Film · 2004 · Animation

The Man of the Hour

A frantic and surreal 2D animated short exploring man's desperate struggle against time. The protagonist is a man entirely consumed by his strict schedule, always rushing to finish tasks ahead of schedule or waiting around just to beat the clock. He prides himself on his ability to outrun time itself. However, overnight, a tiny bug wanders into the gears of his room's massive, ancient grandfather clock, causing the hands to completely freeze. Strangely, the chime of the clock refuses to stop, completely shattering the daily order of his life and plunging his reality into a spiral of increasingly chaotic, uncontrollable events.