Citipati - CGI Short film (2015)

We follow a dinosaur in his last moments, in which he, in an inhospitable world, succumbs to the effects of fatigue and his injuries. With his last breath, his world of thought unfolds, and his last impressions merge with his memories to a very personal end.
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Director: Andreas Feix
Producer: Francesco Faranna
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[@xthieryx]

It took less than 2 minutes to make me feel saddened about a fictional dinosaur from millions of years ago. And the visual effects? Well done. Amazingly well done.

[@blazesmooth5573]

@JeffreyJefferson No it didn't if it did we wouldn't be on this planet

[@ruaribroadfoot6864]

@JeffreyJefferson Blaze smooth is right, plus, no, we should be sad it happened to dinosaurs instead of creatures who frankly ruined this world.

[@ruaribroadfoot6864]

@JeffreyJefferson And? We didn't suffer as much as the dinosaurs, our whole race burned alive? Nope. Besides. It's NOT THE SAME. We're talking about extinction, not danger.

[@90skidcultist]

@@ruaribroadfoot6864 Planet has been through worst than us.

[@ruaribroadfoot6864]

@@90skidcultist Exactly.

[@spinokaiju1152]

The little guy not only accepted but embraced death in a tear jerking way. For a dinosaur, that’s deep.

[@mgtowstanleyzoltanov9808]

Shed tear

[@Xalthir]

The thing I find so beautiful about this is that, in its last moments, it understood it all- it understood what was about to happen, and it made one last choice- one last experience. It chose to be a participant instead of a passenger, and I think that's incredible.

[@hellacoorinna9995]

Go out on it's own terms

[@MrAlexCorso]

that got me even more than the film 😅

[@gimo6881]

Evolution

[@herm1nator]

bold of you to assume its thoughts but ye

[@LeCumminz]

This made me feel even more sad about how dinosaurs went out. The way the Citipati accepted its fate and the strong message behind it. Also, the production quality is insane. The music, the close ups, the attention to detail. Everything. Absolute perfection.

[@v6in6ie6t]

The last scene when it looks like an embryo again. Life is resilient.

[@aarongoldberg1684]

Life finds a way

[@charlesharper7292]

Fossil.

[@PhantomPanic]

Say that when the sun swallows the earth.

[@jelanimyrie9058]

He wanted to die

[@jelanimyrie9058]

Majestic Phoenix

[@marshmilo8641]

Those damn ninjas... cutting onions again ..

[@soundlucky]

xD same here!

[@horse24draws9]

Beware the ninjas

[@sofa9734]

Yeee

[@AtreusAddict]

Same to

[@eclipsefx]

To clarify, I am in no ways affiliated with this ninja organization... :/

[@1fishmob]

My best interpretation is that Citipati is witnessing the end of the dinosaurs, but through his near death experience he gets to see the universe itself and how it works, and realizing the meteor is not the end of the world but the beginning of something much bigger, Citipati choses to run towards the end of the world to start a brand new journey, and leave the old world he knew behind.

[@user-uh6fg7vx6v]

👏👏👏

[@aithi2694]

Wow, that was a nice interpretation.

[@oggyoggy1299]

My guess is that he had no idea what was going on and ran in the wrong direction.

[@TotalDrganMania]

Nah, just a suicidal dino Jk. Good interpretation

[@fiberglass101]

It's interesting to think that a dinosaur would have a level of awareness capable of imagining his place in the universe . But we don't know what we don't know, do we.

[@T3rrost]

I know this was 4 years ago yet it still remains the best short film ever made and every time I watch it I will always cry

[@BaraJFDA]

Near the end, Citipati was a Phoenix. It was a foreshadow that Citipati's relatives would live on as the birds we see today.

[@egemenozcelik7494]

Seems accurate so nice

[@cosmobane6995]

JF DA more like relatives, not exactly descendants

[@egemenozcelik7494]

@Pasha Staravoitau actually all birds came from dinosaurs so they are dinosaurs themselves and I dont they came in the triassic

[@egemenozcelik7494]

@Pasha Staravoitau still birds are dinos

[@ansh6370]

Cousins of non avian dinosaurs and descendants of avian dinosaurs.

[@anonymousavian8407]

A year later and I'm still crying my eyes out. A masterpiece.

[@cgvapors963]

This truly is one of the more technically impressive as well as artistically impressive CG movies I've seen in a while.

