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The Death of an Insect (2010)

The Death of an Insect poster
Original title
Erään hyönteisen tuho
Directed by
Pekka Veikkolainen, Hannes Vartiainen
Genre
animation, fantasy
Country
Finland
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short film made with real insects uses stop-motion and 3D animation. It shows the life and death of an insect with no dialogue.

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What happens

The Death of an Insect (Finnish: Erään hyönteisen tuho) is a 2010 short Finnish experimental film directed by Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen. The film was created using real insects and uses a variety of animation techniques, including stop-motion and 3D models. The film contains no dialogue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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