Here's the Plan - Animated Short Film

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"A married cat-dog couple of cupcake bakers dream of opening their own bakery. One day their oven breaks and they have to postpone their dream in order to earn money and replace it. Somewhere down the line, they drift apart from their dream and from themselves."
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"Here's the plan" ("Este es el Plan") is a 18-minute CG animated short film from Chile. Directed by Fernanda Frick and financed by the National Council of Culture and Arts, it took almost 2 years of work and a talented team of 32 professionals to finish it.
It had it's World Premiere at Nashville International Film Festival and it's national premiere at Festival Chilemonos 2017.

✨Subtitulos en Español disponibles en la opcion de CC!✨

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Selected at various international festivals such as Nashville International Film Festival, AnimaMundi Brasil, Chilemonos, SANFIC, FICV, KDIAF, Anima Cordoba, SDCC Independent FIlm Festival, Chicago Children's Film Festival and Siggraph Asia.

Awards:
- "Best Chilean Short Film" (Chilemonos 2017)
- "Best Short Film for Youths" (Fan Chile 2017)
- "Best Short Film for Children" (FICV 2017)
- Honorable Mention "Animated Short Category" (Shorts Mexico 2017)

© Fernanda Frick 2017

[jacel]

“I don’t need this house,
I don’t need the kitchen,
I don’t need that job,
I don’t need any of this!
I just needed you”
Damn that’s a powerful line.

edit: I don’t care if it’s five lines, I’m not changing it

[justas]

I'm trapped in an eternal cycle of animated shorts.

[cyber_runner]

My heart literally broke when he realized the cupcakes were bought and not baked😭😭

[kailynnbloodmoon]

Not to sound corny, but I believe the lesson of this story is it's never too late to reconnect with someone you love. It's only too late if you give up.

[crapdoodlestudios]

Imagine seeing your neighbor hit a hole through their wall then see the two of em laugh.

[aiymenasim]

Moral of the story:
Ovens ruin relationships and sledgehammers save them.

[aliyahpulido]

I love the representation of married couples whose main goal isn't to have children. Starting a family is a great and beautiful thing, I just appreciate when stories depict married couples whose dream is just to live happily together and love each other, running their small business as a couple. I love seeing all the different aspirations and dreams that make people happy, including running a really awesome bakery!

[ahmadmalaki]

I thought they were both dogs
But now that I realized they are actually a cat and dog couple
It probably implements the message even more that after all differences they are still together
THATS SO CUTE

[fpants]

I just noticed that in the beginning, the colors were very vibrant. As it went on though, the colors turned duller as the couple grew further apart. Excellent symbolism.

[firecatsat]

Ngl, i cried when the dog prepared everything for her and she came home late. :(

Edit: wow this comment has more friends than I do 👏

[winglessbat]

I still can't believe this was made by Chileans, my country... So happy to see that there are creators out here.

[caidalee]

I love that even though the figurines shattered, the cupcake never did. Good symbolism.

[ramyar_abdullah]

The girl: gives supermarket cupcakes
My brain: “Top 10 anime betrayals”

[raekaskie]

Me watching this as an adult: “ their resale value on that house is gonna be AMAZING” 👁👄👁

[bubikkk]

This animation is just so…..great. How it was the cat who was afraid to lose the plan if they don’t follow it right now, how it was her who did it all eventually. And how it was the dog who helped her remember. They swapped places.

[phirephenix]

The part when the camera zooms away from the wife is an amazing yet subtle touch to how the two were slowly becoming farther apart, and the moments when the two were close were really heartwarming, yet the parts where they were far away had a more melancholic tone. It just adds to the subtle brilliance of the delivery of the main message of being close to loved ones.

[missymiscelanious]

I love how throughout this whole thing they didn’t kiss, they just nuzzled and it was the cutest thing.

[imscaredofchairs]

Their neighbours after years: hey look it’s that couple tearing down the house again

[captoonsvideo]

It’s astonishing how a lot of these independent animated short films have more love and care put into them than what Disney’s putting out right now.

[lucygangte]

It depicts how we get so busy and caught up with our lives and forget the little things that matters the most