The Replicant

The Replicant

Hand drawn and animated in collaboration with Wizz Studio.

2025 · 3 min · ★ 8.0 · Animation, Music, Science Fiction

The Replicant is a ballet of metallic humanoids, their shadows brushing and merging. Endlessly repeating. Bodies multiply in sensual loops. Sweat becomes mercury. The heat rises as the silhouettes make contact.

Directed by Leyla Kaddoura

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