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Humantis

Paris Baillie
United States, 2024, 9 min.


This film is family friendly.

Humantises are masters of deception. But can they hide from change? When one Humantis unexpectedly goes through a physical transformation, it struggles to adapt and grow into its new self.

Director's Statement

Paris Baillie is an artist and animator from Los Angeles. Her childhood dreams of being a Broadway star, and her teenage years of experimenting with photography and taking dance instead of sports has influenced her animation practice. Paris directs and animates short films that focus on her community of fabricated characters and their own worlds. The Humantis characters are inspired by her love of Orchid Praying Mantises. After researching their form of camouflage, she felt that it related to her feelings of hiding from change.

Category: Animation, Short.

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