The Pool or Death of a Goldfish
Poland2025animated14'Short Film CompetitionNational Competition
A leg, arm and belly – piece by piece, the parents are eating their daughter for dinner. This macabre scene is an invitation to a metaphorical animation about growing up, the right to have one’s own opinion and family relationships. For years, the protagonist has lived like a goldfish – she fulfils her parents’ wishes, does not express her own needs, adapts and gives up on herself. However, her accumulated emotions begin to overwhelm her like water in a swimming pool and doubts arise in her mind. Should she drown in her own tears and unexpressed emotions, or kill the goldfish within herself and try to regain her freedom?
- directed by
- Daria Kopiec
Film and stage director. Graduate of the Department of Cinematography (Animation and Special Effects in Film) at the Film School in Łódź. For several months, she was a trainee at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels – La Cambre in Brussels. In 2010 she became a member of the Polish Filmmakers Association. At present, she is a student of the Directing Department at the Theatre Academy in Warsaw. Her filmography includes "Your Own Bullshit" (2020), "First Time" (2016), "Cosmos" (2016), "Gucio Enchanted" (2015), "Rivers" (2014), "Camphor" (2013), "Zuzanna" (2010), "Eight" (2006), "Femme Fatale" (2005) and "Anunnaki" (2004).
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