WHERE THE STONE WILL FALL
Once upon a time there was a pond where Gerda the frog lived … And then there was a king who gave a stone to his son and said: “where the stone will fall you will get a wife”. As often happens in fairy tales, fate offers unexpected possibilities, in this case a stone falls into the pond and the prince is, despite him, tied to Gerda the frog.
Director: Beatrice Pucci
Writer: Beatrice Pucci
Producers: PFA distribution
Sound design: Andrea Martignoni
Voice: Elena Bucci
Editing, post production: Cinzia Ascari
Runtime: 04 minutes 47 second
Country of Origin: Italy
Aspect Ratio: 16/9
Process: Color
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Beatrice Pucci, born in 1979, is a stop motion animation author, sculptor and designer. She lives and works between the Marche Apennines and Emilia (Italy). Multifaceted in the use of techniques, she based her research on experimenting with the languages of stop motion. His short films “Soil is Alive” and “Le nozze di Pollicino”, made with the technique of puppet animation, entered the “Cinquina finalista Nastri d’Argento”. Her animations have been selected in many international and national festivals including the “Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy”.
She worked for the cinema with an animated contribution in Alina Marazzi’s film “Tutto parla di te”, “Best Director” award at the 8th edition of the Rome Film Festival. She has made music video clips, videos for advertising and cultural reviews.
Currently Beatrice Pucci has started research on Italian folk tales.
Filmography:
2021 – Dove il sasso cadrà
2018 – Le nozze di pollicino
2015 – Soil is Alive
2008 – Imago
2004 – Vertigine
