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Impossible Figures and other stories I

Following an explosion, a mysterious and elegant elderly woman wanders deserted city streets, recalling what was and what could have been.
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An ominous ticking sound triggers an explosion. Wandering deserted city streets, an elegant elderly woman recalls what was and what could have been. The final film (and first part) of Marta Pajek’s acclaimed trilogy, Impossible Figures and other stories I is a mysterious and haunting portrait of personal and societal self-destruction.

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  • voice
    Anna Polony
  • writer
    Marta Pajek
  • designer
    Marta Pajek
  • director
    Marta Pajek
  • producer
    Piotr Szczepanowicz
    Grzegorz Wacławek
    Maral Mohammadian
  • line production
    Zofia Jaroszuk
  • executive producer
    Michael Fukushima
  • production manager
    Karolina Sendecka
    Martyna Siwińska
  • 2D animation
    Alex Boya
    Eva Cvijanovic
    Parissa Mohit
    Marta Magnuska
    Marta Pajek
    Małgorzata Mianowska
  • clean-up
    Anna Chrzanowska
    Mateusz Frank
    Marta Iwańska
    Julia Kożuszek
  • coloring artist
    Anna Chrzanowska
    Mateusz Frank
    Marta Iwańska
    Julia Kożuszek
  • 3D animation
    Brandon Blommaert
    Kacper Czyczlo
    Monika Kołcz
  • 3D modeling
    Tomasz Tomczyk
  • rigging
    Tomasz Tomczyk
  • fur simulation
    Grzegorz Flaga
  • rendering
    Monika Kołcz
  • colour correction
    Magdalena Kulak
  • scanning
    Maria Pajek
  • retouching
    Maria Pajek
  • compositing
    Marta Pajek
  • editing
    Marta Pajek
  • technical director
    Éloi Champagne
  • technical coordinator
    Randall Finnerty
    Luc Binette
  • studio administration
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • senior production coordinator
    Dominique Forget
  • studio coordinator
    Barry Ahmad
    Faisal Moula
  • original music
    Aleksandra Gryka
  • additional music
    Marcin Kuczewski
  • foley artist
    Michal Jankowski
  • foley recordist
    Pawel Łuczak
  • sound design
    Michal Jankowski
  • sound editing
    Michal Jankowski
  • additional sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • sound mixing
    Michal Jankowski
    Piotr Knop
  • marketing
    Judith Lessard-Bérubé
  • mastering
    Marek Dudzik
  • DCP
    Marek Dudzik

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