Underplayed Gems

I Am Here (2016)

I Am Here poster
Directed by
Eoin Duffy
Genre
animation
Country
Canada
Runtime
6 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

An explorer travels the universe seeking ultimate meaning. He eventually learns that what he was searching for was not real.

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What happens

I Am Here is a Canadian short animated film, directed by Eoin Duffy and released in 2016. The film relates the tale of an intrepid explorer (voiced by Nicholas Campbell) who has travelled the universe in search of ultimate meaning, only to discover that what he was looking for never really existed. The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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