A Coffee Vending Machine and its Sword, if the name sounds a bit weird, you are feeling right. A South Korean short film released in 2007, it explores a not-so-deep plot about a boy who reincarnates as a coffee vending machine and fights his enemies who pop in and out…
Category: Shorts
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The fatal lust in Love, Death, and Robots’ Jibaro
Love, Death, and Robots kicked off its third season with nine episodes, each with a different animation style, saving the best for the last. Just over 15 minutes long with no dialogues, Jibaro leaves the viewers to do the guesswork purely on its stunning visual. It is well understood that…
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The search for queer representation in animation genre
Every year, June is observed as pride month. The web goes colorful, and flags everywhere remind the world about the valid queer existences, just like any other non-queer people. For Pride month this year, I thought of looking into queer representation in animation, and here’s what I found: Queer representation…
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Macher Jhol and spicy gay love
What’s cooking? Homosexuality in India is still a salty subject. It is hard for LGBTQ+ members to be themselves when patriarchal rules dictate that heterosexual relationships can be the only norm and everything else is “unnatural.” When assumptions are purely heterosexual, it is harder for LGBTQ+ members to come out,…
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Only a child is a powerful short film on climate crisis
Severn Cullis Suzuki was only 12 when she delivered a powerful speech at Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, her words still reverberating with the truth of the climate crisis. Only a child by Simone Giampaolo is inspired by a powerful interpretation of her speech which is meaningful,…