The Stolen Kingdoms
A short animation that delves into animal captivity.
3/5
- Animation, Fantasy
- United Kingdom
- 2019
- 5 min
The enchantment of the 14-minute horror is that it deliberately refrains from quintessential trepidation. After discovering a mysterious gift one Christmas morning, Clara finds solace in the two momentarily inanimate objects. As the solider and the ballerina come to life, in a spectacularly eerie fashion, Clara’s engagement with reality and family life are diminished. The film grapples with different parenthood approaches; the loving mother and the anxiously concerned father. Without unravelling the concluding narrative, viewers can expect a troubling finish – wrapping up the genre in style.
One fateful Christmas morning, Clara receives a pair of beautiful porcelain dolls, a soldier and ballerina. Clara slowly begins to lose control of herself, acting out in ways neither she nor her parents understand. Her parents frantic attempts to help only push Clara further into the dolls cold porcelain embrace. As Clara’s world unravels she is left with one question, whether to fight her demons or dance with them.
? Finally, their world shatters forever…
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The enchantment of the 14-minute horror is that it deliberately refrains from quintessential trepidation. After discovering a mysterious gift one Christmas morning, Clara finds solace in the two momentarily inanimate objects. As the solider and the ballerina come to life, in a spectacularly eerie fashion, Clara’s engagement with reality and family life are diminished. The film grapples with different parenthood approaches; the loving mother and the anxiously concerned father. Without unravelling the concluding narrative, viewers can expect a troubling finish – wrapping up the genre in style.
One fateful Christmas morning, Clara receives a pair of beautiful porcelain dolls, a soldier and ballerina. Clara slowly begins to lose control of herself, acting out in ways neither she nor her parents understand. Her parents frantic attempts to help only push Clara further into the dolls cold porcelain embrace. As Clara’s world unravels she is left with one question, whether to fight her demons or dance with them.
? Finally, their world shatters forever…
Coming Soon
