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THE ORDER OF OUROBOROS

THE ORDER OF OUROBOROS

THE ORDER OF OUROBOROS

Animation, Experimental, Short, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Philosophy

United States

2025

Runtime, min

10

A forbidden sect holds the key to a paradox dividing an empire —but the answer may cost you everything you believe. Experience a mathematical odyssey through self-reflecting mirrors and recursive labyrinths that blur the boundary between observer and observed. Inspired by Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach
Ben Dubow

Director:

Ben Dubow

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Selections and Awards:

REVIEWS:

This is pure cerebral cinema. Visually baroque, structurally recursive, and thematically audacious. If Borges, Tarkovsky, and Hofstadter co-wrote an AI-generated dream, it might look like this.

Isabella Wright

A very beautiful film! The images are captivating and invite close attention. At first, the deep and complex philosophy distracts from them, and the monotonous narration irritates a little, seeming incompatible with the visuals. But the logical chain and the proof of unity in contradictions at the end leave you in awe. Thank you!

Live Screenings Attendee

It made me feel small. Like I was looking into something ancient and beyond me — beautiful, but cold. I cried without knowing why.

Caleb Dubois

Finally, an animation that treats philosophy seriously! Recursive logic, identity dissolution, observer/observed paradoxes — and all wrapped in lush, AI-generated beauty. Give this awards!

Jackson Levesque

Every frame is meticulous. The symmetry, the palette, the textures — it’s like AI hallucinated haute couture and myth. It's pure eye-candy with intellect.

Kollros Ferraris

Okay, I’m not sure I got it, but wow — those visuals! The women, the mirrors, the flowers — it all felt super mysterious. Like watching a moving painting with a secret.

Jef Liva

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