[@sowasvonlustig2977]

I cannot understand it. Both, the "masterpiece" and the crying of people like you.

[@kaiju3646]

@@sowasvonlustig2977 its a sad fate for a beautiful animal so i dont blame animal lovers for gettig emotional over this

[@studio12archive60]

Crying? Really? Jeeeez!

[@ElleeDraws]

@@sowasvonlustig2977 do you not consider something like this a masterpiece?

[@spindominusgod7743]

Godamnit, I can never escape the tears when it comes to an extinction event involving the dinosaurs. Especially one as personal as this. It makes it even more personal for me since I used to play a game called “Dino Dominion” where my first SSR dinosaur was an albino citipati, which is also how I came to know the dinosaur. Those were the days…

[@anishchoudhury8537]

I feel you man it's good to see someone respecting these magnificent creatures I mean humans are destroying this planet. Humans also: Thank god those ugly dinosaurs died

[@fyrTV]

This was incredible, I was in awe. I would love love love to see a full 4k or full quality version!

[@eclipsefx]

Thanks :) - while the movie itself was mastered in 2K, there is in fact a full stereoscopic 3D version which was produced alongside the regular 2D release...

[@azca.]

@@eclipsefx Fantastic work mate

[@jawatu6326]

@@eclipsefx woww

[@eclipsefx]

@@jawatu6326 Btw, if you can heck everything, maybe you can make KZbin offer a 4k version? :)

[@hudsongustavo4155]

@@eclipsefx triste

[@CJCroen1393]

Fun fact: "Citipati" means "Lord of the Funeral Pyre", making the choice of dinosaur for this short even more perfect!

[@kevinlucero2817]

Totally agree

[@sapiensaurus6320]

Yep

[@parlayphresh3062]

CJCroen1393 awesome sauce

[@marcusmotchnik3948]

I thought it was an oviraptor...

[@CJCroen1393]

@@marcusmotchnik3948 Citipati is related to Oviraptor, but they're not the same genus.

[@dororexgaming4205]

Wow, this is better quality than like 99% of big budget movies being made, it is absolutely amazing!

[@lawpwe9676]

It's better then some movies.

[@horse24draws9]

IKR

[@DELAX991]

Lion king graphics better dan dis

[@horse24draws9]

This is a student film Lion king was made by an entire team of animators and Vfx artists and also the live action lion king isn’t original

[@DELAX991]

Natasha Steed still it said big budget “movies” not other projects

[@alexanderhorton5673]

Of all the dinosaur media I’ve watched, this is the one that takes the cake. The music, the emotional scenes, the animation, the story, and the ending… They’ve left a real big impression on me.

[@aurosauruismyusername4285]

absolute masterpiece. i know its not real i know its an animation, but still, your work makes me crying my eyes out. absolute MASTERPIECE!!! i know i said it but im saying that again!!!

[@__A.J__]

What we need is 90 minutes of this....not just 6 minutes. Exceptional work. Well done!

[@NORTH_CAROLINA_REAPER]

GIMME DEM FUGGIN MOVIES!!!

[@HogBurger]

Arjuna Jay no, 10 YEARS OF IT

[@MrFausten]

and dinosaurs with voices!! Citipati could have Adam Sandler's voice!!!! hahahhaha... it's a joke!

[@eclipsefx]

I'd be up for more... :P

[@rockmanharbinger3622]

Six Minutes is More than Enough😎.

[@KeegoonBarnacle]

In my opinion it seems to be a story about death acceptance; in the dinosaur's own dream-like vision it runs towards the approaching flame, embraces it, and is for a moment reborn as a phoenix from the ashes.

[@timofeifilippov9558]

I think it's about Infinite divisibility.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Asteroid Acceptance is Death Acceptance

[@fang609]

Agreed.

[@ansh6370]

Just like a phoenix rebirths from fire, the citipati will be reborn as the birds we see today. That's explaining evolution in a much more emotional and exciting way.

[@bear4537]

@Barnacle Films You win KZbin today 💯

[@t1mson1c]

Very emotional story, I almost cried at the end... Give Oscar to brave Citipati, please, he deserved it!

[@adenweinberg8784]

It looked like a Phoenix in that scene. Like rebirth into something new

[@arenamaster1485]

I think it foreshadows birds coming after dinosaurs

[@erikhamann]

@Dustin Blais . And Citipati went extinct 5 million years before the meteorite impact.

