Polliwog is a 2D animated film by Julia Skala, produced at the Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2024. I worked on a few shots, as part of the animation team.

Synopsis:

On a forest home trip with her classmates, ten year old Marlene is struggling with her early pubescent, changing body. She feels ashamed of her boobs growing. Therefore, she avoids to shower with the other girls and hides her evolving body under large sweatshirts. When the other kids start making fun of an oddly developed tadpole at the forest home museum, Marlene is weirdly identifying with it and decides to set it free.

Polliwog

© Filmakademie-Baden-Württemberg, 2024

Direction & story: Julia Skala

Production: Max Pollman & Julia Skala

Animation lead & 2D effects: Benjamin Wahl

Animation: Alina Schuster, Lydia Schüttengruber, Karla Riebartsch, Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Gina Stephan, Julia Skala, Melanie Schnaidt, Adina Barth, Paul Kley, Amy Bruchner

Music: Clemens Gutjahr

Sound design: Simon Wasserfall, Marc Uhlherr

Production year: 2024