Director Bruce Alcock takes his inspiration from Chopin’s eponymous composition in this wonderful 3D animation, which pays tribute to the moments of beautiful chaos that can spring suddenly from the mundane.
Direction
Alcock orchestrates chaos with musical precision.
Sound
Chopin's piece becomes a character itself.
Director
Bruce Alcock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Bruce Alcock animated this largely solo, channeling his own experience of parenting young children into every frantic frame.
The film premiered at TIFF's Short Cuts program, where audiences consistently gasped at the climactic kitchen destruction—proof that animation can deliver genuine suspense without a single word of dialogue.