The Pool or Death of a Goldfish
The Pool or Death of a Goldfish is a story about a possessive relationship between a mother and her daughter. The main character, through unexpressed anger and rebellion against her mother, transforms into a titular goldfish. Unspoken words, gestures, and repressed childhood emotions manifest in harsh treatment of both herself and others. The film is framed by a compositional structure in which the main character finally allows herself to feel grief, thereby entering a process of self-acceptance and forgiveness.
Poland / 2025 / 00:13:48
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Daria Kopiec
Daria Kopiec graduated from the Directing Department of the Theatre Academy in Warsaw and the Cinematography Department of the Film School in Łódź (specialisation: animation and special effects). She is currently a trainee at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels – La Cambre in Brussels. She is a member of the Polish Filmmakers Association and was a participant of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2017 program. She made internationally acclaimed animated films Cosmos (2016) and Your Own Bullshit (2019). She gained recognition in the theatre community with her play The Daughters of Lear, appreciated by audiences in many countries, and the television theatre The Rita G. Affair (2018).
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