Synopsis
Do we control technology and language,or are they parasites that use us as a host and breeding ground? In FRANKENSTEIN'S DREAM strange satellites release spores over foraging humanoids. The infected creatures struggle towards speech, but the technology demands a bloody price. To reflect this struggle between flesh and code, the creatures in the film are made by wrapping layers of watercolour drawings - made of blood, bone-black, ivory, and other physical pigments - onto 3D CGI skeletons and digital scans of real human and animal skulls - and given life borrowed (through MOCAP) from dancers.
Frankenstein's Dream (2025) is a 00:19:52 sci-fi short film by Simon Pummell (Belgium, Netherlands). An animated science-fiction film about humans and machines.
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Festival History
- Les Utopiales - International Science Fiction Festival 2025 - Compétition internationale de courts-métrages
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Netherlands | November 6, 2025 |
Full credits
| Director | Simon Pummell |
| Screenplay | Simon Pummell, Margot Knijn |
| Producer | Marc Thelosen, Koert Davidse, Steven Dhoedt |
| Other | Barend Onneweer, Roger Goula, Senjan Jansen, Simon Pummell, Tim Roza |
Technical
| Runtime | 14 min |
| Aspect ratio | 2.39:1 |
| Colour | Color |
| Shooting format | 2D/3D animation |
Identifiers & sources
| TMDB | 1588035 |
| FILMFREEWAY | FrankensteinsDream |
Additional data: TMDB.
