A wooden puppet who desperately wants to fit in makes an ill-fated wish upon a star, sparking a journey of self-discovery.
Direction
Huluf packs a feature's worth of metaphor into 7 minutes.
Director
Searit Huluf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Pixar's SparkShorts program, which explicitly gives underrepresented filmmakers creative freedom—and it shows in the unflinching darkness.
The title 'Self' isn't just a name; it's the entire thesis. The character spends the film literally trying to become 'not-Self.'
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