Laura Boráros Dances Between Dreams and Reality in a Surreal Short Film

Laura Boráros Dances Between Dreams and Reality in a Surreal Short Film

If you’ve ever had an upstairs neighbor, you’re probably familiar with the sounds of echoing footsteps, resonant laughing, glass breaking, and the muffled weight of too many voices speaking atop one another during a late-night gathering.

In a short film titled “Snovník,” or “Dreamer,” Czech Rpublic-based filmmaker Laura Boráros introduces a bright red protagonist who is unable to sleep when he can’t ignore the rowdiness resonating from above his bedroom ceiling. Taking matters into his own hands, he makes his way upstairs and knocks on his neighbor’s door—only to become engulfed by the fun himself by peering into a small keyhole.

a layered assemblage of paper cut shapes, resembling two figures standing in a hallway

Boráros immerses the audience with a flurry with bold colors, painted and snipped into a mirage of shapes and scenes. Using stop-motion, the animation strikes a mechanical yet fluid tone, creating a surreal environment that accurately captures the experience of the very fever dream “Snovník” depicts.

Watch the full film on Vimeo, and get a peek at the artist’s process on Instagram.

two red feet walk up a flight of stairs
a red figure peers through a keyhole
an abstract figure with one eye looks up at towering ambiguous figures
a paper cut assemblage of wavy patterns and a red figure with an eye in the middle

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