Widdershins | Animated short film by Simon Biggs

The life of a pampered gentleman is seamlessly automated by machines, but his orderly existence is thrown into chaos when he chooses to pursue a free-spirited woman, against the advice of his robot butler.

Director - Simon Biggs
Year - 2018

[alexog]

“Balderdash, my heart is a better compass than your cogs and gears” - brilliant line, oh, to be smitten . . .

[krakatau]

Man, there's more art in these 11 minutes than entire movies...

[Zackypups]

What an absolutely riveting tale of whimsey, romance, and escape from monotony. May they live happily ever after. Bravo, Magnetfilm. Bravo, indeed.

[AndrewWilsonStooshie]

Exquisite. The Edwardian "retrofuturism" with the charcoal lines and the 3D modelling really makes this an evocative and alluring work.

[alfonsoincognito]

Chatting AI: Your movie hits the head of the nail! Superfluous humanity. WOW!

[Markum]

I often play shorts, but this was the first time one of them got my wife's and daughter's attention. They both sat and watched it and enjoyed every bit of it.
It was like a modern Mr. Magoo to me. I could imagine a series with the antics of Widdershins as he tries to connect with his love, always comes close but never succeeds. We would watch every episode rooting for Widdershins' success.
Very well done.

[a.brounz]

Me and my wife are going through this together right now.... We left comfort and monotony for a little adventure, an adventure that goes against the "normal" path one should take in life...

Happy travels to all the risk takers out there who don't conform

[john-georgiosarkis]

I love this. It truely captures the plight of what we are experiencing even today. A world where we are sacrificing our ability to live life to the fullest and instead confine ourselves to what is virtually a prison. Bravo indeed

[Blakeneyd]

Lovely! The art was gorgeous! A feast for the eyes. Loved the steampunk style and the rich textures. There seemed to be a little Edward Gorey in there too. Enjoyed the happy ending and the message as well, though I felt a little bad for poor Bertie as I think he was underappreciated. He really did seem to care about his human.

[jzero]

Only Scotland could produce something so sophisticated, provocative, and slightly psychotic. Brilliant work.

[chasepicard]

I love how the technology can seem old and advanced at the same time

[stevenking]

Finding love definitely feels like that. You have to take a leap of faith to approach the one you love. Sometimes, you miss and crash to the ground, but sometimes you make it and go soaring into the clouds.

[alancombo]

In a world of material things, the human touch is the most hardest thing out of reach and the right soul mate is what makes us human, amazing that the lady with her free spirit awakens our man 😎 the too feathery comment give me a chuckle 🤭 very enjoyable animation, well done to all

[stevenhulbert]

Was a film student many years ago in college. Well done by all involved. Loved the backgrounds, textures, attention to detail on all the movements and the fluid changes with each scene, bloody well done!

[JanGovey-Escapadeum]

Congratulations to everyone in the team behind this. Loved everything. So stylish, so steampunk, such amazing animation! x

[geekdivaherself]

The black and white color choices really underlined the steampunk inspiration for this piece. I enjoyed it immensely!

[darda]

Mr. Biggs: This just came up on my recommendations... It deserves millions of likes and views! What an absolute delight! I too, Love Miss Caprice, and I adore this film! I would love more of their story, a couple bound by anarchy...

[HaakSO]

How brilliant! Not only the creativity and craftsmanship of the film, but also the story and how the story is shaped by life in our age.

[OSBfws]

there is nothing beautiful than being a human and natural. Great job. My greetings from Marrakech, Morocco.

[coscinaippogrifo]

The reference to "Hello World" (the first basic example in every computer programme) and its distortion to Hell Word as a reference to tech becoming pervasive and intrusive, is golden.