Nibbling of the Night
Suzy and Billy are an unhappy middle-aged couple whose affection has long faded away. Suzy feels used by her careless husband, enslaved by the role of a subordinate housewife. She escapes from her worries and loneliness into an addiction of night's gluttony, spending night hours next to the kitchenβs refrigerator. However, one night, her depressing fate is going to change thanks to a visit of two female vampires, who become for her a model of the strong, independent, and emancipated woman she always wanted to be.
"Nibbling of the Night" is a women-empowering film and a black comedy with an inspiring moral, which, under a mask of humour, presents a story about the mutual understanding of three women who help each other, creating a female alliance. Although they seem to be the exact opposite of one another, they are united by a common desire for freedom, happiness and living as independent and emancipated.
The film also tells the problem of unhappy people who lack the strength to make the necessary changes in their lives and who need the stimulus given to them by others to take control of their fate again.
The animation contains numerous references to Gothic literature, and all the characters' dialogues are spoken in rhymes similarly to the Polish stage dramas of the Romantic era.
The film was made using the classic stop-motion puppet animation technique.
Everything in the animation was hand-made, hand-painted, and hand-animated. This 12-minute long film took over three years of hard work to create. The project was produced entirely without funding.
Where to watch?
If you would like to watch "Nibbling of the Night", please support our fundraiser with a donation of 3 EUR on the 4fund website: https://4fund.com/cc4rz7
Each donor receives the film with Polish and English dubbing permanently for their own and can use it e.g.: during lessons dedicated to gothic literature or Romantic era.
I also cordially invite you to follow the official profile of the film on Instagram: @nibblingofthenight_film_gb
I can visit your school, festival, or event and lead educational sessions during which I will discuss the film's inspirations from the Romantic era and Gothic literature, and I will also demonstrate the "making of" process of creating handmade stop-motion puppet animation.
You can also purchase handmade props from the film.
If you are interested, please contact me.
FESTIVAL HISTORY OF THE FILM:
π Royal Television Society Cymru Wales Student Award, Cardiff, UK (2025)
πππ Awards for "Best Animated Film", "Best Emerging Director", and "Best Film – Audience Choice" at the "Voices of Women International Short Film and Script Festival", New York, USA, Sydney, Australia, Kenya (2025)
ππ Award for "Best Animated Film" and "2nd Best Film of the Festival" at the "Urbanite Arts & Film Festival", New York, USA (2024)
π 1st Place Award in the "Animation film" category at the "National Amateur Film Competition KLAPS" in Poland (2025)
π "Best Stop Motion Short" Award at the international "Touchstone Independent Film Festival" in Florida, USA (2025)
π "Best International Short Animation Film" Award at the international "Toronto Global Film Festival" in Toronto, Canada (2025)
π Award Winner at the "Yeosu International Web Drama Film Festival", in Yeosu, South Korea (2025)
π "Best Stop Motion Film" Award at the international "Fortean Film Festival" in Gloucestershire, UK (2025)
π "Best Stop Motion Film" Award at the international "MegaFlix Movie Awards" in Standish, in the UK (2025)
π "Winner of Best Story" at the international "COMEDY Virtual Film Festival" (2025)
π "Platinum Award" in the "Best Movie (Short)" category at the international film festival "International Celebration of Cinema" in Abbeydale, UK (2024)
π Rated with a "Gold Award" in the categories: "Best Movie (Short)", "Best Animated Film", "Best Screenplay/Script", "Best Story/Plot", "Best Director", "Best Writer", "Best Producer", "Best Family Friendly Film", "Best Horror Film", "Best Comedy Film", "Best Cinematography". "Best Character Development", "Most Original Concept", "Most Creative Concept", "Most Innovative Production", "Film Of The Year", "Best Student Film", "Best Stop Motion Film", "Best Sound Design", "Best Voiceover", "Best Narration", "Best Poster", "Best Low-Budget Film" at the international festival "Global INDIE Filmmaker Awards", Standish, UK (2025)
π 2nd Place Award at the "Wicked Wales International Youth Film Festival", UK (2024)
π 2nd Place Award in the national festival "19th Kochanowski Film Festival", Poland (2024)
π 3rd Place Award at the national competition "TERAZ DZIECI MAJΔ GΕOS!" in the category "SZKOLNA" as part of the "13th National Animation Festival O!PLA", Poland (2025)
π "Honorable Mention" at the international film festival "Oxford Shorts" in Oxford, UK (2025)
π "Honorable Mention" at the international "Folkestone Film Festival" in Folkestone, UK (2025)
π Inclusion of the film in the 21st edition of the national program "Polish Cinema for Young Audiences" organized nationwide by The Polish Filmmakers Association, Poland (2025)
