Season of the Shark

The scouts

A girl fights her evil shark with a magic apple—sure, it sounds like a fever dream premise, but Uy plays it so straight and contemplative that it somehow becomes boring instead of subversive; the surrealism needed teeth, not whimsy.

Uy's animation situates itself in a lineage of psychological fairy tales and stop-motion reverie, with a considered restraint in pacing that suggests she understands the formal tradition she's working within.

The decision to make the shark genuinely menacing while keeping the tone hushed and introspective—that tonal knife's edge—is what transforms a four-minute premise into something that actually lands; Uy clearly knows which moments to hold and which to release.