Friday, June 27, 2025

2024 Playing God

  • Directed by: Matteo Burani
  • Written by: Matteo Burani, Gianmarco Valentino
  • Stars:  Animated by Arianna Gheller
  • Run Time: 9 Minutes
  • Watch it: Nope– still playing at the festivals



What Happens

An animator creates miniatures for a stop-motion film. He tries hard to bring his characters to life, but he’s not gentle. What happens to old stop-motion models? We soon find out… 

Commentary

Well, that was really something! 

It’s animated via stop-motion, and it’s really well done. There’s no dialogue, just a bunch of clay figures doing what clay figures do– live in fear. 

It looks great, it’s well paced, and it’s got a very interesting concept. It’s very disturbing– what happens when your god abandons you?


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