Hedgehog’s Home, Eva Cvijanović’s adaptation of Branko Ćopić’s short story, is a delightful ten minutes of needle-felt stop motion animation about the joys of one’s own home, as depicted through a hedgehog and the love he has for his humble home inside an old tree. It is a classic children’s tale, and the storytelling remains… Continue reading Hedgehog’s Home: The Charms Of A Simple (But Layered) Story And Lovely Animation
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All Of Our Shadows: The Humanising Beauty Of Boys Reaching Out
All Of Our Shadows does something rare and moving: it allows a boy to be frightened and it allows him to find his own community. The animated film, all of eight minutes, makes no pretensions of bravado. It is natural to be afraid in a dangerous, unstable world, and the film’s 13-year old protagonist is never… Continue reading All Of Our Shadows: The Humanising Beauty Of Boys Reaching Out
Cycle: Warmth As A Remedy To Despair
Part III of the Kōan series, Cycle, is the most wholesome of the three. Its 2-minute runtime somehow appropriately reflects the idea it presents: the transient nature of life. You are here one second, and the next you are not. But Cycle, written by director Pak H. Chau and Rohan Ponniah, goes deeper than that, even with a narrative as short and simple as… Continue reading Cycle: Warmth As A Remedy To Despair
Pursuit of Heavens: Good Animation And The Basics Of Philosophy
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
What’s There?: A Philosophical Examination Of The Nature Of Opposing Forces
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
Kingdom Animalia: The Melanie Fyfe Story: A Much-Needed Satire Reflecting On Contemporary Times
Kalainithan Kalaichelvan’s Kingdom Animalia: The Melanie Fyfe Story can be as easily misunderstood as cheered for. The film, a pure satirical story set in a fascinating world of humans and animals is a neither-here-nor-there fantasy, that is, however, a thorough visual treat. Appealing to the eye, but troubling to the soul, the film dissects the… Continue reading Kingdom Animalia: The Melanie Fyfe Story: A Much-Needed Satire Reflecting On Contemporary Times
Le Corps Poreux: Visual Translation Of A Deeply Intimate Process
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
The Flying Fish: Experimental & Hypnotic, Murat Sayginer Invites You To A Digital Psychedelic Experience
At 21:22-minute, The Flying Fish is already in tempered waters. Animations usually aim for a shorter duration. And, topics such as these are seldom tried out without dialogues. But, writer-director Murat Sayginer takes his chances. And, he couldn’t have been luckier. Incredibly seductive, original in approach, and thought-provoking with its making, The Flying Fish offers… Continue reading The Flying Fish: Experimental & Hypnotic, Murat Sayginer Invites You To A Digital Psychedelic Experience
Rabbits Under The Shed: An Eye-Opening Anthropomorphological Musical
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
Oeil Pour Oeil: Multi-Directed Hearty Story, Hilarious Fails
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