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The Clock Is Ticking
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The Clock Is Ticking

2023-07-23 · 4 min · Not rated

Animation · Comedy · Drama

The Clock is Ticking transports its audience into a collage of creative multimedia animation. This short animated film explores the passage of time. Angst grows stronger as Emily questions her purpose in a waiting room, surrounded by strangers with a similar destiny. At the sight of a teddy bear sitting alone on a chair, Emily can’t help but identify with the plushie. She dives deep into her subconscious, reliving her past and expanding into a potential future doomed to destruction. Time doesn’t wait, and the clock keeps ticking. Faced with this realization, Emily snaps out of her dream, deeply changed. She grabs the plushie and escapes the waiting room in a hysterical demonstration of freedom. Emily will no longer wait !

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Directors
Thibaut Picquoin
Production companies
Concordia University
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

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Alexandra KnackleyEmilly
Thibaut PicquoinPlushee

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