MOTHER (2019) | Animated Short Film

A mother and her boy find themselves pushed to ethical extremes when they stumble upon something sinister during a regular day of foraging.

Film Written and Directed by Gaurav Wakankar

Art directed and Background design by Mandar Mhaskar

Animators
Addayta Biswas
Arindam Dutta
Ashil Shaji
Gaurav Wakankar
Upamanyu Bhattacharyya
Yamini Sujan

Colors by
Anusha Menon
Dhruv Pant
Jignesh Chavda
Krishnabh Thengal
Shreeya Wagh
Swathy Pushpalochanan
Ashil Shaji (supervisor)

Composited by
Gaurav Wakankar
Shaheen Sheriff

Film score and Sound Design by
Noni-Mouse Radhapriya
Studio Moebius Nikunj Patel

[subhasishghosh]

It happens in real life, as a mother she will do anything to protect her child. Well plotted, nice artwork. 👍

[Bellasand]

Good work!! In my opinion about the drama, the elder was already dead when the kid found him. Very often misunderstandings brings fatalities, ruptures, etc, etc.

[Isaah]

Love the mood of the whole film, awesome movement, interesting characters. Overall a masterpiece! Good work 🤩🤩

[eowynsummer]

would honestly love a full length movie in this style! It's beautiful <3

[AroundTheBlockAgain]

Who or what is truly scary? And who is truly to be feared? I love the questions this film asks.

[thomasbailey]

This is great. I love the animation... very simple and effective.

[HELLO-uxqn]

I want the next part of this animation
Very nicely animated
Movements are so nice..
👍👍

[benedictkiswanto]

What I think happened next:
As the mother was about to release her arrow, she felt a hand upon her shoulder, and saw her son. Her beloved son, whose innocent eyes pleaded for her to let the other boy go. The mother looked at the running boy, then at her son, and finally at the arrow in her hand. Realising what she was going to become, she shot the arrow at the rocks, and broke down sobbing, embracing her child in her arms. With some difficulty, the son was able to support his mother back home. But from that day on, they never dared to venture near the place where they found the body, in fear that the boy told the other villagers what he thought he saw, and return with thousands to take revenge upon mother and son.
However, unknown to the mother and her child, the dead man they saw was actually the body of a tyrannical warlord who had enslaved the village where the child (who thought that the mother killed the warlord) lived. When the child returned, he told the villagers what had happened, and upon seeing the body of the warlord, they yelled praises of joy for his death, for they were free at last, and the warlord's followers were either driven into exile or killed by the angry villagers. However, from that day on, the villagers never saw the mother and child again, whom they proclaimed as their saviour, until this day. And you might ask, who then killed the warlord. Well, it happens that the Warlord had conquered other villages in his conquest for power, and the inhabitants of those who the Warlord had conquered laid an ambush and killed him. But that, is for another story.

[anonymousbanda]

To deliver such a great message in just 3 min, you are a genius storyteller. Keep up the good work 😊.

[laurabertossi]

OH WOW this is absolutely amzing, the finale is just....incredibly painfull in the best way

[bornanime]

The aesthetic, colour design and character design are all fantastic. While the interactions between the Mom and the kid could've been more explored I really love what you did here. The creativity is definitely there

[НастяКозловская-ъф]

Thank you for your interesting work! Short animation movies are usually so deep... I see you are not a single animator but whole team create this masterpiece. God bless you dear and please don't stop brining something good in this world :)

[friendsteamproduction]

உங்களுடைய இந்த படைப்புக்கு... என்னுடைய மனமார்ந்த நன்றிகள்.... Mother Animation movie அருமை💚

[DaisieJJ]

A mother will do anything to protect her baby

[BethiWFH]

In a few seconds you have presented us all with a great deal to consider. Thank you all clever and beautifully illustrated. Respect from England.

[PapayaPositive]

It has a similar vibe to Tartakovsky's "Primal". Love it! 😍
There's a lot to learn from this piece, a great case study. 👍

[vanessavanessa]

beautiful and strong message. Thank you

[estudiobombilla]

beautiful short film!!
it is an honor to share at least one selection in festivals with this work of art

[thomascappelli]

Nice timing at the end with audio and the credits. The story was successfully delivered with no dialogue. Great build up to the "What happens next?" ending. Well done. ♪

[jara]

Thats not called love ...but selfishness 😒🤔
To protect her son she will kill another woman son
If she wanted to protect her son She could say I killed him instead killing an innocent other woman child