Mastodawn

What is punk?
Punk today is imagining that the future will be good.

What is even more punk?
A kid movie imagining that the future will be good.

I watched Arco a few months ago (I am a big kid, and it was my first film fully in Portuguese, kudos to me) and I'm so happy it just received a César (France's equivalent of the Oscars) for Best Animated Film. I love all the little ideas and seeds the movie plants in kids' and adults' minds.

Arco is SO punk. Go watch it.

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Nicolas Paries

The director, Ugo Bienvenu, made this film because he was sick of dystopia.
He believed that if we keep imagining bad futures, that's what we'll build.

Same for Natalie Portman, who produced the movie:
"If history shows us anything, it's that life is unpredictable, and the hope lies in being active, in having imagination and using your creativity. It's our superpower as humans to imagine a better future and make it real."

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Nicolas Paries Mar 4

Little side story: I was lucky enough to work on a project where Ugo Bienvenu was also involved — the Sens Fiction exhibition created by RFStudio. The website is still online: https://sens-fiction.org

Sens Fiction, an exhibition on the intertwining of design and fiction, imagined by RF Studio and Bureau des Usages.

Why should today’s designers care about imaginary visions, futuristic tales, and the power of fiction?

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