[@wait....whatsmynameagain1099]

For a moment he knew..he was connected to the universe...he knew everything and he knew that his end would give rise to something greater ...so he knew...and he chose to be a participant in the event rather than just be an onlooker..to be born again as something greater...

[@matrixleader]

​@@arenamaster1485good point

[@dragoxk4542]

Came for the dinosaurs Stayed for the feels

[@Zed9659]

Got dem feels

[@PyroRaptor1]

I feel the feels Its like a flow of energetic shockwave

[@juliomorales3295]

You get it :’)

[@rodrigohilario977]

Cajimani avarce

[@Animasterpro]

F

[@artastic_friend]

I-I'm not crying. You are!

[@uncle6040]

I am not but you are haahah

[@sapiensaurus6320]

Yes, i'am

[@james739123]

I don't cry, I just get a chocked up throat

[@martontoth2063]

I almost did, if there weren't others in the room I would probably have cried.

[@zezekingyo2374]

It looks like the hunger games once the oviraptor jumps into the explosion

[@BisonActual2166]

That was an amazing production. I had to digest what I had seen. The symbolism used in it was thoughtful and inspiring. I loved the transition to the phoenix and then back to the egg at the end was beautifully done. I love that the Oviraptor was almost running to its future instead instead of running from the fear of the incoming firestorm.

[@ariismayl6018]

This dino is not an oviraptor, it is citipati a species of oviraptorid dinosaurs.

[@mrprotheroe4981]

we need more dinosaur media like this

[@nightmoon2051]

Who ever animated this has open millions of doors towards a lifetime of careers. Its beautiful.

[@evasfalconry163]

Um, the KZbin who posted it animated it

[@PyroRaptor1]

@@evasfalconry163 not really The animator animated it and posted it on KZbin KZbin is just an app Not a person

[@eclipsefx]

(technically the filmschool posted it :D sorry, didn't want to come across as a smarta** )

[@JacksonJDoyel]

@@PyroRaptor1 Thanks for clarifying, I thought KZbin was a singular person of mass power and penis size.

[@rainbowracer9576]

It's........ It's sad and beautiful

[@archaeldiaz275]

i met you once and for all

[@crossdeadking]

This is so sad ;( we are all Citipati

[@nd-mx3vy]

Bro went out like a champ, dude was like, “well I’m dying anyway, so let’s do it in fashion.”

[@marla2040]

In my honest opinion,citipati is one of my favourite dinosaurs.this just makes me cry because of how amazing it is.it is very realistic.its like I’m experiencing it.i hope you make a part 2 of this.

[@kukla608]

The emotional quality of this film is so uplifting and heart breaking. It feels all at once like our past and long distant future, Thank You so much.

[@brycevo]

This feels like Citipati's final visions of life before it dies. The art and the details are amazing for this story. Amazing job

[@eclipsefx]

thx

[@AJay23825]

Why am I only seeing this now this is amazing Those transitions are amazing

[@ElleeDraws]

yes

[@mataschmata]

not-so-fun-fact: fire is usually regarded as the worst way to die, but it's only excruciating for the first few seconds. once your nerves burn away, it's relatively painless. Some who survive being badly burned report no pain at all until a few hours later. Those watching usually react worse than the person burning to death.

[@eclipsefx]

Very peculiar... I wasn't aware of that... :)

[@uncaboat2399]

Doesn't matter. If the Evil Overlord gives me a choice of how he's gonna kill me, I'm still gonna choose "Old Age".

[@anonimails]

@@uncaboat2399 Maybe old age in the near future is 30

[@uncaboat2399]

@@anonimails What, I have to be specific about it? OK, old age as in 130. Now don't start with me about "maybe in the future a year is only 3 hours long"

[@anonimails]

@@uncaboat2399 I dont even remember writing that coment, chill bro

[@euphores_]

nobody talking about the fact that this is a STUDENTS project?? I mean holy shit, I'm currently in my master and I can't believe how professional this is. Meanwhile I feel like I didn't contribute anything to this world lol

[@flapsjak8457]

OMG i just came here after seeing that video

[@Roman-rx2tm]

A student made this????

[@IGameChangerI]

@@Roman-rx2tm A group of students

[@themoth1360]

I just spit out my Pepsi Did you just say a fucking student made the masterpiece?

[@kleindavid9416]

its the Filmakademie, the best german/european Animation school - some of the students are already quite professional when they come there, so the standard is crazy high

[@lucasdisbezer7818]

My goal is to animate something like that... But my laptop says no...

