Timber | Short Film about Solidarity by Nils Hedinger

A group of logs is about to freeze to death in a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the only fuel for a warming fire is their own body, things start heating up.
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CAST & CREW
Director: Nils Hedinger
Music: Tobias Diggelmann
Year: 2014
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Twitter: @nilshedinger
Instagram: @nilshedinger
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AWARDS
- Jury Presidents Award, SPARK Animation Festival; 2nd Prize
- Upcoming Filmmakers Luzern
- Recognition Award, Film Subsidy of Bern
- Audience Award, Animateka Int. Animated Film Festival Ljubljana

[@1harrismccarty]

The oldest knows the sacrifices needed to survive, the youngest knows what's right, the strongest thinks he can survive on his own, the mediocre thinks following strength will spare him, and the odd one out is a victim. None of them realized the forest was being cut down because they were focused on survival.

[@retroviation_real]

agreed

[@steampunk4844]

wise words

[@christinapungtilan7045]

@@steampunk4844you mean very wise words

[@fireflymiesumae]

Well said

[@chingvvnchinbat3158]

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[@LilMike-ty5uj]

So, we're just going to forget that the ELDER log had a box of matches

[@thesenate5291]

A tribal lore keeper or Fire keeper is the eldest in the tribe

[@mydogliberty7720]

@@thesenate5291 You're not the senate yet.😐

[@thesenate5291]

@@mydogliberty7720 It's treason then...**does a 720° flying corkscrew at you**

[@mydogliberty7720]

@@thesenate5291 😁😁😁 *gets both of my hands cut off*

[@thesenate5291]

@@mydogliberty7720**Gets electrocuted until my face is a ballsack** 😯

[@boobas8127]

This short had a better deeper story than most Netflix series's - no dialogue too! This animation actually made me tear up.

[@NG-xm6vg]

Same

[@thriselasangtam9686]

😊

[@liter4880]

Action speaks louder than words 😢❤

[@jamaisalah9375]

And most importantly no LGBTQ thank goodness ❤ 🏳️‍🌈🚫

[@mkmamaolibanana3285]

Bro its not that deep

[@Yaxxin23IsCool]

Every year i come back to watch this it’s incredible how you can actually slowly see how your point of view changes and you start to understand each and every single character and detail in this. truly incredible writing and to the animators and sound designers you all did an incredible job

[@shrekwazowski3836]

This short was way darker than I expected.

[@claudiamoralez4712]

Kinnn

[@Real-Rat]

@@claudiamoralez4712 kindle

[@ReisenderBecauseOfLuv]

I liked it. :-) it's just truth..

[@amirulhamizan3440]

its dark...its tell us the truth..but most importantly..its not cringe..

[@gurugaming2426]

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[@rodrigojung8223]

Clicked here thinking this would be a cute little wholesome animation about how they all gave parts of themselves to feed the fire and thrived together as a team, oh how wrong was I...

[@qtorrertheone8178]

MOOOOOODY JAAAAAZUUU!

[@garcello6244]

Abacchio is u?

[@rohitdebnath7218]

Same

[@user-gg4eb6fg8l]

😴😑😱😵😩😰🙅💩💩💩💩💩👎

[@jacobkim3690]

DUDE YOU MADE ME CRY WHEN U DIED IM NOT JOKING!!! But ngl that death attack was sneaky and cool

[@MonoTheDrawing]

Each timber as i call, has a personality. The Stick: A small brave fighter The "oldest": A wise man in the wrong place. The "reddest": A most-neutral generous man, which didnt deserve it. Birch: A type of Kowalski. Not in the right place as well. The meanest: The careless for life, egoist enemy and fighter.

[@albert9784]

I've been watching this animation several times and I finally got the message, the fire means prosperity, the trunks are the differences between people, so the message is if we share our part the fire of prosperity will continue even in hard times. I have also noticed one of the trunks is selfish, it must represent the high class, and when everyone fights againts him the youngest trunk survives because of honesty

[@billcipher2893]

Wonderful take! Best one so far

[@SupHapCak]

The selfish trunk had a lot less to give.

[@acacacacacacaccaca7666]

They are fucked regardless since the forest is being cut down and they don't have enough wood for the whole winter

[@dougmcintyre3603]

“A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth” - African proverb

[@langjan4322]

that proverb does not apply here

[@cloutan2746]

Doesn't apply

[@____________________1694]

I still like it.

[@sureshcompany1689]

Can anyone explain me this movie I cant understand the movie

[@sureshcompany1689]

@SirLockInBottom black panther movie means ?

