La Noria

Highly captivating and emotional. I applaud the creativity of the people who made this! I watched it without any prior knowledge and so glad I did, this short film took me on a journey. I wasn't expecting that at all--it was an animated twelve-minute video recommended on my YouTube, where I was only trying to kill time. It starts out seeming like a little boy's nightmare, creepy and well-made regardless--but nothing spectacular. La Noria quickly turns into a heartwarming story about grief, guilt, and hope. I felt the whole spectrum of emotions, with fear in my heart at the beginning and tears of joy and purity in my eyes by the end.

I found this through the NOLA horror film festival. I wasn't expecting anything more than a spooky monster movie from a child's pov with some good rendering. What I got was absolutely gripping! The animation was a feast to the eyes and has heavy attention to detail. I could see myself watching this a half-dozen times and still finding more in the background. Not to mention the clever payoff at the end! Very unexpected, I say.

Worth the time, and then some. Find it on youtube and watch it asap!

A boy. His hand, his nails. So real than, at the first sigh, you have the certitude to be a real one. But it is only animation. A good one, a beautiful one, impressive not only for realism of details or for lovely storytelling, but for something defining it as one of the most impressive parables. A boy, his memories, hhis monsters, his past resurrected in fascinating manner. I love it very much ! For mechanisms, for boy, for house, for the final revelation. So, just a gem.

"Being lonely and sad can make dark thoughts run through your mind, but never forget that nothing is what it seems." -Really liked it!