FORMAT
Short animated film in stop-motion | Scale 1:1 | 15 minutes | Director: Agata Wieczorek | 2026
In production
SYNOPSIS
5 year-old Sarah observes her Mother’s body changing upon giving birth to baby Joy. Fascination with woman’s body brings Sarah to unsettling observation: the arrival of the baby does not bring the expected happiness.
Sarah’s quest to regain Mother’s joy confronts the girl with women’s untold experiences.
Sarah’s quest to regain Mother’s joy confronts the girl with women’s untold experiences.
CONCEPT
The project adapts, and is inspired by the life-size silicone, realistic dolls: hyper-realistic adult Love Dolls and therapeutic “Re-born” baby dolls. Animating these artefacts into life-like characters produces uncanny imagery that evokes a recurring uncertainty whether we are watching the human body or an animated object; a computer-generated imagery, or stop-motion. This visual interplay between a body and a thing complements
the narrative that evolves between Mother’s real experiences, and child’s imagination about them.
the narrative that evolves between Mother’s real experiences, and child’s imagination about them.
CREDITS
Production: Marmolada Films (PL), Futur Anterieur Production (FR)
Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute, CNC
Distribution: Arte TV, MIYU Distribution
Directed and written by: Agata Wieczorek
Producers: Aymeric Isnard, Justyna Rucińska, Tomasz Łaptaszyński
