Interview With "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" Directors Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

"The Girl Who Cried Pearls" is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski. Made through stop-motion animation, the film centers on a young boy who meets and falls in love with a girl who secretly weeps pearls at night. The initial inspiration for the film came during the production of the duo's 2007 short film "Madame Tutli-Putli," when a prop necklace unexpectedly fell apart, scattering pearls across the set as they filmed the climactic scene. The film has received critical acclaim and is nominated at the 98th Academy Awards in the category of Best Animated Short Film. Lavis and Szczerbowski were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their experience and work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on YouTube and is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.9	You are listening to The Next Best Picture Podcast, and this is Daniel Howard's interview
0:19.6	with the filmmakers for the girl
0:20.9	who cry pearls, Chris Lavis, and Mochecks, Zabowski.
0:24.4	The color, the luster, the luminescence. Can you bring more tomorrow?
0:31.0	They smell like the sea, but they're not from any mollusk. Tell me where did you get them?
0:39.8	Oh, it's a very strange story.
0:42.6	You won't believe me.
0:43.8	Chris Machik, my name's Daniel from the next best picture.
0:46.7	I am so excited that you guys are here to talk about the girl who cried pearls.
0:50.7	Thank you so much for your time.
0:51.7	I appreciate it.
0:52.7	It's our pleasure.
0:53.4	Thank you for asking.
0:54.8	Well, first of all, of course, congratulations on the Oscar nomination. This is the second
0:59.4	nomination for the two of you. Did it feel different this time around? Was it any less like
1:04.7	anxiety around anything? How did it feel? Magic? How's your, how's your anxiety level?
1:12.6	I don't remember the last time. These things happen, this is very little to do with normal life.
1:18.6	It's like an experience happening in an alternate dimension, you know?
1:22.6	I remember the thrills, but I don't remember it physically.
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