FORMAT
Short animated film in stop-motion | 13 minutes | Director: Daria Kopiec | Language: polish | 2025
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SYNOPSIS
The Pool or Death of a Goldfish is a story about a possessive relationship between a mother and her daughter. The main character, through unexpressed anger and rebellion against her mother, transforms into a titular goldfish. Unspoken words, gestures, and repressed childhood emotions manifest in harsh treatment of both herself and others. The film is framed by a compositional structure in which the main character finally allows herself to feel grief, thereby entering a process of self-acceptance and forgiveness.
CREDITS
Production: Marmolada Films
Co-production: EC1 Lodz - City of Film, Trufel, Daria Kopiec
Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute
Directed and written by: Daria Kopiec
Animation: Bartosz Kotarski, Urszula Domańska, Anna Polińska
Cinematography: Michał Stajniak, Thomas Gronenberg, Mateusz Nowak
Editing: Monika Sirojc
Music: Natalia Czekała
Sound: Agata Chodyra
Set designers: Krzysztof Wierzbowski, Izabela Ambroziak
Puppet makers: Aleksandra Kotarska, Alina Marchuk,
Paulina Antoniewicz, Daniel Kopala, Janusz Grzelak
Producers: Justyna Rucińska, Tomasz Łaptaszyński
