Fresh Guacamole
2012 · 2m · USA
Directed by PES
A pair of hands transforms everyday objects — a grenade, a baseball, poker chips, dice, Christmas bulbs — into a fresh bowl of guacamole through pun-driven stop-motion sleight of hand.
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The scouts
PES made a film so formally clever it loops back around—the pun *is* the animation, which means the joke and the medium are the same thing, and somehow nobody else thought to collapse them like this.
A technically immaculate miniature that understands stop-motion's lineage (Wallace & Gromit, Aardman) while proving that constraint—one minute, pure visual wit—can be more disciplined than any three-act structure.
The entire film hinges on one decision: using each object's silhouette and sound to *become* the ingredient it puns toward, which transforms a gimmick into genuine craft and makes 100 seconds feel inevitable.
Reviews
A dazzling stop-motion gem — short, creative, fun and technically impressive.
PES's uncanny knack for transforming familiar objects through stop-motion animation has earned him global recognition and dozens of honors, including an Academy Award nomination for Fresh Guacamole.
Festivals
- Academy Awards 2013, Nominee