Watch: Crawling Into Her Boyfriend’s Mind – ‘Curiosa’ Animated Short
by Alex Billington
November 18, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Maybe it’s better if I tell you everything?” Another fantastic stop-motion animated short to feature today. This one comes from a British-Polish animation filmmaker named Tessa Moult-Milewska, who finished this as her graduation project from London’s NFTS. Curiosa is a stop-motion animated film under 10 mins that premiered at the 2022 London Film Festival. It picked up numerous awards and is finally online after playing on the fest circuit a while. Curiosa tells the story of overly curious Mary, who visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time, just to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied an explanation, she notices a door and decides to climb into his head. Learning quite a bit in the process. There is whole new style once she leaps into his mind, with body performances by Luna Tosin & Malik Ibheis. Plus the voices of Lizzie Waterworth-Santo as Mary & Dan Connolly as James. This fantastic short has such a unique look and feel, it’s a clever and fascinating look at the psychology of romance. Enjoy.
Thanks to Short of the Week for the tip on this one. Brief intro via YouTube: “The overly curious Mary visits her boyfriend’s flat for the first time, only to discover it’s been stripped bare of all personal belongings. After being denied explanation, she climbs into his head.” Curiosa is an animated short film written and directed by British-Polish filmmaker Tessa Moult-Milewska based in London – you can view more of her work on her Vimeo page or visit her official website and follow her on IG @tessa_moult_milewska. This was created as her graduation project from NFTS in London. It’s produced by Sychelle-Kristina Yanda. The screenplay is by Matthew Dicky and Tessa Moult-Milewska. With cinematography by Rob O’Kelly, and original music by Caspar Leopard. The short first premiered at the 2022 London Film Festival a few years ago already and it has picked up many awards since then. You can see behind-the-scenes footage on Tessa’s IG. For more info on the film, follow the film’s IG account or visit Vimeo. To enjoy more short films click here. Your thoughts?
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