Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse | Insane Animated Short Film about "Acceleration in our Society"

The diligent soldier Mr. Pete does everything to meet the high standards of his baroness. To satisfy her insatiable lust for speed, he shovels madly on her new iron horse's voyage.

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🚂 Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse
Dir. Kilian Vilim
https://yk-animation.ch/film-categori...
https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/0...

We live in a world where, for many, time is at a premium. There are only 24-hours in a day, that has never changed, but with work, socialising, exercise, leisure, family and much more to fit into our busy schedules, we can often feel pushed to our limits. Our society is also dominated by the pressure to excel, in whatever you are doing, an idea that’s explored in Kilian Vilim’s (Ooze) award-winning animated short Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse as it follows a subservient soldier eager to make his demanding leader happy.

Discussing the short with its creator Vilim, the director explained how the story originated after he was considering the role of “acceleration in our society” and the impact it had on our personal and working lives. “According to the motto ‘Harder, Better, Faster’, maximum economic performance is to be achieved particularly efficiently according to the minimum principle”, he reveals. Adding that this has had a “conspicuously large effects on the workers”, who he believes are “exposed to ever greater burdens for the increase of the profit”. - S/W Curator, Rob Munday

CAST + CREW

Production Management: Sebastian Willener

Storyboard: Lorenz Wunderle, Kilian Vilim
Storyboard Consulting: Thomas Ott, YK Animation Team
Layout: Lukas Pulver, Lorenz Wunderle, Kilian Vilim
Animation Supervisor: Etienne Mory
Animation: Etienne Mory, Fela Bellotto, Aira Joana, Lara Perren, Kilian Vilim
Additional Animation: Lorenz Wunderle, Ramon Schoch, Sebastian Willener
Backgrounds: Frederic Siegel
Compositing: Joder von Rotz, Lara Perren
Montage: Fela Bellotto, Joder von Rotz, Kilian Vilim

Sounddesign: Noisy Neighbours: Etienne Kompis, Thomas Gassmann
Foley: Dieter Hebben
Voices: Frederic Siegel, Carmela Sager, Thomas Gassmann, Raffael Pochanke, Kilian Vilim
Music: Raffael Pochanke
Instruments: Michel Gsell, Benjamin Knecht, Pascal Fernandes, Raffael Pochanke
Mix und Mastering: Thomas Gassmann

Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.