[@marianocolsin8968]

"ignite a fireplace for a man and you keep him warm one night, but set a man on fire and you keep him warm the rest of his life" -Tsun Su

[@comradecola8996]

I mean they’re not wrong

[@rockydee7499]

its Tsu sun(too soon) 🙄

[@d4rkpr1nc39]

Sun Tzu

[@wafflehouse5289]

Sun Tzu said that, and I’d say he knows a little bit more about fire than you do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that nobody could best him at playing pyro.

[@lukey9487]

this quote is kind of pointless

[@theflyinghawk249]

I love how the ending ties in with the rest of the short. It's like a way to say: we're capable of destroying our brothers for our own means, and we're doing this same thing with our "mother" nature. But, by doing so, all we're doing is destroying ourselves.

[@Dung1NguyenTuan-ew4ey]

Wise words😭

[@secretconsumer8836]

But we can resist. We can rewrite the nature for our needs. W e c a n w i n.

[@Pianocoverrs]

No superstars No vfx No big nepotic reference Still I got ghoosbumps and it has killer expressions 😮❤

[@Dumbassfish63]

“Funny little animation about logs” “Oh.. OH GOD”

[@burakucar1103]

Mallar

[@alexanderj5618]

*music intensifies*

[@ryandejager6284]

My thoughts exactly 🤣🤣🤣

[@declanyeo3063]

i was like... how kind. then i was like selfish beast, then, HOLLY CRAP (get the holly joke?like the holly plant) XD

[@ryandejager6284]

@@declanyeo3063 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Karshaper]

Video: Literally logs of wood murdering each other Music: *C A L M*

[@thechillskeleton1811]

Karsh it sounds like Minecraft music

[@Karshaper]

@@thechillskeleton1811 lol kinda

[@nerimanekmekci1356]

M I N E C R A F T

[@user-ye9qs3nc5x]

?^#&=*$*#*

[@vnyun6445]

lmao

[@asenggnesa4150]

It's amazing how it masterfully shows that believing "I'll be fine alone, other people aren't as competent as me" will only end up destroying yourself. Because of 1 'all-high and mighty' tree refusing to cooperate and work together to find solution, they all fail. I doubt the wise but weak little one can survive alone.. Really meaningful and simple but clear animation.

[@SupHapCak]

They didn’t start falling apart when he didn’t cooperate, but when he tried to force the other tree to give more of itself. Basically he was forcing the other trunk to contribute more to make up for his lack of contribution, which is where things went wrong.

[@connormclernon26]

“No man is an island unto the continent,” and all that

[@Patonho6665]

Faz anos que conheço essa animação e ela ainda me faz chorar

[@user-td8fy5fy9l]

熊智华

[@Patonho6665]

@@user-td8fy5fy9l pastel de flango arigato 🤙

[@wander7812]

The funniest but scariest part is how at the end it shows us that there were trees around the whole time.

[@27bithut97]

Too far for the willing to fetch one tho and survive

[@hihellowassap7046]

It showed thatat the begining

[@dragondostup6273]

But also do you hear the noise and the tree fall down? Do you know what sound is that? You will find out soon

[@dragondostup6273]

DO yoU kNoW tHaT aLl tHe TrEe tHeRe WilL Be CuT DowN By HuMan!?

[@mikelabdielramiro6993]

@@dragondostup6273 are there even humans in this universe? (The one where the trees are alive and can move)

[@coleman1385]

My leftbrain: maybe they can scavenge for some twigs My rightbrain: SACRAFICE SACRAFICE

[@IshanDuttagglblord]

my common sense sacrifice

[@bigpenguin6952]

That didn't happen

[@firebomb5510]

Learn to spell... Sacrifice

[@yourcommentmightnotworksop9987]

well recent research showed THE LEFT AND RIGHT hemisphere brain is not what we expected,both brain sides has the capacity to process the others well not exactly but still

[@Paulo-zr5zo]

Seeing other dead woods around I thought why not those ones first?

[@ihavenogoodnames8994]

This shows how people may go to the extreme when fighting for survival. I think that's the message.

[@Dung1NguyenTuan-ew4ey]

I think so too

[@aangionas9676]

That sad

[@user-pj4sx4kk7k]

this cartoon is a legend of my childhood, I watched it, who was I? Another four or five. I haven’t seen him anywhere since then and forgot about him, and now I saw him, I’m just like that, she’s old, I was really pleased😶‍🌫😄😄😄

[@hmmperhaps4845]

“humans are so cruel, we should learn from nature” 3:16 also nature

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Well ur not worng (Joke ruining statement: nature is abt greater good, humans are about surviving)

[@srmagician1430]

😂😂😂😂

[@detritus3676]

General Kenobi it’s actually the other way around, Nature is about surviving, humans are about making our lives easier

[@mik3anims488]

@@detritus3676 Yeah humans just rely on nature who experienced more pain than us:(

[@hee2786]

This vid suck

[@SivaSekar22]

This story Explains us: BIGGER ARE NOT STRONGER SMALLER ARE NOT WEAKER.

