AARGH Is Coming!

A fifteen minute short film by director Philip Hillers - who also handled all the animation work himself - Aargh is one of the most unique and weirdly compelling things I've come across in a while. With it's very straight documentary take on a very odd character the only thing I can really think to compare it to is Hitoshi Matsumoto's Big Man Japan but these are distant cousins at best. Here's the official synopsis:

Aargh. Once a successful actor and a true shooting star in Japan. Today he is beginning his new job at the Berlin zoo. What has happened? He is accompanied by the film crew on his first day of work at the Zoo where he is faced with new colleagues and challenges on the one hand and fighting prejudice and overcoming obstacles on the other.

Check the trailer below!