Anacronte
2018 · 15m
Directed by Raúl Koler, Emiliano Sette
Genres: animation, drama, surrealism
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
A 3D-animated adaptation of Raúl Koler's short story, personifying humanity's struggle against the physical and emotional scars that life inflicts.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
A literary adaptation that actually respects its source material instead of dismantling it—which is exactly why it doesn't need Felix; it's already doing the harder thing by refusing easy visual spectacle in favor of genuine melancholy.
Koler and Sette position *Anacronte* squarely in the tradition of Svankmajer and the Eastern European puppet-animation lineage, where abstraction becomes metaphor with rigor; the 3D form here isn't novelty but a deliberate formal choice that dialogues with decades of animated expressionism.
The decision to render emotional scarring as literal, accumulating surface damage on an animated figure—rather than through voiceover or montage—is the pivot that transforms what could be precious into something genuinely affecting and economical.
Reviews
Raúl Koler's adaptation of his original short story Anacronte uses striking 3D animation to personify humanity's struggle against these setbacks.