[@bigenemy000]

Well maybe it teaches that solidarity always helps everyone and being only by themselves is a downfall

[@vwvn4056]

@@bigenemy000 it’s a film about solidarity.

[@julybates2211]

I'm bout to ruin the 69 likes B)

[@prophecy8740]

And older is not smarter

[@chanpreetkaur7610]

Absolutely right 👍

[@antonio.pripizduchi]

На протяжении 5:35 минут этого видео. Переживал больше за маленькую палочку чем за себя.

[@Terraflopp]

Я тоже

[@this-life-just-a-lie]

first time saw this, i think this story was about friendship and sharing but 1 of them don't give the leaf and then they fighting for fire... this short film is deep and darker than i thought.

[@Kickthebabylol]

No matter how young, how old, how weak, how strong, how tall, how short, respect each other and protect those who cannot protect themselves and don't let others fall off the ladder. Let the others climb the ladder with you. Don't harm others that are just being kind to you and who did nothing to you.

[@troll_ac]

Nice , you are not human cause those act is human act but you should do that like me.

[@Kickthebabylol]

@@troll_ac *inhales* wut.

[@Mellow502]

@@troll_ac I cant understand you...

[@troll_ac]

Ok, I make you understand it. We are foolish creatures(including being selfish) those he said is hard for a human to do especially people in america.

[@Kickthebabylol]

@@troll_ac ah. That is true. Even for my family because we live in the U.S.A. Also, im a gurl irl but it's fine if ya called me a boy here. Im fine with it because i act like boy characters here because i can rp but irl i really can't because my mom doesn't like when i use impressions just to act like characters. That's why i am here. I just got out of the subject didn't I....I get so carried away...

[@dakside9744]

In my opinion, this short film has 2 meanings 1. It's about not bullying others but sharing with them when it's difficult 2. Condemn the act of deforestation that greatly affects the life of plants, animals and people

[@dizzydial8081]

I saw it differently. They ended up destroying each other when there's a stronger force already taking them down. They couldn't see past their disagreement and forgot about an enemy they all had in common.

[@santiagocortez9554]

And that conflicts start with the selfish ones

[@Alina-ve5kn]

Yeah same

[@christianbarrera4283]

Lol condemn deforestation lol good one

[@bigbird4481]

Deforestation is not a bad thing

[@NS2Toons]

3:50 He takes revenge for his friends...It's a sad story 😢🥺

[@phuditanfield2385]

4:07 my favorite scence

[@diehleeo1449]

They all killed each other just to be warm for one night.

[@simehong2000]

Same like corona virus case. All people buy loot of food for they own. Dont care other people

[@ardo3105]

you do realize thats how corona virus spread right? you wanna infect everyone?

[@ardo3105]

@@simehong2000 ^

[@sethislove3140]

Or you kill a animal to eat them but could eat some vegetables but we prefer to kill this living beings for 10min of joy. The whole world is like this

[@kaiohitsuji287]

@@sethislove3140 plants are living beings

[@smokithebroski6754]

“Aww look at that everyone us contributing for the greater goo-“ *5 seconds later* *“HOLY MOTHER OF GO-“*

[@herodastanventic5953]

Yup that's feels like when I first watch it

[@BobRossCat]

@@luongis spammer

[@lavonnesroom1863]

LOL

[@bloopasadam7062]

Goes to show the strongest isn’t necessarily the better one.

[@nunnie5754]

Yup

[@kevinmurimi2176]

WOW! That plot twist 🔥

[@Waffles438]

I watched this as a kid and I thought it was traumatizing and seeing this video reminded me what i saw as a kid

[@ninjascout6839]

This reminds me of a poem I read in highschool. I forgot the name but it was about a group of people stuck in an icy cave. Everyone had a stick, but because of the differences between everyone no one would put their stick in the fire. There was a rich man, a beggar, a working man, and I think 2 others. The poem was left with an open ending, where they either got over the differences, or they all froze to death. This animation is just one of the few possibilities that same story could have ended.

[@deepakashinath6522]

The poem is called "the cold within", I think they got inspiration from it.

