People are voting emotionally.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

At a young age, we see a girl and her father cycling until they reach a boat. The father boards and goes away, after embracing his daughter. From that day, we see the girl returning to that place over and over, waiting for her father who doesn't return. Years pass and the girl makes friends, and gets her own family, but she cannot get over the loss of her father.This is a beautiful short, that relies a lot on symbolism to convey its message, therefore allowing various interpretations. That is also supported by the stylized animation that allows the viewer to decide on the feelings of the characters, something harder to achieve in the case of real life acting or a more detailed animation style.In my opinion, the story is about living and dealing with a loss at a young age. Life is symbolized by the bicycle, and the act of cycling. The older a character is, the slower they cycle, their health (presumably both physically and mentally) deteriorating. Notice how both main characters eventually abandon their bicycle to traverse the water and the plain, seemingly never coming back. In both cases, their journey ends in the boat, and then their souls reunite, a theme similar to the ancient Greek myth of crossing the river Acheron with a boat to access the next world.

A short that doesn't use words and still manages to leave you speechless. A father goes away into the sea, leaving his young daughter behind. As the years pass, the daughter finds herself coming back to their parting place to wait for him.I find it beautiful how the longing that comes from losing a father is portrayed; through the fluid animation-- which contributes to showing the passing of the years and how everything is bound yo change, even when the longing doesn't--, through the music, the ringing of the bycicles... It all comes together to show the viewer how, even when there are always other bycicles on her life-path, she will always be waiting for her father.Another detail that adds to the emotionality of the short: the facial features of the characters are either shadows, or the details are simple and faint lines that evoke tenderness within the viewer. The ending is the cherry on top. It unfurls perfectly all that it has been building up since the moment the father left his daughter. A wordless masterpiece.

In a mere eight minutes, Father and Daughter evokes a lifetime of feelings through dealing with the rawest of emotions in a minimalist style sparse and vague enough to be recognised by any viewer. The facelessness and silhouetted figures of the characters could be any of us, and the ambiguity presented through the lack of context surrounding the father's initial abandonment of his daughter draws viewers into speculation - both peripherally and internally - only to come to the same conclusion that there is only one thing that remains constant and eternal: love. The changing seasons and different stages of life that the daughter goes through express the passage of time subtly and efficiently in a way which resonates with all viewers, and are visually subdued in their relatively loose brushstrokes in a similar manner to that of the modest chamber ensemble called for in the music score, featuring an eclectic combination of instruments including a piano, accordion, and bassoon. As a result, there is never any sense that the story is forcing you along; rather, the transitions are smooth, natural, and evoke a relatable experience that one cannot help but get carried away with. The question of eternity is brought up in a moving ending which challenges your perspective on time, how it influences us, and how much control we have over it.

This short movie shows the story of a father and his daughter getting apart from each other. The movie is mainly around the daughter waiting and growing up without her father. To me, it raises deep questions about life without using words but rather by playing with visual representations. For instance, we can wonder if death is not represented by this woman on a bike wearing black, but we can also guess that bikes represent mobility and lifetime. Throughout visuals a lot of issues are represented for instance loneliness, separation and so one and so forth. Beyond visuals, the simplicity of the music adds a melancholic feeling and stresses the despair of the daughter while waiting for her father. Plus, what is particularly remarkable is the impersonal dimension of the characters in the movie, that enables viewers to relate more easily to the situation and share the main feeling of separation by indirectly transposing their situation to the character's. In the same perspective, the scenario is precise but there is an absence of dialogue which enables a real freedom of interpretation to viewers regarding the story and enables them to relate. Altogether, from music to visuals, the movie is beautiful and makes viewers relate/think about human relationships in time. I would highly recommend this 8 minute movie !