Tango

1980 Polish animated film directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński

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Tango is a 1981 Polish animated short film written and directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 55th Academy Awards. It required several hundred thousand exposures on an optical printer and sixteen hours a day over seven months to make the short.

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Director: Zbigniew Rybczyński
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1.stopklatka.pl/film/tango-1980Retrieved 2016-06-30
2.fdb.pl/film/50778-tangoRetrieved 2016-06-30
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Screenwriter: Zbigniew Rybczyński
Director of photography: Zbigniew Rybczyński
Awards: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film(April 11, 1983) statement is subject of: 55th Academy Awards · winner: Zbigniew Rybczyński
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1.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983
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Annecy Cristal for a Short Film(1981)
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1.annecy.org/about/archives/1981/award-winners/film-index:film-810230
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Released: 1980
Film editor: Zbigniew Rybczyński
Composer: Janusz Hajdun
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film(February 17, 1983) nominee: Zbigniew Rybczyński · statement is subject of: 55th Academy Awards
Country of origin: Poland
Original language: none applies to part: dialogue
Title: Tango
Production company: Se-ma-for
Runtime: 8 min
Different from: Tango

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