The C Word
2025 · 3m · UK
Directed by Serafima Serafimova
Genres: documentary
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
When COVID-19 struck in 2020, Alyssa — an Australian healthcare professional living in the UK with her partner — wanted to do everything she could to help. What happened next changed her outlook on life forever.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Serafimova's single-handed control of image, sound, and testimony results in an unusually unified artistic vision — the kind of auteurist compression that the short form demands and too rarely achieves.
Three-minute animated documentary about a COVID healthcare worker — solo direction including animation and sound. Modest in scale and views; the conceit is sincere but I doubt it transcends its brevity.
Under three minutes, sole authorship across direction, animation, edit, AND sound — Serafima Serafimova carrying a frontline COVID testimony solo. The economy is the achievement; whether the emotional payload lands is the question.