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Manivald (2017)

★★½ — Manivald (2017)

Manivald is a short animated film from Estonian-Canadian director Chintis Lundgren, whose work sits in a small but recognisable corner of European adult animation, characterised by anthropomorphic characters and quietly absurdist domestic scenarios. The film is a co-production between Lundgren's own Tallinn-based studio, Adriatic Animation in Croatia, and the National Film Board of Canada, a combination that reflects how short-form animation increasingly relies on multi-country funding partnerships to get made at all. Running just thirteen minutes, it screened at a number of international animation festivals following its 2017 release, which is the primary route to visibility for work at this scale. Lundgren has continued making shorts in a similar vein, building a modest but consistent body of work around characters and themes that sit well outside mainstream animation.

A-Z World Movie Tour Estonia I expected this to start off like a secret romance coming out story. In the end was a hot ripped bi-fox shagging both mother and son whilst simultaneously having a wife and kids. The message made absolutely no sense. On top of that, the animation is super basic.

Rating: ★★½ | Year: 2017 | Watched: 2025-06-13

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