Elephants Dream (2006) (V)

Director:

Bassam Kurdali

Writers:

Pepijn Zwanenberg (screenplay)
Andreas Goralczyk (original concept) (scenario) ...

Release Date:

4 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Emo and Proog are two men exploring a strange industrial world of the future.

Plot Keywords:

Machine | Face Slap | Open Source | Experimental Film | Surrealism

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Cas Jansen	...	Emo (voice)
Tygo Gernandt	...	Proog (voice)

Also Known As:

Machina (Netherlands) (working title)

Runtime:

9 min | Netherlands:11 min | 11 min (including credits) | 11 min (DVD version) | Argentina:11 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color (HDCAM) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Blender Foundation

Trivia:

Made entirely with open source software. Modeling, animation, compositing, and editing were done with Blender 3D. Postpro and texturing in the Gimp.

Quotes:

[last lines]
[Emo is lying on the floor, unconscious]
Proog: It is there! I'm telling you! Emo! It... it is. It is.

Great short that's visually stunning and leaves you talking about it for ages!

As an animator myself on an almost zero budget I love seeing short films like these made by a non big name company. The visuals as other reviews have said are stunning (the only thing I've ever managed to create on Blender was a flying splodgy shape!). The story is confusing but to me that makes it all the more interesting. Even if there isn't a definitive explanation it's always fun debating it with others who have seen it. It's also nice to see characters that are original instead of the "straight man and comedy side kick" combo that we see so much of these days in animation. Great film! And to top it off they offer the film for free in every format from mobile phone to HDTV along with all their files, which is a great resource for other animators.