The main character walks through the night. Faced with the choice between two banks, she remains in the middle of the river. The dawn breaks and changes everything. Now, she continues her stroll under the watchful eye of gathered spectators.

Film title: Crushed chord (2018)
Duration time: 7:23 min
Animation technique: stop motion, object animation
Directing: Karolina Styczeń
Music: Monika Szpyrka
Sound: Monika Szpyrka

Karolina Styczeń – a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Among her main interests are animated films, illustrating and graphic design. She co-founded the group Dąb i Trzcina, which she represented when organising Bitwa Rysunkowa (the Drawing Battle) and a conference on visual narration – NarrAkcja. She has been a volunteer of the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH). Since 2015, she has co-operated with the Gospel Music Association in Krakow. In 2011, she joined a gospel choir.

Crushed chord - Karolina Styczeń