What can I say, other than "watch it and laugh" ? This animation short about life in adjacent apartment flats was made by a student, which means that it still shows some signs of inexperience. However, it is quite as funny as works made by far older and far more experienced artists.
Since the appearance of "Flatlife" a lot of water has flowed through the Scheldt. Jonas Geirnaert, the maker of this promising animation short, has gone on to fame (and, hopefully, fortune) as an all-round artist : comedian, presenter, writer of screenplays, voice artist, and so on. To stick to the animation work : among other things, he is the creator of "Kabouter Wesley", a foul-mouthed gnome evolving in a fairytale world which contains - to quote but one example - larcenous dolphins with speech impediments. (I can't say that I'm too fond of the "Kabouter Wesley" cartoons or animation shorts, but there's no denying their cleverness and invention.)
"Flatlife" already shows one of the hallmarks of Geirnaert's style : an apparent simplicity that hides a great deal of intelligence and sophistication. Moreover, Geirnaert possesses an admirable sense of comic timing.
