Animation Workers From “Se-Ma-For” Studio of Small Film Forms in Lodz (Dataset)

Abstract

This dataset contains transcripts from recordings collected as part of the project “Animation Studios in Gottwaldov and Łódź (1945/47–1990) – A Comparative Collective Biography.” The project involved a series of in-depth interviews with former employees of the “Se-Ma-For” Studio of Small Film Forms, conducted between April 2021 and March 2024. The transcriptions were made based on interviews with 31 people, totalling approximately 100 hours of recorded material. The interviews provide data on the operations of the “Se-Ma-For” enterprise during the People’s Republic of Poland era from the 1950s to its liquidation in 1999. The dataset has potential for reuse in the fields of sociology and film studies.

Keywords

• prosopography
• animation studies
• polish animation
• production studies
• animation studios
• film studies