[@ninjascout6839]

@@deepakashinath6522 That is the poem that I couldn't remember. Appreciated

[@ranjira7893]

..yeah only everyone in this shared unlike the Poem... well except one and his actions led to the deaths of everyone himself included save one. the weakest of the group. I'd say this animation has a lesson of it's own to learn no matter the inspiration:" it only takes one selfish soul in a position of advantage to doom a group ".

[@kittyyoutuber9]

the people in the cave: one was racist one was a priest one was poor one was rich one was black and one wanted the others to throw in their sticks first I say "was" because they all die in the end.

[@satyamchowdhury9743]

The poem's name is " Cold within" by James Patrick Kinney

[@mr.fuggetaboutit7633]

Years late but i need to say it, the sound design is absolutely phenomenal, it really did sound like if wood was moving on its own

[@monsterftw4481]

Exactly! Or if anything, the fact that when these tress spoke, they sound literally like trees Lungs.

[@emilianocamacho7005]

​@@monsterftw4481 3:47

[@muhrcy]

Real definition of “shiver me timber”

[@MegaShadow176]

Who else like to see short films like these?

[@rexwrecks2735]

“You can’t make a story about sticks and logs sad.” Nils: *Observe*

[@pranavdendukuri606]

Rex Wrecks Facts he’s Insane. I saw what he did to make the film on Instagram @scriptopic

[@aliciabarfield8990]

Then I get home get back home and then go back to work I will come back home And get home and come home get back home and then go home then come e I just wanted to say hi and I get back home I can

[@Abuuu2007]

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[@J4hk2]

They had all those stumps to use for a fireplace.

[@retosius7962]

yeah in hti9s case why not just pull up a stump?

[@8_cat._.hat_8]

Louis Capanelli it’s moron not moran

[@rozie5642]

Dark

[@Norbert011]

@@8_cat._.hat_8 you moran

[@potatoguy5428]

@@Norbert011 moron*

[@BeanBoy-rs9xd]

Least violent middle school locker room fight

[@hamburgerdeluxe8795]

No one is talking about how kind and awesome that little stick was :(

[@simonpitt4632]

omg your right

[@flyingsquirrel1135]

This is a good summary about society, Some give so much and sacrifice more than they should, while others abuse those sacrifices for their own gain.

[@nirmalasingh9766]

You are right

[@Colesalad]

Interesting ending: Little stick wakes up to find he has no friends, but off in the distance the sound of trees being chopped down can be heard. This means two things; one, it's sad that more trees are being killed given how barren the land already is in the final shot, BUT, it also means that the little stick will have some new friends now that new timber is being made. It's oddly sad and inspiring at the same time, what dilemma of emotions well done :\

[@jokerclip65]

Connor Siladi I took it to be that if they had worked together they proboaly could have survived long enough to reach a part of humanity

[@mov1667]

Timbersaw dota 2

[@nicomoist5336]

Or from the pyschological damage another hunger games

[@pavret4663]

Je me suis rendu compte que j'étais en train de pleurer d'admiration devant Lucy de Luc Besson

[@manuelamendes5766]

Or that means that he will have more sticks to kill and to make another bonfire

[@yongzhideng4314]

This is a perfect example of teamwork is the dream work

[@Archekare]

Even in the right mind, one will do anything for survival. Whether bad; or enough.

[@naomi6164]

This kinda reminds me of the poem - The cold within by James Kinney . 'The logs held tight in death's still hands Was proof of human sin , They didn't die from the cold without They died from the cold within '

[@isaacennis2077]

Yeah I guess this video is a play-on from the poem, cold hearts and selfishness.

[@gowrip915]

Exactly! The lack of warth with a self!!!! Icse student?

[@naomi6164]

@@gowrip915 Yupppp

[@learnerschamber2784]

Oo I taught the same few months back !! And thought the same as u !! Icse student??

[@naomi6164]

@@learnerschamber2784 yeahh 😂 like damn you're the second one to ask me this

[@Username-le4eq]

They could have all survive if all of them just give a little of something from them...but of course it presents our society...

[@christopherparedes8707]

Your coment explains the message reallu well! 😊

[@veronicadede818]

We LiVe IN A SOcieTy (Sorry I had to)

[@cjgasta7259]

what dont u understand?? even if they give a little piece of them it will tale only a little time to turn it into ashes.. what they need is to hug each other.. or make some shelter out of snow..