[@isysos3300]

You are saying no, if you want you can just believe in it

[@thatanonymouschocolate]

Accurate 😩😭 my laptop doesn’t even like opening up any internet browser.

[@TheMopomi]

Bruh you can animate if you can animate. The only thing your laptop cant do for you is rendering. You can still do something nice

[@PancakeOwlPrince]

Imagine, having a laptop or a PC so slow Day 22 and still rendering

[@glowstickqueen7139]

@@isysos3300 it's because his laptop is having a stroke whenever he tries

[@BK-is5fj]

I just wanted to point how detailed this was. I love you even animated the eye blinking and the third eyelid opening after the eye opened. Looked so realistic.

[@romalea]

dude, literal chills. I teared up near the end. I'm in utter love with this.

[@forcesness]

No-one gonna give props for the camera man surviving millions of years to get us this? The fact that this copy+paste comment got so many likes disappoints me

[@eclipsefx]

Let me assure you he got a slight bonus at the end of the year + a pat on the back.

[@forcesness]

@@eclipsefx knowing that has made my day

[@legend9335]

@@eclipsefx Who is Pat?

[@eclipsefx]

@@legend9335 Pat is the best at patting backs. Also (unrelated): a rare short form for 'Citi-Pat-i'

[@waxwingsartmode5855]

It's writ

[@WyattCayer]

"Based on a true story"

[@billyandrew]

Link, please. Lol.

[@yellododo]

@@billyandrew wha

[@mrsnake6562]

I mean....technically....it is lmao

[@jozsefcsiszar6735]

Why not? 🦎🦖

[@brandonfajardo7888]

Pretty much

[@lacywilliams5649]

I broke up with my boyfriend of five years last week and this made me cry way more. The extinction of the nonavian dinosaurs is such a tragedy.

[@zoetropo1]

Pity too the non-mammalian synapsids.

[@red-hot]

Your boyfriend must've been a right old dinosaur to warrant less tears than this

[@perniciouscarrot7528]

I thought this was going to be a cool animation of an oviraptor being eaten because I simply searched "dinosaur animation." Truly beautiful and I ended up crying hard unexpectedly as I felt my fear of death become brought up. It was so sad seeing how it ended in a dream, but it was so needed and true. Rest in peace little guy

[@DotDotDotDashDashDashDotDotDot]

Holy Shit! That overaptor just faced death head on! God Speed! You magnificent bastard! I kniw it's not real but i really felt bad for the thing.

[@zocto6014]

I tought it was pronounsed Oviraptor

[@hiplobonoxa]

the dinosaur is a citipati, which is a type of oviraptorid.

[@kr1st0saurus]

It’s not an oviraptor it’s a citipati, a type of oviraptorid

[@gambit5667]

ovi* sorry i had to

[@gambit5667]

@Mince Verlot i realized it and my bad i saw the error like a min later but didnt bother changing it

[@bobsullivan5714]

This is art......The comments are from people who found their own meaning in this. I believe the student-creator of this must be satisfied.

[@alexandermelchers1497]

Oh wow! It took me a couple of seconds before I could even start formulating my thoughts on this, so impactful was it. Not just in terms of the visuals, which includes loads of excellently executed visual and cinematic effects, but also the symbolism and continuous scale shifts. Very impressive, and probably the best I've seen come onto this channel yet!

[@c.m.8713]

I had to come back and leave some form of a comment. This is by far one of the greatest films created. To say this was an emotional journey would simply be an understatement. You gave this amazing dinosaur an existence that could truly be: true-to-form, while it observed the burning embers. This is what I chose to takeaway after finishing this brilliant clip. You gave it awareness. You gave it life. You gave us hope to remember that these beings once had a time, like us, that still continues in other forms... Simply impactful! Great work, on all levels, with this production. Thank you.

[@augndanknuckles9379]

A student made this masterpiece using nothing but his skills while SEGA wasn't able to make a normal looking SONIC with all the billions of dollars it has. Well done SEGA... well done.

[@rhthehuman866]

Paramount*

[@pierogirino7953]

6ftju

[@rhthehuman866]

@@pierogirino7953 what

[@HowlingWolf518]

SEGA actually wanted a normal Sonic. The art direction at MPC decided that they knew better.

[@squizzycupcakes3051]

Paramount actually

[@orangezyest]

I am freaking bawling right now, BAWLING. this was so beautiful and emotional. So much meaning to this.

