France 1963, Renaissance, 9 min. Couleurs/N&B. Muet. Réal. Walerian Borowczyk Scénario : Walerian Borowczyk Caméra : Guy Durban Son : Claude Blondel Musique : Avenir de Monfred Producteur : Jacques Forgeot Production : Les Cinéastes Associés Ventes : Friends of Walerian Borowczyk – Dominique Duvergé Ségrétin Prix : IFF Tours 1963 : Prix spécial du jury; Festival du film de Knokke-le-Zoute 1964 : Prix du jury ; Fédération des Industries Techniques du cinéma, Milan 1964 : Prix d’Honneur ; Prix de la Fédération Internationale des Ciné-Clubs 1964 ; Borowczyk’s signature work, Renaissance features a wrecked, handmade objects gradually reconstructing themselves into a still life composition before exploding once more… Dedicated to Hy Hirsh (the American photographer, cameraman and abstract filmmaker who died prematurely of a heart attack in 1961), the objects (which include a doll, a stuffed owl, a trumpet etc.) in Renaissance serve as a concentrated microcosm of a larger, off screen drama. A frequently humorous and sometimes ominous sound track (not to mention a brief flash of colour) make Renaissance one of Borowczyk’s most perfect films.