GENESIS

project in production

short 2D animated film
format 15 min

director, writer, illustrator: Karolina Chabier

production: NOVANIMA productions s.a.r.l (FR)

coproduction: Animoon Sp. z o.o. (PL), OZU Productions (BE), Cola Animation (PT)

polish coproducer: Grzegorz Wacławek (Animoon), Kasia Panas (Animoon)

A Polish Film Institute Co-financed Production

/ Project description /

At first, darkness reigned and nothing existed except for a few sparks coming from a small lamp suspended from the bow of the boat. In the endless night, the Great One appears – a goddess in the shape of a bison. From the depths of the water, the Great One fishes out the Little One, a goat-like goddess. A friendship is formed between them, and with it life appears all around.

With a breath, the Great One ignites the flame of a lamp that lights up the night. She ignites the constellation of stars, the sun, and then forms a solid ball out of the sand – dry land. The goddesses give rise to more life, creating single-celled creatures, viruses, bacteria, multicellular animals that swim, walk and fly….