Adorable, isn't it, watching animals dressed up and behaving like humans? They show us something about ourselves in a cute, nonthreatening way.
This brilliantly directed and produced short film could easily inspire a weekly TV or Netflix series. The characters might evolve beyond the anthropomorphic, and express how they're really feeling, inside their own skins.
The female Pig, representing animals with mental capacities similar to a 3 year old human, could talk about what it's like to spend her life in a gestation crate, unable to move or turn, repeatedly impregnated until she's finally sent to slaughter. A male Pig could share how he feels about being castrated without painkillers, also a common industrial farming practice. The endangered Gorilla could finally find the source of her/his rage - loss of habitat due to increasing human populations demanding more land for agricultural activities like palm oil production. Etc.
Animal Behaviour offers a safe and fun way to look at some aspects of human behaviour. But what if human behaviour is inextricably linked to and influenced by the ways we collectively and unconsciously treat our animal friends? If you were an animal, subjected to human behaviour, what would you want to talk about in a group therapy session?
Animal Behaviour offers a safe and fun way to look at some aspects of human behaviour. But what if human behaviour is inextricably linked to and influenced by the ways we collectively and unconsciously treat our animal friends? If you were an animal, subjected to human behaviour, what would you want to talk about in a group therapy session?
Animal Behaviour is currently shortlisted as Best Short Animation for the 2019 Academy Awards.
Animal Behaviour screens alongside 3 other short films Monday February 4th at 8:00 pm at Parkside, you can buy your tickets HERE.
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