[@user-ym1nf6el9m]

I flipin cried

[@julianm.1248]

I know right, like damn

[@andrejohanvanzyl1112]

I could not help but cry when he ran towards the fire. He is free

[@bluenosechopper3467]

😫😫

[@nollenhaney8545]

it wasn't that sad...

[@kisroka7806]

And here I am, 6 years later, bawling my eyes out

[@JoshuaJayMyers]

Tears filled my eyes the moment the Citipati started running toward the impact...This was such a beautiful piece of art. I appreciate this beyond words.

[@RevanthKausikan]

Severely underrated... MAN! THIS DESERVES A LOT OF APPRECIATION!!!

[@codylake8470]

This deserves a full length feature film

[@eclipsefx]

Grateful to hear that, much appreciated :)

[@louiscruz581]

Needs more views and likes. Also need to be picked by Animation or Dreamworks

[@SpinosaurusStudios_]

NO! THEY’LL LOW BUDGET THE SHIT OUTA THIS AND SLAP ON TREXES! NO!

[@IeatmeatforBreakfast1234]

Dreamworks will destroy this trust me.

[@voidthecryptid]

Maybe Disney or Universal?

[@sergeantlee7594]

00:00 to 0:32 is better than most movies out there!

[@tellmethesongoftherain6534]

I cried- This brings nostalgia ☹️

[@jondunmore4268]

I read the "jumping into flames" bit as the dino allegorically becoming what the genus would become in generations hence - birds.Excellent little short! And Excellent animation!

[@jacobcox4565]

The flames trailing off of its arms did look like wings.

[@migitri]

I agree. It looked like a phoenix, and a new phoenix rises from the ashes of a dead phoenix. Birds rose from the ashes of the non-avian dinosaurs.

[@CKprimeval07]

The name Citipati is Hindi meaning "funeral pyre lord." That explains that I suppose.

[@allan4866]

citipati is also the species of dinosaur i think

[@dondragmer2412]

@@allan4866 The genus name of the dinosaur.

[@j.t.dennis4900]

@@allan4866 ...Yeah

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

Oviraptor is Ovibator, meaning Egg thief to Egg hero.

[@spwb2k]

Only made it half way before I could not take seeing the little fella suffer anymore well done.

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

Amazing.

[@a1crux]

This is amazing. I actually feel the pain and misery of the dinosaurs here. Phenomenal job guys

[@eclipsefx]

Thanks :)

[@dangerouswheatbread1338]

"Death is not an ending, but a new chapter in the story of existence..."

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

LA Gurchik sure buddy...

[@mrwhat5094]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 hey, who are you to say what is and isnt beyond the abyss?

[@samosasosa6684]

@@mrwhat5094 He isn't the one who said it !!

[@ManiacallyQuiet]

death is death . theres nothing beyond that only your memories for the living.

[@ethoraptor9479]

Death is the beginning

[@catpoke9557]

We don't talk enough about how sad the extinction was. Not because we lost such great animals, though that is sad too, but because of how scary and painful it must've been for the life on the planet at the time. It must have been so horrible. I feel bad for all the innocent animals that had to experience what is basically an apocalypse.

[@fireirisdoesart]

Years later and this still makes me cry

[@chancebarker8129]

I don’t know if this is a quote from history, but I think this quote right here(I think I made) represents the ending of Citipati.... “To run from danger, is to be forgotten, but to run towards it, THAT, is always remembered.”

[@eclipsefx]

I like it...

[@mrwhat5094]

Well it depends on the context but in some cases this is very very true

[@AlexanderWeixelbaumer]

Remembered by whom when everybody's dead?

[@barryhumphreys2083]

Alexander Weixelbaumer humans 66 million years later.

[@playtime_foxy]

Poor Dino

[@frankiejones1648]

When the citipati jumps it is running to death with opens arms and it knows that they will be reborn and will have another chance of life.

[@GeorgeGabrielTemplarKnight]

*** We follow a dinosaur in his last moments, in which he, in an inhospitable world, succumbs to the effects of fatigue and his injuries. With his last breath, his world of thought unfolds, and his last impressions merge with his memories to a very personal end. ***

[@eclipsefx]

@@GeorgeGabrielTemplarKnight To be fair though, a decision regarding the dinosaur's gender was actually never made during production, nor was it deemed an important factor...

