct animation workshop at Pocket Studio. The workshop was a part of Social Design Days organized by Polish Graphic Design and Polish Institute in Georgia. It was focused on an analog technique we used for a music video we directed back in 2009 for a UK based band Oi Va Voi. It was the first music video we directed as Kijek/Adamski so it means a great deal to us.

Before the workshop, we gave a talk on the value of creative experimentation — and how analog approaches can offer a meaningful alternative to the growing wave of auto-generated content. It was a chance to reflect on how hands-on methods still have a place in today’s cloud-based, digital-first world.

All the photos below were taken by to Vano Bitsadze.

WE'RE BACK BABY!

Wow! It’s hard to believe it’s been almost seven years since we last posted here. A lot has happened in that time—we worked on commercial projects, went through lockdown, worked on even more commercial projects, and created five episodes across two different series. But most importantly, we made a personal short animated film that, in a funny twist of fate, is all about a man who experiences everything with a seven-year delay. In "Slow Light", our protagonist’s eyes are so dense that it takes exactly seven years for light to pass through them. Fittingly, it has taken us just as long to post an update! The film has been selected for over a hundred festivals, picked up over thirty awards along the way, and is now available to watch online. We think the film’s premise is the perfect metaphor for our posting delay—so enjoy Slow Light, and check out the behind-the-scenes video to see what we’ve been up to all these years!