My Oddly Unexpected Bond
2025 · Stop Motion
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Synopsis
The story follows a village obsessed with its public image, where a five-year-old girl creates a puppet out of a stolen blue sock. The puppet comes to life as a life-sized, sock-obsessed figure, causing panic at the central laundry and disrupting the community by sending out incomplete pairs of clothes. As the sock vanishes, the child's family faces a deep anxiety crisis over failing to meet social expectations.
Credits
- Director
- Carolina Batista
- Duration
- 11 min
- Year
- 2025
Awards and Selections
- CINANIMA — 50th International Animated Film Festival (Espinho, Portugal), 2026 — National Competition António Gaio
- Primanima — World Festival of First Animations (Budaörs, Hungary), 2026 — Young Directors Competition, Hungarian premiere
- Sedicicorto International Film Festival (Forlì, Italy), 2026 — ANIMALAB International Section
- MOTELX — Lisbon International Horror Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal), 2026 — Lobo Mau programme
- Animatica (Saronno, Italy), 2026 — Special Mention section
- IMAGINARIA — International Animated Film Festival (Conversano, Italy), 2026 — Children Short Film Competition
- Cartoon Club — International Festival of Animation, Comics and Games (Rimini, Italy), 2026
- Stop Motion Our Fest (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2026 — Official Competition, Best International Stop-Motion Short, Argentine premiere
- Cinelebu International Film Festival (Biobío, Chile), 2026
- Animayo (Gran Canaria, Spain), 2026 — Spanish premiere
- Voronezh International Animation Festival (Voronezh, Russia), 2026 — Russian premiere
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