Synopsis: On a forest home trip with her classmates, ten year old Marlene is struggling with her early pubescent, changing body. She feels ashamed of her boobs growing. Therefore, she avoids to shower with the other girls and hides her evolving body under large sweatshirts. When the other kids start making fun of an oddly developed tadpole at the forest home museum, Marlene is weirdly identifying with it and decides to set it free.
About the Filmmaker: Julia Skala is a European animation directress, designer, and illustrator. She has studied animation directing at the renowned Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany and at the well-known Gobelins, l’école de l’image in Paris. Julia is also a writer for the online film magazine East European Film Bulletin. Her rainy animated short film SOMMERREGEN (2020), co-directed with Oscar Jacobson, has travelled to many film festivals including Anim’est, CINANIMA, Manchester Animation Festival and more. She has recently graduated with her new animated short film POLLIWOG (2024).
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| Released: | 2025 |
| Runtime: | 9 Mins |
| Director: | Julia Skala |
| Country: | Germany |
| Writers: | Julia Skala, Theresa Worm |
| Producers: | Max Pollmann, Julia Skala |
| Key Cast: | Paulina Larson |
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