Synopsis

Surrounded by a violent swarm of people, a young woman connects with a little girl while facing a man that forces her to fight for her life and for her place in the world. Pariah is an animated short film that explores how far a person might have to go to protect their space of existence when faced with people who would rather destroy the world than share it.

Daniel Bruson

Daniel Bruson is an animation director, screenwriter, animator, art director and graphic artist from Brazil. His work encompasses film, music videos, visual arts and animation courses. Exploring the mixtures of handcrafted and digital animation, he has recently created the short films Pariah (2023) and Guaracy (2023, with Eliete Della Violla), and has created several animation sequences for Ninety Five Senses (2022) by Jerusha e Jared Hess, nominated for best animated short at the Oscars® 2024. He has also done pieces such as the music video for He Won’t Hold You (2020) for Jacob Collier and was the art director in the stop motion feature Bob Spit - We Do Not Like People (2021), directed by Cesar Cabral.