Misaligned

The cyclical rhythms of a couple’s routines reach claustrophobic heights.

A man plays on his phone while a woman does yoga in the background. Ambient sounds amplify and annoyance accelerates as the dance of domestic disharmony reaches fever pitch. Rendered in minimalistic charcoal, Polish director Marta Magnuska’s charming sketch of coupledom observed through a bell jar won the Golden Dove for Best Animated Film in DOK Leipzig’s International Short Competition.