No Offense 🏆 Adult Animation Short Film - AWARD WINNING

NO OFFENSE: An award winning 2D animated short film. A group of cartoonists are put on trial and the grim members of the jury sentence them to death. One of the artists refuses to accept his fate.
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NO OFFENSE is an award-winning animated short film by Kris Borghs. The film received awards at film festivals including International Short Film Festival Leuven, Landshut Short Film Festival and European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux. No Offense is published with the permission of the filmmakers.
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ABOUT THE FILM: No Offence was created in response to the attack on Ali Farzat, a Syrian cartoonist whose hands were broken because of his critical portrayal of his president. While Kris Borghs was writing, designing and animating this film, other creators were less lucky: a Russian had to flee his country for painting Putin in lingerie, a French cartoonist was put on trial for insulting the pope, North Korea threatened war over a Kim Jong-Un persiflage and the tragic raid on Charlie Hebdo took the level of violence against artists to a terrifying new level. This clever and witty animation purposely questions the limitations on political free speech and creative expression in societies across the world.
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No Offence | Animation | Belgium
© SOIL Productions - published with the permission of the filmmakers.
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[ShortFrameFilm]

No Offense is a provocative short film that tackles the perilous intersection of art, politics, and free speech. Using humour to underscore the absurdity of political free speech and repression, the film's director, Kris Borghs doesn't shy from the controversial nature of his subject matter.

Instead, he embraces it, challenging his audience to consider the boundaries of artistic freedom.

*What did you think?*

[AMinPAS]

I like how hitler is being calmed down by ... His worst enemies

[Randomyoutuber-]

Another layer to this is that it’s impossible for an artist to please everyone.

No matter what the subject matter is, someone is bound to take offense to it in some way.

[jmkoolboy]

I appreciate the fact that the protatonist, instead of getting a haircut at the beggining, got his boxers removed

[karinadelma]

I love how they used south park art style but with more smooth and cartoony. Funny short film i ever watch.

[andreydzuk]

I love that one of the judges is a nameless biker, but the ending just killed me

[anubis]

I love that the characters of the jury are square-shaped, symbolizing how close-minded they're, while all the artists are round.

[firenzarfrenzy]

Beautiful film. This is not just about censorship, it’s how you can’t please everyone all of the time. Someone, somewhere is going to be offended or dislike your work. If we ran the world by this basis, art would be so straight and narrow it could hardly be called creative.

[YaxxinIsCool]

this just shows how big figures just took down whoever made them look bad
and i cant even say "back then" because this still happens
edit : this is a note for the uploader
did this video have any guest animators? Because i recognised the animation style of some other animators

[PoopTVYTP]

YouTube just held me at gunpoint to watch this short...

[mrfoxly]

Honestly it would be more realistic if the jury belittled each other for what offended them and they started fighting amongst themselves.

[Pudding]

There's so many layers to this film and so many ways one can interpret it.
The different styles of each and every character really drives this point home.

[ffendingeverybody]

That was so simple and yet so engaging. Great work Short Frame

[eldando]

Moral of the story, you can’t please everyone, there will always be someone that gets offended by whatever you do or say.

[maxwellschwass]

Posting harmless fanart on Twitter be like:

[chmidt]

"if everyone is racist, no one is"

- Syndrome

[INVADERZIMA-dg]

2:47
"NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN!"
- Famous words said by a Austrian painter who failed at painting

[DukeKoppermann]

It bothers me that they write in the comments that the style is the same as that of South Park, they are not similar and the truth is that you managed to distinguish yourself with your own, cartoonish style, congratulations, I loved the movement, the expressions of the characters and the general representation of ideologies and political leaders.
The best moment 2:56

[DrMosseeay]

I like how much the protagonist fights to survive and how it works off of or leads onto some side effects. Like him almost being able to grab the pencil due to the pile created, or him knocking the three others into a group by pulling against the rope he was on, leading to them getting charred together and projecting the embers into the air that he ends up catching. This all of course doesn't stop the inevitability of his art being criticized by the jury, but it makes it more rewarding to see him make it through his struggle, of course until he didn't, lol.

[officertom]

3:50 The only one who made it out alive.