HELL

Director:

Parker Croft

Producer:

Nolan Gould, Parker Croft, Erika Totoro

Writer:

Spike Milliken, Parker Croft

Selected for the following category(s)

Best Animation Short

A place where dreams are real, wishes come true, and everything is always awful for everyone.

The first installment of the Hard Times anthology, Hell, follows the patriarch of a dying farm on the outskirts of Ash Harbor as he is methodically ground down by the machinery of despair. What begins as endurance curdles into something far more existential, a portrait of collapse told through dust, labor, and silence.

Hell made its world premiere in 2026 at Animation Dingle, where it quickly garnered critical acclaim and went on to collect multiple awards at festivals around the world.