About | ADMIRÁL

ADMIRAL KOLENČÍK

Andrej Kolenčík nicknamed Admiral (* 3.8.1984 in Bratislava) is a film director and a visual artist. He studied graphic design at School of Applied Arts and graduated from Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in field of animation. He studied also at RITS in Brussel during his Erasmus studies and made intership at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

At present he´s working as a freelance film director of fiction and also animation films, music videos and commercials. As a visual artist he deals with illustration and comics art. Besides of that he´s also program director of well known international animation festival Fest Anča.

FILMOGRAPHY
2013 – Vystava (The Exhibition) – short fiction film, Piknik Pictures (director / screenwriter)
2012 – Hviezda (The Star) – short documentary film (director / screenwriter)
2010 – Luníček & Perešníček – pilot of animated tv series (director)
2009 – Čmuchal & Sviňa zasahujú – short animated film (director)

MUSIC VIDEOS
2013 – Kotúče DM – To, čo so mnou žije v byte
2011 – Dr. Zetor – Na Záhrade
2011 – Divné Semená – Moog In Mood
2010 – Kazety – Depilace (Midi Lidi Remix)
2010 – Booka Shade – Teenage Spaceman (Unofficial)
2009 – DVA – Nanuk

EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2012 – Creative Unit, Gallery Medium, Bratislava, Slovakia
2012 – KOmix – Nečakaný zásah, 4D Gallery, Galanta, Slovakia
2012 – Admiral´s Visual Drugs, Bialystok, Poland
2011 – We Don´t agree (Andrej Kolenčík vs. Deana Kolenčíková), Gallery Enter, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 – 120×120 cover exhibition, 66 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2009 – HRDInovia, galéria M++, Loď, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 – Animars, Turčianska galéria, Martin, Slovakia
2009 – Videoart is not Dead, Multiplace, Brno, Czech Republic
2009 – Fresh Flesh, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 – K.O.MIX, Nitrianska galéria, Nitra, Slovakia

AWARDS
2013 Febiofest Prague – Jury Award (Outstanding Film Novella)
2013 Febiofest Bratislava – Audience Award
2012 IFOLT – Winner, prize for young authors (Hviezda)
2012 LIsFE – Jury honorable mention (Hviezda)
2010 Barbakan – Best animated film (Čmuchal & Sviňa zasahujú)
2009 Áčko – Best student animated film (Čmuchal & Sviňa zasahujú)
2008 – One of the featured video in competition organized by music television MTV – BREAK MTV
2008 – Igric – creative premium for animated short Izidor

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Palm Springs Short Fest (USA), Phenomen Film Fest (USA), LIsFE (Netherlands), Febiofest Prague (Czech Republic), Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia), Febiofest Bratislava (Slovakia), DocuFest Atlanta (USA), ASIFA San Francisco presents: Slovak Impact (USA), Busho (Hungary), CinEast (Luxembourg), IFF Bratislava (Slovakia), Sem Tabu (FIAE) (Brazil), Filmový festival inakosti (Bratislava, Slovakia), Mediawave (Hungary), Grand OFF World Independent Film Awards (Poland), Ofafa (Poland), Early Melons (Slovakia), Animateka (Slovenia) Azyl (Slovakia), Áčko (Slovakia), ReAnimacja (Poland), Aerokraťas (Czech Republic), Anifest (Czech Republic), Zlomvaz (Czech Republic), Festroia (Portugal), State aKorti (Italy), ISFVF (China), One Shot ISFF (Armenia), DokumentART (Poland) and many more…