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Shift

2016 · 5 min

A quiet, playful animated fable that gently pulls you into a woman's inner shift toward freedom and the wild.

Overview
Tells a story about self-discovery in which the interaction between characters that appear to be antagonists makes the main character confront her own life and change. A woman from a city encounters a wild woman from the forest and while trying to civilize her, she becomes wilder and goes back to nature herself.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • nature
  • freedom
  • isolation
Places
  • wilderness
  • big city
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism2
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Yijun Liu, Cecilia Puglesi
Runtime
5 min
Country
United States of America

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