Regular Rabbit
2022 · 8m · Ireland
Directed by Eoin Duffy
Genres: animation, comedy, experimental
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
An innocent rabbit's peaceful existence is reframed by an authoritative voiceover into a sinister narrative of predation and guilt, exposing how readily audiences surrender their own perceptions to the authority of narration.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Duffy's formal rigor — the complete bifurcation of image and narration as a structural argument — places this squarely in a tradition of essayistic animation that thinks through its medium rather than merely deploying it.
Identical footage reinterpreted entirely by voice-over to demonstrate manufactured consensus — that's a precise, idea-first film. Eight minutes is the right length for a thesis like this.
Identical footage reinterpreted entirely by voiceover into a fake-news allegory — Rory McCann as the authoritative voice is inspired casting. Eight minutes of structural argument about how easily images submit to narration.
Reviews
Delightfully clever and much more intellectual and profound than it may seem at first glance.
Festivals
- Tribeca Film Festival 2023
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2023
- Portland International Film Festival 2023, Best Short Film