π "Nominee" status at the international "Worcester International Film Festival", Worcester, UK (2025)
π Nomination for the "Hollywood Eagle Award" at the international "Polish Film Festival Los Angeles" in California, USA (2025)
π "Finalist" status at the international film festival "London Director Awards" in London, UK (2025)
π "Finalist" status at the international "Taiwan International Student Design Competition", Taiwan (2025)
π "Finalist" status at the international "AJR VISION β Festival de Cine Independiente" in Bilbao, Spain (2025)
π "Quarter-Finalist" status at the international "BUEISFF β British University International Students Film Festival" in Cairo, Egypt (2024)
π Reception of a "Certificate of Merit" at the international "Authentic Global Film Awards" in Beverly Hills, California, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "Josiah Media Festival" in Texas, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "International Short Film Competition SHORT BiG Festivalowski" in PΕock, Poland (2025)
π Selection at the international "Neisse Film Festival" Germany, Czech Republic, Poland (2025)
π Selection at the international "Amandus Film Festival" in Lillehammer, Norway (2025)
π Selection at the international "ICONA Animation Festival β Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival" in Corfu, Greece (2024)
π Selection at the international "LTUE Film Festival β Life the Universe and Everything" in Utah, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "Art All Night β Trenton: Film Festival" in Trenton, New Jersey, USA (2024)
π Selection at the international "Seven Issues Film Festival" in Karlovac, Croatia (2025)
π Selection at the international "MOV – International Student Film Festival of Pernambuco" in Brazil (2024)
π Selection of the film at the international "Festival Angaelica" in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international film festival "London Global Film Awards" in London, UK (2024)
π Selection at the international "Secondigliano Film Festival" in Naples, Italy (2025)
π Selection at the international film festival "Euroshorts Young Filmmakers", Poland (2024)
π Selection at the international "Neumann Inspires Film Festival" in Pennsylvania, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "The Chico Independent Film Festival 2024" in California, USA (2024)
π Qualification for the "22nd International Festival of Non-Professional Films KochaΔ czΕowieka" in the "Animation" category in OΕwiΔcim, Poland (2025)
π Selection at the international "Kobani International Film Festival" in Germany (2025)
π Selection at the Ghana's biggest film festival "Black Star International Film Festival" (BSIFF) in Ghana (2025)
π Selection at the international "Comedy Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival" in Toronto, Canda, Chicago, Los Angeles, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "Egyptian American Film Festival" in New York, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "Midnight Monster Club Short Film Festival" in Texas, USA
π Selection at the international "9th International Folklore Film Festival" in Kerala, India (2025)
π Selection at the international "The Crooklyn Comedy Film Festival" in the USA (2024)
π Selection at the national "Dorking Film Festival" in Epsom, UK (2025)
π Selection at the national film festival "Festiwal Filmowy Maklaka i Jego PrzyjaciΓ³Ε" in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland (2025)
π Selection at the national film festival "ZΕoty Samorodek" in ZΕotoryja, Poland (2024)
π Selection at the national film festival "Filmowe PoΕudnie" in MikoΕΓ³w, Poland (2024)
π Selection at the national film festival "Kocham Dziwne Kino", Poland (2025)
π Screening of the film at the "Voices of Women International Short Film and Script Festival" showcase at the "Shadows and Screens" night at the CSU Playhouse, Wagga Wagga, Australia (2025)
π Screening of the film at the national "Polish Youth Film Festival reACTION!" in PoznaΕ, Poland (2025)
π Screening of the film at the national film competition "Eye of the Kaleidoscope. XII National Review of Animated Films Created by Youth" in Poland (2025)
FESTIVAL HISTORY OF THE FILM'S SCRIPT:
π "Best Student Short Film Script" Award at the "Wisdom Three International Film Festival" in Pune, India (the script itself was written and awarded in 2023)
π Rated with a "Gold Award" in the category "Best Screenplay/Script" at the international film festival "Global INDIE Filmmaker Awards" in Standish, UK (2025)
π Status of a "Semi-Finalist" at the international "Rewind International Film Festival" in the UK (2024)
π Selection at the international "Urbanite Arts & Film Festival" in the category "Short Screenplay β 10 page maximum", in New York, USA (2023)
π Selection at the international film festival "Animated Expressions Expo", France (2023)
π Selection at the international film festival "Festival Angaelica" in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, USA (2025)
π Selection at the international "Fortean Film Festival" in Gloucestershire, UK (2025)
π Selection at the international "MegaFlix Movie Awards" in Standish, UK (2025)