[@GeorgeGabrielTemplarKnight]

To be fair though, I was only pointing out the information that was provided in the videos description. Which takes like less than a minute to read through....

[@NICOMINDE]

@@eclipsefx Anyways in most languages when talking about animals “his” doesn’t mean it’s male. So it’s difficult for some of us to translate, as saying “its” is like treating them like an object

[@eclipsefx]

​@@NICOMINDE ​ @Shlong Dong Millionaire No harm done - consider it more as sth mentioned trivial rather than a direct response, and I apologize if it potentially sounded like there was some snark involved. :)

[@Xen0_0]

Wow Impressive

[@StoryGirl17]

When he jumped into the fire, I had tears into my eyes, I was so deeply moved by his act of courage that I couldn't hold a "Wow!" The animation made it even more beautiful. It's so tragic and yet so impressive and so beautifully made. 😢

[@manuelr.7461]

*_„Life finds a way“_* _Acept for this guy..._

[@aonbrogan8266]

Life found a way for this guy too. A winged reptile came out from his ashes to give us new life. His kind were reborn as birds.

[@sr.moralesbeal7775]

How come he ran towards it and not away from it tho 🤔

[@ThatGuy-qh5ec]

@@sr.moralesbeal7775 He was accepting death knowing it was better up there.

[@sr.moralesbeal7775]

Hyper Death ohhh IgHt ight

[@aemateus]

Really good animation!

[@jay33begin]

Was brilliant animation!!

[@eclipsefx]

Thank you :)

[@birdwatcnetty9881]

This movie moves me everything I view it. Thank you everyone for all your hard work. It's amazing . I have it saved and watch often.

[@joelbernstein1956]

Best animation short I've ever seen. Felt the wonder the fear and the sadness of it all

[@carlafalasca4514]

Great, now i am emotionally attached to an oviraptor, thank you.

[@eclipsefx]

You're welcome.

[@Paleossauro]

Citipati

[@doomed4232]

Dinosaurs had it rough, man.

[@PyroRaptor1]

Dinosaurs still live till now....birds are classified as dinosauria.....don't be too sad...god had to erase dinosaurs so humans won't have any risky beginnings

[@fishliveinthesea9637]

dinosaurs didn't build churches that's why a giant meteor struck earth

[@fishliveinthesea9637]

@@cookiestealer3326 r/woooosh

[@lati7516]

cookiestealer but he made a joke about it

[@fishliveinthesea9637]

@@cookiestealer3326 it's nature... and am I not allowed to make a JOKE?

[@TheRealArkness]

make this a movie-length film. this deserves a longer story. i absolutely adore this, it was so beautiful

[@kirtramirez5333]

He realized that no one was in his side now, he killed his self

[@Fabio_Nicolini]

My new favourite video on KZbin! Wow!

[@allentsai2301]

An oviraptorid should have more feathers. But apart of it everything is incredible! Well done!

[@MRauTObt]

Runt maybe?

[@xTheForgottenOnexx]

His hands would also not be held like that. All the accurate information we have on dinosaurs today, and they still managed to mess it up lol.

[@pj9100]

Creative expression man, by no means a doco

[@gatzii8504]

Feathers are pretty hard to animate.

[@ansh6370]

@@xTheForgottenOnexx The hands look pretty accurate to me, what's the problem with them?

[@adrianbrown6844]

Never thought someone could make the extinction of dinosaurs seem amazing but you did. Thank you.

[@oldbluesboy]

Outstanding..in an instant we could see and feel for a dinosaur in those last fateful moments of an entire species. Bravo!

[@LegendOfDuo]

It's a melancholy kind of feeling I got. Looking at the day it was posted my darling bird passed away the night of Dec.30th and bringing myself up to get him cremated was January 1st. He was such a big fighter for such a tiny bird. He fought hard but it was tiring on him. This was a perfect video to stumble on and shed some tears that have been built up since that day. Thank you. And bravo.

[@jamesshawcross3656]

Why am I crying over a CGI Oviraptor? This was an amazing short film! 😱

[@DingusCat707]

Really nice cgi. This is probably the best cgi film of dinosaurs I’ve ever seen, it’s very realistic and very immersive

[@EarlOfMaladyCrescent]

I love this! In a way, it's the opposite of what happens in the "Final Destination" films. The dinosaur has a premonition, which tells him/her, "All dinosaurs are doomed to die, no matter what". Instead of using the knowledge to attempt to survive what's about to happen, he/she uses it to die as quickly as possible & minimise the suffering. It's really sad, but beautifully done.

