DYNAMICS

Animation, Experimental, Short, Stopmotion, Fantasy, Avant-Garde, Art Film, Niet narratief, Sfeer, Kunst

Netherlands

2025

Runtime, min

DYNAMICS (Frozen Movements) is an experimental, dreamy and surreal stop-motion film, created using everyday materials. The film offers a visual reflection on transformations that emerge through the intuitive blending of dissimilar elements. The result is a non-narrative art film where fantasy, form and texture merge into a sensory experience. This short animation invites viewers to surrender to a world where logic gives way to atmosphere and intuition. The hypnotic soundscape enhances the avant-garde character of the film and leaves plenty of room for personal interpretation.

Director:

Teo Baehler

Selections and Awards:

REVIEWS:

YES. Finally, a film that treats texture as narrative. Every ripple, crumble, twist - a sentence in a language of material. This is what avant-garde stop-motion should feel like: visceral, uncertain, alive.

Jef Liva

I didn’t know how to ‘read’ this, but I didn’t need to. I just let the rhythm carry me. At some point, the soft tearing sound made me think of heartbreak. It’s like the film speaks directly to your body.

Eva Vizcaino

Dynamics explores the ontology of movement in matter - it's animation as philosophical inquiry. The stop-motion technique draws attention to the act of transformation itself, not just the result.

Andres Martinez Hernandez

It doesn’t just use objects, it lets them dictate the rhythm.

Nino Irvikyan

I had no idea what I was watching, but it was weirdly relaxing. Like watching dreams made of clay and foil. I kept thinking: this doesn’t make sense… but I don’t mind.

Leo Antsiferov

It's a challenge to the narrative impulse - and that’s its strength. It doesn’t ask to be understood, only felt. The absence of logic is not a flaw but an invitation. What we get is a kind of tactile trance.

Caleb Dubois

This film reminded me why I love working with my hands. The way light moves across textures, the slowness of transformation - it’s like sculpture in time. It doesn’t explain - it touches.

Roxana Oliveira