A pianist plays in a huge theatre on a cylindrical piano, which is rotated by his dwarf assistant. The theatre is part of a huge, spherical city. Upon waking, he turns out to be a street musician, who has a restraining order, but wants to teach his daughter how to play the piano.
Direction
Till Nowak's seamless blend of live action and animation.
Cinematography
The impossible spherical city is jaw-dropping.
Sound
Chopin performances that bridge two realities.

Director
Till Nowak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Till Nowak created the entire spherical city in CGI, inspired by 19th-century panoramas and Escher's impossible architecture.
The film's German title 'Dissonanz' refers to both musical tension and psychological conflict — the pianist's internal chaos made external.
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