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Tears of Steel (2012)

Tears of Steel poster
Directed by
Ian Hubert
Genre
science fiction film, live-action/animated film, dystopian film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
12h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a dystopian future, warriors and scientists meet in an Amsterdam church to try to stop destructive robots. The short film mixes live-action with CGI to create its sci-fi world.

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What happens

Tears of Steel (code-named Project Mango) is a short science fiction film by producer Ton Roosendaal and director/writer Ian Hubert. The film is both live-action and CGI; it was made using new enhancements to the visual effects capabilities of Blender, a free and open-source 3D computer graphics app. Set in a dystopian future, the short film features a group of warriors and scientists who gather at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam in a desperate attempt to save the world from destructive robots. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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