coming august 2025

A short film about butterflies that are irreverently pinned for display.
Meanwhile, a diverse group of women speak up about their complicated relationship with beauty,
as if they are suffering a similar fate.
A mixed media animation made with paint and other analog techniques.

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direction & animation: yasmine aarts
original music: jim dermois
voices: tiffany j, jasmijn miyese, andy jiang, maan d.
animation assistance: nina fock, tim smink, jeremy tsujita

graduation film @ HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht