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We Were Not Made For This World

We Were Not Made For This World

A robot searches for his creator in the desert lands outside his city.

2014 · 3 min · ★ 5.0 · Science Fiction

"We Were Not Made For This World” is a existential sci-fi short film directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Colin West McDonald, based on a comic of the same name by cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier that features a rapidly declining robot wandering aimlessly through the desert.

Directed by Colin West · Written by Paul Hornschemeier

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