Szymon Szul

Szymon Szul is a PhD student at the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Humanities. He is a member of the Polish Animation Research Group and a scholarship holder in the project “Animation Studios in Gottwaldov and Łódź (1945/47–1990) — A Comparative Collective Biography” (2021–2024). His research focuses on Polish animation, particularly the activities of the “Se-Ma-For” Studio of Small Film Forms. His scholarly interests include production studies on Polish animated series and the international collaborations of Polish animation studios during the communist period. He conducts research on the works of Stanisław Lenartowicz, Stefan Schabenbeck, Tadeusz Wilkosz and Danuta Adamska-Strus. He is a co-author of the monograph “The Social Worlds of the Se-Ma-For Studio of Small Film Forms in Łódź”. His publications appear in Panoptikum, Pleograf. Historyczno-Filmowy Kwartalnik Filmoteki Narodowej and Journal of Open Humanities Data. He is also the author of the locative narratives “The Story of One Bullet” and “Double Vision”.