[@liatori3863]

I come back to this every once in a while. It's such a beautiful allegory of life and death.

[@mythik140]

Whatever this masterpiece is, I didn't need to cry right now.

[@occamsrayzor]

What a beautiful and very moving film! The realisation of the dinosaur was so perfect in every way, that I felt immensely sad at his final, painful struggle to keep moving. This short film has more emotional content, and better visual storytelling than most high budget content being churned out of the big studios.

[@earvonhisser2890]

There is something more to these Little Films then you'd think All those great ideas hold hints of a hidden history.

[@Breadhellyeah]

It’s so crazy to think that these things actually existed at some point

[@trvth1s]

yes and some still do. Birds are flying dinosaurs, just how bats are flying mammals

[@murphy1825]

@@trvth1s I mean, birds are more than likely related to dinosaurs. You probably wouldn't see pigeons fighting a tyrannosaurus

[@trvth1s]

@@murphy1825 birds aren't simply related to dinosaurs. Crocodiles are only related to dinosaurs. Birds are dinosaurs. I'm not sure what fighting has anything to do with it. Birds and mammals existed long before any tyrannosaurid, doesn't mean theid fight them

[@trvth1s]

@@realoceanic1737 birds are literally flying dinosaurs. When scientists say "nonavian dinosaurs", they are literally saying "not capable of flight dinosaurs" which means all non bird dinosaurs

[@murphy1825]

@@trvth1s so you saying some dinosaurs had feathers

[@hannahszabo6522]

This Film has to get an oscar P. S. I nearly cried at the end

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

I would've never thought I could ever feel strong emotions for a 60 million years old lizzardly beast! Yet, here I am, all emotional!

[@erinmcdonald7781]

A most beautiful piece on so many levels, story, character, animation, editing...!!!! 💜

[@thedoruk6324]

Dinosaur struggle movie're almays be the best

[@jay33begin]

Nowon nows for sure what happened good feedback tho

[@poioipoipi668]

Türk' müsün?

[@Linux-computers]

To imagine what they went through for them to become extinct is so sad. This made me cry so deeply, I loved this video.

[@finscontingencyplan7005]

Sally Maree they aren’t extinct...

[@syl62]

@@finscontingencyplan7005 The are extinct...what are you talking about?

[@shekelboob]

Antlerz no they aren’t lol, birds are extant dinosaurs

[@ivangigliotti3693]

@@syl62 Birds are a type of dinosaur, so no, they aren't extinct

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

The whole point of the story was acceptance of death and that it wasn't truly the end. Well the dinosaurs current life was coming to a end it knew that its decedents and perhaps its own self will live on. It throwing itself into the blast wave instead of running away hinted it was willing to push forward and the ghostly image of a bird from the dinosaur showed that its decedents would rise from the ashes as modern birds, and perhaps its next life as well.

[@LinkaBellGAME]

Still the most amazing dinosaur short film out there, amazingly brilliant

[@Frobilen]

After so many years, it's still gold

[@oneshotReker]

This is actually stunning because,if you look at anything close enough, you’ll realizes there’s just a bigger or smaller version of that in our universe. Like a animal cell splitting acts the same way as a planet getting split in half from whatever caused it. This video is amazing and has so much more meaning than we might even realize!

[@DelightLovesMovies]

That's amazing to tell a whole story like that with no narration, dialogue, or captions. I really love that pure cinema quality about it.

[@spcrri4796]

I have never rooted for something to live so badly in my life. That ending was really sad. 😞This was an amazing animation.

[@alexandremachado586]

I really don't know what to say, or even how to feel about it... It's etheral, it's spectacular!

[@spiritsoda6611]

AAA IM CRYING THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL !!

[@pigeonfowl474]

..... This is beautiful

[@theholybuttfungus5911]

Pigeon Fowl looks like I’ve found you here too

[@pigeonfowl474]

@@theholybuttfungus5911 OwO It's you

[@theholybuttfungus5911]

Pigeon Fowl yus yus it be me

[@dacotarexgamer2792]

A las español

[@eclipsefx]

thanks :)

[@crazydave9735]

its the animations that leave the most out of their titles that tell the best stories

[@RyzFadubs]

I can't believe this video made me cry. It touched my heart so much that i could not bear the tears.