Nuggets (2014)

Directed by

Andreas Hykade

Genre

animation

Country

Germany

Runtime

5 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kiwi bird finds golden nuggets and eats them. The more nuggets it eats, the more it wants and the more it changes over time.

visually starkslow descentrepetitivebleakmesmerizingominousminimalistdisquieting

What happens

Nuggets is a 2014 animated short film created by German animation director Andreas Hykade. It was uploaded on 13 October 2014 onto the Filmbilder & Friends YouTube channel. The film was covered by media outlets internationally and achieved virality on YouTube, receiving over 3 million views in a little over a month following its release. As of September 2025, Nuggets has received over 31 million views. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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