Coin Operated

Winner of the Crystal Award at the 2017 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films.

Subtle metaphors that we can all relate to. An emotional short that explains everything in a very short time.

I am not a fan of short films for children but I can say that this one intrigued me at the end of the viewing. A young boy with a passion for space discovers a rocket kiddie ride and decides to try it by inserting a coin. Disappointed that the rocket didn't go into space as he had planned, he decides to open a lemonade stand to get more money to go further in the kiddie ride. Several years later, the young boy, now an old man, sees the machine that will make him a child again. The story seems a bit short but the director's message is eloquent for older viewers. The graphics are beautiful and colorful. No wonder this film won 2 awards in the year of its release.

I find it a little sad, as the boy has to hang on to his dreams for so many years.

A young space obsessed kid spots a rocket-ship ride outside the grocery and can't wait until he tries. Disappointed with the initial outcome, he hatches a plan.

I loved this film but the sentimental me was just waiting for the kid to learn the lesson that life disappoints us all. Thank goodness I was wrong.

This 5 minute animated short is available on you-tube and is well worth the viewing time. By all means check it out.

At the first sigh- more than bizarre. A lemonade stand, the passing ages, a lot of money for a not reasonable purpose. Beautiful animation but a story who could be, in extreme, about the inner child desire, remaining the same across decades. But, if this remains the start point for see it, nothing change. Maybe, for a child works in reasonable manner. For a not so young man, like me, the film remains ...eccentric. And lovely. For good intention, for humor - who is almost hidden - and for animation itself.