A pastry-addicted monster discovers that friendly smiles hide sharper teeth than his.
Snif, a monster who lives in the wild, accidentally meets a family. Attracted by their pastries, he begins a new adventure in the city that will reveal the true nature of an overly friendly society as he grows increasingly fatter. A story full of contradictions, both tender and violent.
Practical Effects
Snif's creature design balances cute and deeply unsettling.
Direction
Maestres packs a feature's worth of ideas into eight minutes.
Director
Pablo Maestres
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferran Palau, who voices Snif, is primarily known as a Catalan indie musician, not an actor.
The film premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's largest short film festival—where its runtime let programmers squeeze it between heavier dramas.
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