Marbles

A stop motion animation made with threads on a vaseline coated glass plate.
Hypnotizing pendulum sets a particular mechanism in motion. A figure appearing fragmentarily, space and a variety of objects form a rhythmic system of mutual dependence. Sound interweaves with image, creating music of repetitive events. What is the cause and what is the effect?

  • Natalia Spychala
    Director
  • Agata Golańska / The National Film School in Łódź
    Producer
  • Pimon Lekler
    Music & Sound
  • Natalia Spychała
    Animators
  • Urszula Domańska
    Animators
  • Katarzyna Adamkiewicz
    Animators
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Poland
  • Country of Filming:
    Poland
  • Language:
    English, Polish
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Tricky Women / Tricky Realities 2020

    Special Mention / International Competition
  • 9 StopTrik IFF

    Special Mention, The Borderlands Competition
  • O!PLA 2019

    Silver Award, Formanimy (Experimental Films) Competition
  • Vienna Shorts 2020
  • Animafest Zagreb 2020
  • Fantoche 2020
  • Mr Vorky 2020
Distribution Information
  • Agata Golańska / The National Film School in Łódź
    Distributor
    Country: Poland
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Natalia Spychala

Graduate of the Łódź Film School, Poland, director and animator. In addition to making short animated films, she explores stop motion techniques by co-creating projects that combine animation with literature, theatre, music and new technologies. She runs a studio in Łódź where she organizes animation workshops as well as art events for children, teenagers and adults.

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Director Statement

There are very few things that cannot be animated - or somehow brought to life.