DISSIMULATOR

Animation, Short, Student, Experimental, Scifi, Horror, Silent, Experimental

Australia

2024

Runtime, min

An astronaut, investigating the crash of a space station on a distant desert planet, receives a signal that water has been found. Sweaty and exhausted, she eagerly follows the signal deep into the belly of a mysterious cave.

Director:

Holland Kerr

Selections and Awards:

Underground Film and Screenplay Festival Quebec August 5, 2024 North American Premier Best Student Film Canada Big Teeth Small Shorts Chicago July 18, 2024 Best Small Short United States

REVIEWS:

This hit me like art therapy. Anxious, searing, hypnotic. Not a film, a trance.

Samantha Edwards

Dissimulator plays more like a sensory installation than a narrative film. It reminded me of works by David Finch and Arthur Lipsett, where sound and form carry the psychological weight.

Aiden Caron

This isn’t classic scifi, it’s more like cosmic madness à la Prometheus or Annihilation. The cave feels alive. And that’s terrifying.

Madison Tremblay

The sound in this film is a character of its own. It squeezes your brain. A perfect example of how audio can be scarier than visuals.

Martin Ferrari

An interesting film with flowing imagery and enveloping music, about the strangeness and danger of alien worlds. Emotional and captivating. Thank you!

Live Screenings Attendee

It feels like watching the collapse of humanity in an alien galaxy. Wordless, yet deeply catastrophic.

Ella Bernard

I love when a film creates tension without a single word. Just visuals and sound. This one nails it.

Roxana Oliveira

Perhaps it’s a metaphor for a dehydrated soul chasing an illusion of salvation. And in the end—dissolution into the void.

Víctor Jiménez