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A stuffed, humanoid doll with a man's face projected onto it sits at a table in a room full of plastic-covered furniture.

Manakin

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A single woman living alone is in search of a companion, so she builds one, stuffing discarded nylon stockings until they take on the approximate shape of a human man. Using found audio from the dating app Hinge and images of actors projected onto the doll, Manakin asks whether the woman has ended her loneliness or compounded it.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 10: Outré.[…]

A woman wearing an apron in a dark hallway looks up in awe, her face is lit up.

Perfect Casting

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Told through dynamic visuals and quirky character designs, this animated tale follows the founding of an unlikely friendship.
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