Tag: Animated Film Review

Part II of the Kōan series, Pursuit of Heavens (written by Erik Chimil and Pak H. Chau) mirrors its predecessor, serving philosophical debates in bite-sized pieces. Here, director Pak H. Chau flirts with philosophy and physics, the protagonist going down a path to try and find a definitive answer to “Why?”. Why do we have to be good, he asks during a lesson in religion. As… Continue reading Pursuit of Heavens: Good Animation And The Basics Of Philosophy

Pak H. Chau’s 4-minute animation, What’s There? (written by Chau and Rohan Ponniah, part I of the philosophical Kōan series) is a short that attempts to illustrate aspects of life, specifically concerning itself with the ideas of balance and ephemerality. It takes form as something of a kaleidoscopic yin and yang, thus demonstrating its central ideas: constant change, and… Continue reading What’s There?: A Philosophical Examination Of The Nature Of Opposing Forces

Sofia El Khyari’s Le Corps Poreux, or The Porous Body, takes an intimate look at the process of introspection and turns it into a sensory experience that places viewers right under the narrator/protagonist’s skin—something she herself attempts to do. Narrated by Khyari, the film expertly gets at the feeling of being just slightly disconnected with… Continue reading Le Corps Poreux: Visual Translation Of A Deeply Intimate Process

Enter writer-director Mia Stegner’s animal kingdom that seems infinitely better than ours and forget your woes. With a 25:02-minute long, animated narrative involving fluffy beings and feathered creatures, what’s there not to like? Add to that, Stegner, who essentially makes us feel miserable for not being one of them—for clearly, not only are they simply adorable… Continue reading Rabbits Under The Shed: An Eye-Opening Anthropomorphological Musical

Written and directed by a team of six, the 6-minute animated Oeil Pour Oeil (an eye for an eye) is a laugh riot. Centred around a one-eyed, not quite malicious, pirate desperately in search of treasure, Oeil Pour Oeil functions as a series of gaffes with a heart of gold, give or take a few… Continue reading Oeil Pour Oeil: Multi-Directed Hearty Story, Hilarious Fails

Every now and then, some stories come along that feel overwhelmingly universal and simultaneously very, very specific. For example, what could you possibly have in common with a story about a headless—not metaphorically; literally headless—person? Turns out, quite a lot. Ala Nunu Leszynska’s 5-minute animated short, Ahead is the experience of many, many people, even… Continue reading Ahead: Love and Need Intertwine in Ways Out of Our Control