Spring (2019 film)
2019 animated short film
Spring is a 2019 animated fantasy short film written and directed by Andreas Goralczyk and produced by Ton Roosendaal and Francesco Siddi. It is the Blender Institute's 12th "open movie", and was made utilizing the open-source software, Blender. The film is about a young shepherd and her dog confronting ancient spirits in order to bring about the change of seasons. The film was funded by the Blender Foundation, with donations from the Blender community. The film and any material made in the studio was released under a Creative Commons License.
On April 4, 2019, the film was first released on YouTube. As of November 2024, it had over 10 million views.
Plot
High above the clouds, young shepherdess Spring descends into the frozen forest below. The atmosphere is dark and misty, in direct contrast with the sunny springtime weather above; the clouds causing this surround the heads of ancient spirits that have been freezing the forest, who take the form of anthropomorphic creatures bearing four tree-legs. She calls them by banging on a large rock with a wooden staff.
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