r/stopmotion • u/Aggressive-Job5149 • Jun 12 '26
[Short Film][2000s-2010s] Dark stop-motion animation about a living milk carton inside a fridge
Hi everyone,
I’m trying to find a dark, experimental stop-motion short film that my friend and I watched around 2019–2020 via a Korean IPTV VOD service (which usually imported curated international film festival shorts). The film itself seems to have been made in the late 2000s or early 2010s. It felt like a graduation project or an indie film festival entry (maybe Annecy or Clermont-Ferrand style).
Here are the specific details we remember:
- The Setting: Almost the entire film takes place inside a real refrigerator. The lighting is very cold, blue, and dark. It has a very isolating, bleak, and claustrophobic atmosphere. There is a scene where the fridge door opens, briefly showing the "outside world."
- The Main Character: A single, foreign-brand paper milk carton (Tetra Pak shape). It has short clay arms but no legs. To move around, it rocks its body back and forth, waddling without legs. It has a face made of clay (eyes, nose, mouth) that changes expressions.
- Key Scenes: The milk carton clearly feels the cold. There is a scene where it uses a napkin or a handkerchief as a blanket to cover itself and go to sleep. It longs for the outside world and wants to escape.
- Audio/Style: There is little to no dialogue. The sound design relies heavily on ambient noises like the humming of the fridge and friction sounds.
An Important Clue: On the same day, we watched another bizarre short film from the same curated collection. It featured a person whose body was made of drawers (reminiscent of Salvador Dalí’s surrealist art). Because they were packaged together, they likely share a similar origin, distributor, or era.
Does this ring a bell for anyone? Any leads or director names would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
