Synopsis:
The protagonist of the film is a woman who trips and falls, while rushing around the house. She gets up, only to discover, that her home has unusual features – it is built from paradoxes, filled with illusions and covered with patterns.
- Director:
- Marta Pajek
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- Poland
- Running time:
- 15 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation
- Original title:
- Figury niemożliwe i inne historie ii
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Piotr Szczepanowicz, Grzegorz Waclawek
- Animators:
- Marta Pajek, Małgorzata Mianowska, Anna Shimanskaya, Jerzy Hojda, Aleksander Sobek, Miray Ozcan, Joanna Wapniewska, Piotr Szczepanowicz, Tomasz Popakul
- Music composer:
- Michelle Gurevich
- Sound designer:
- Michal Jankowski
- Production:
- Animoon
- Audience:
- Adults
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