SANS VOIX

The scouts

The baby-stare-saves-the-raver premise wants to be profound but lands in sentimental territory that a hundred coming-of-age shorts have already claimed; I'd rather watch something that trusts its audience to sit in the alienation without needing redemption.

Patthey demonstrates formal control in the animation and sound design, particularly in how he orchestrates the techno sequences, though the narrative arc feels familiar to the post-rave disillusionment lineage—competent but not particularly generative within that tradition.

The decision to let the baby's gaze operate as pure visual—wordless, unadorned—rather than score it or explain it gives the whole film its moral weight; that single choice transforms what could've been heavy-handed into something genuinely tender and strange.

Festivals

• Fest Anca 2025