Animated short · 14 min · 2021

Unnecessary Things

In a quiet future, a robot buys a discarded human from a store of unwanted things. What begins as an act of curiosity becomes a story about friendship, memory and the need to be seen.

“A lovely story about sentience and friendship.”
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Festival Recognition

11 Awards · 45 Festival Selections

Awards

Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art FestivalBest Ukrainian Animation Film · 2021 · Ukraine
International Film Festival Cinema and YouBest Ukrainian Animation Film · 2021 · Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia International Film FestivalBest Ukrainian Animation Film · 2021 · Ukraine
Curtas Festival do ImaxinarioBest Animated Short Film · 2021 · Brazil
Film Only Film FestivalFavourite Experimental Film · 2022
Fantasy / Sci-Fi Film & Screenplay FestivalBest Sci-Fi Film · 2022
Big Muddy Film FestivalBest Animation Film · 2022 · United States
Sunday ShortsBest Animated Short · 2022
Sunday ShortsBest Screenwriting · 2022
Prague Film AwardsBest Animated Film · 2022 · Czech Republic

Finalists & Nominees

São Paulo International Film FestivalFinalist · 2021 · Brazil
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film FestivalSemi-Finalist · 2021 · United States
Living Waters International Film FestivalNominee, Best Animated Film · 2022

Selected Official Selections

A curated selection from 45 festival selections. Official Selection is not an award.

Shanghai International Film FestivalOfficial Selection · World Premiere · Golden Goblet Short Film · 2021 · China
Huesca International Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2021 · Spain
LA Shorts International Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2021 · United States
Vancouver International Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2021 · Canada
St. Louis International Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2021 · United States
Short Shorts Film Festival & AsiaOfficial Selection · 2022 · Japan
Palm Springs International Animation FestivalOfficial Selection · 2022 · United States
MECAL Barcelona International Short and Animation FestivalOfficial Selection · 2022 · Spain
Columbus International Film & Animation FestivalOfficial Selection · 2022 · United States
ANIMAZE Montreal International Animation Film FestivalOfficial Selection · 2022 · Canada

Credits

Written and directed by Dmytro Lisenbart, based on a story by Robert Sheckley. Co-written with Andriy Rushkovskyi, with production design by Dmytro Krivonos. Produced by Lisenbart Animation Studio and Marcus Film, with support from Derzhkino.

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