MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Short film
Poster for Stomp

Stomp

1984 · 7 min

A hypnotic, disorienting seven-minute experiment of shifting geometry and searching light that rewards patience and unsettles quietly.

Directed by
Maciej Ćwiek
Genres
Animation
Overview
Polish avant-garde animation featuring vanishing staircases and desperate searchlights with occasional breaks for a digital clock and a stone face.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Maciej Ćwiek
Genres
Animation
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • obsession
    • madness
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror4
    Humour1
    Realism2
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight4

    More like this

    Titles like Stomp

    Short film

    In the Box

    1999

    A quiet, hypnotic puzzle of a film that turns a simple room into a restless, faintly unsettling meditation on trying to reach what stays out of grasp.

    About isolation and obsession · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • obsession
    • animated
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    6 min
    Details
    In the BoxHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    Monkey's Teeth

    1961

    A slow, unsettling and deliberately ugly animated curiosity that feels like a dream from a troubled mind.

    About isolation and madness · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • madness
    • animated
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    13 min
    Details
    Monkey's TeethHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    Reruns

    2018

    A drifting, dreamlike descent through half-remembered images that rewards patience and unsettles more than it explains.

    About isolation · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • animated
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    14 min
    Details
    RerunsHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    Nowhere

    1982

    Fleeting washes of color and light that leave a restless, unsettled hum behind the eyes.

    About isolation and madness · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • madness
    • animated
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    5 min
    Details
    NowhereHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    The Other Side

    1994

    A quiet, wordless curiosity that drifts between wonder and unease, asking you to watch closely and feel rather than follow.

    About isolation · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • animated
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    8 min
    Details
    The Other SideHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    SofaBild

    1983

    A short, collage-like animated piece that drifts between painted images and quiet observation, asking patience more than offering story.

    About obsession · animated

    Via
    • obsession
    • animated
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    12 min
    Details
    SofaBildHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    The Cocoon

    2023

    A tight, unsettling loop of futile effort that makes you feel the trap closing in with every step.

    About isolation and obsession · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • obsession
    • animated
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    8 min
    Details
    The CocoonHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    Illusion

    1990

    A quiet, dreamlike animated short that drifts through shifting images, asking you to sit with its unease rather than follow a story.

    About isolation · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • animated
    Pacing
    measured
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    10 min
    Details
    IllusionHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    The Memories of Dogs

    2006

    A hushed, tactile animated short that drifts like a half-remembered dream, asking you to lean in and feel rather than follow.

    About isolation · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • animated
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    8 min
    Details
    The Memories of DogsHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    Beast

    2018

    A quiet, unsettling drift into one man's unraveling, where stillness and color slowly give way to something fragile and violent.

    About isolation and madness · animated

    Via
    • isolation
    • madness
    • animated
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    engaged
    Runtime
    7 min
    Details
    BeastHidden from your suggestions.
    Short film

    Leaking Life

    2019

    A hypnotic, wordless wash of swirling abstract forms that rewards patient attention with a trance-like, disorienting flow.

    About madness · animated

    Via
    • madness
    • animated
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    15 min
    Details
    Leaking LifeHidden from your suggestions.
    Movie

    The Packaging

    1972

    A spare, wordless, quietly absurd struggle in one room that rewards patience and asks you to lean in.

    About isolation and obsession

    Via
    • isolation
    • obsession
    Pacing
    slow-burn
    Attention
    demanding
    Runtime
    105 min
    Details
    The PackagingHidden from your suggestions.

    Where to watch in the UK

    No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

    Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Maciej Ćwiek
    Written by
    Maciej Ćwiek
    Runtime
    7 min
    Country
    Poland
    Languages
    No Language

    TMDBIMDb