Singularity
Marjolaine Perreten’s expressive animation, Singularity, combines a goofy and loveable protagonist with a sombre depiction of nature’s red teeth and claws in twilight of the Ice Age.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 11, 2026 | Featured, Verdict Shorts |
Marjolaine Perreten’s expressive animation, Singularity, combines a goofy and loveable protagonist with a sombre depiction of nature’s red teeth and claws in twilight of the Ice Age.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 5, 2026 | Amman 2026, Verdict Shorts |
An elderly man in Beirut wrestles with grief and his own mortality in All This Death, Fadi Syriani’s poignant and accomplished stop-motion animation.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Aug 17, 2025 | Sarajevo 2025, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |
Mirjana Balogh’s affirming animation, Wish You Were Ear, finds solace in a dystopian future where ending a relationship requires the physical swapping of a body part.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 1, 2025 | Festivals, Rotterdam 2025, Verdict Shorts |
The third work in Lawrence Lek’s trilogy on disobedient driverless cars, Empty Rider explores autonomy and responsibility through a futuristic AI show trial.
Read MorePosted by Ben Nicholson | Feb 22, 2024 | Berlinale 2024, Festivals, Verdict Shorts |
A man has his heart removed in an attempt to lessen his existential anguish in Fanny Sorgo and Eva Pedroza’s expressive, lingering animation, Tako Tsubo.
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