Negative Space

Name: Negative Space
Uploaded: 2019-07-16T18:04:02Z
Duration: 330 s
Description: Adapted from a short poem, this stop-motion film reflects on what it means to lose a loved one through the memory of a carefully packed suitcase. Small, precise acts of folding and fitting things together become a way of holding on, with playful shifts in scale along the way.

Year listed: 2019

Title at the original source

Negative Space | Oscar Nominated Stop-Motion Animation Short Film

Published at the original source: 2019-07-16. This is the upload date, which may differ from the film’s release.

6 min · English · Animation

Adapted from a short poem, this stop-motion film reflects on what it means to lose a loved one through the memory of a carefully packed suitcase. Small, precise acts of folding and fitting things together become a way of holding on, with playful shifts in scale along the way.

Why we picked it

Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter's Oscar-nominated stop-motion, adapted from Ron Koertge's poem: a son remembers his father through the art of packing a suitcase. Five perfect minutes.

Not curator-rated. Mature themes may occur; source and content review pending.

Source: Short of the Week

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