Se-ma-for

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Se-ma-for is a Polish animation studio. Founded in Łódź, Poland, in 1947, it has created many animated cartoons and stop motion puppet animations, for young and mature audiences. The name, meaning literally Se-ma-phore, is an acronym of Studio Małych Form Filmowych - Studio of Small Film Forms.

Its most famous productions include the children's shows: Miś Uszatek, Przygody misia Colargola, The Moomins (pol. Opowiadania Muminków), Troubles the Cat, Przygody kota Filemona, Przygód kilka wróbla Ćwirka, Zaczarowany ołówek and the film Peter and the Wolf.

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In February 2008, one of it short animated films, Peter and the Wolf, received the Academy Award for best animated short film. It was the second Oscar-winning film made by the studio - the first came in the same category in 1983 - "Tango" by Zbigniew Rybczyński.

The principal photography was shot entirely in within the Se-ma-for animation studios in Łódź, Poland.[1]

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