A Game with Stones (1965)

Original title

Spiel mit Steinen

Directed by

Jan Švankmajer

Genre

surrealism

Country

Austria

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short stop-motion film shows stones moving on their own. They form patterns and interact in ways that feel strange and alive.

surrealplayfulunsettlingkineticdreamlikeabstractmesmerizingdarkly whimsical

What happens

A Game with Stones (German: Spiel mit Steinen; Czech: Hra s kameny) is a 1965 short animated film by Czech animator Jan Švankmajer. It utilizes stop-motion animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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