[@citizenoflmanburgo7767]

31 years ago ) I was shocking until I realized it's fake 😂😂

[@murder1625]

survive only one day sadly

[@Beans554]

"dont fight if in desperate needs, look for stuf to help, dont kill each other for survival"

[@mrSEEK_official]

4:32 it got hit with a snow thingy on beat

[@mrsugar7528]

Moral of the story: *Don't team up with random people in hunger games*

[@leeminhoe8037]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXFlJSNo96VsNU

[@allyoucandohere5661]

Lol

[@grunt5202]

I kazakh, but i am understand!

[@Abuuu2007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJPdf2ZuaZhjo7c

[@I_LOVE_HUMANITY]

⚪ + ⚫ = ⚫

[@Kovukingsrod]

This just traumatised me

[@isaiahwalking]

How so?

[@moadiary8924]

Me too

[@cmdrblade2485]

Me too (Thoughts) this is scary shit But also a fine example of the average multiplayer game with friends

[@nonso1078]

@@cmdrblade2485 true

[@Anonymous-rp6qj]

Then u must be an a hole

[@user-uy9ec3ll7l]

This is so sad but it is so true, in the real world people will make others make sacrifices and just feed off of it. They never do anything but take, that little stick watched everyone die to keep each other warm but, the one log took and took from them until there was nothing left to take. 😢

[@Mech6916]

its ironic how the leaf of the fir (the big guy) burned at the end when he dies 4:21

[@veronicadede818]

2:38 HOLY JESUS THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY

[@RG_Jr]

*That was dark,* I pictured a family but then saw destruction.

[@xaturno]

Same!

[@AshishRaiprofile]

That is "family".... Seems like you haven't met your extended family or family reunions 😅

[@user-ff9du9in6n]

Там все начали жгат друг друга

[@RG_Jr]

I speak wood

[@franiz4954]

Then you saw humanity

[@loipham5840]

Whenever I watch it, I feel so cozy and comfortable

[@vorZeee21]

no matter how you do something there’s always gonna be a better way to prevent the bad from happening❤❤❤

[@adandino3301]

This is one of the saddest recommendations KZbin has ever gave me.

[@leonscott6929]

Same

[@LittleGuitarist]

Sad ;(

[@ramen_is_life9942]

Adan Soares me too

[@blueie_.]

Same.

[@deepakmagar2429]

So true

[@ipodius2646]

Im speechless… This just represents the day to day life of humanity: If we don’t keep together and contribute our part to the whole, we will see the world in flames one day…

[@alexisrobinson9180]

This is the best, one I’ve read. It definitely was about solidarity

[@michaelrupf776]

I think it means: If you are of wood/tree dont fight trees. Know those who cut trees(harmless volks) into pieces(metaphorically speaking)

[@furkan1791]

you are absolutely right..

[@MrGamis]

we all burn in the end so what's the point... terrible take

[@genesius624]

@@MrGamis what you said is just like "If we are all gonna die than just suicide now"

[@adamk-paxlogan7330]

This animation is amazing

[@OAT_THEOTTER]

I remember watching this 4 years ago and to this day it’s still so sad

[@lukeangelides4705]

Dude this was actually a really meaningful animation

[@sutechsdev]

What happened to the little one at last??

[@saltykingkrab1472]

It's fucking wood

[@lukeangelides4705]

@@saltykingkrab1472 Ya sentient wood.

[@saltykingkrab1472]

@@lukeangelides4705 sentient wood or not it's still just fucking wood

[@lukeangelides4705]

@@saltykingkrab1472 yes ur right it is still just wood but why does it really matter?

[@cherafdr6861]

A tree casually pulls out a match book and start a fire 17 million person : _we're gonna ignore that_

[@dr_drew_]

And then the idiot puts it into the fire

[@wooidroo2266]

17 million person Not that's a lot of person!

[@raufabdul9912]

It’s people

[@resiumexe289]

yeah i was just about to comment on that but it's still a good short film

[@furryoliver_]

I know this video since a long time ago but every time I watch this video it makes me really sad, not only the first two tree branches were generous and helped the other tree branches, but after the fact that they killed themselves between them is very sad and especially for the little one and the old one who have a big heart but unfortunately who don't know how to defend, and watching at the end how the little one cries and how humans cut down trees makes me really want to cry because first of all none to really help apart from the two branches, the other branches attack the less strong instead of protecting them and in addition to knowing that they are in the middle of nowhere to go and that it continues because of the humans who cut the trees, really it makes me want to cry, it's really sad all this😰😖😣😥😢🥺 Apart of that it's really a beautiful video, have a nice and wonderful day :.3❤

[@AlwinMao]

The elderly tree shows wisdom The young tree inspires all to follow, optimistically creating an atmosphere of community The bitter tree changes the tone, pessimistically creating an atmosphere of fear The cowardly tree, diverting attention from himself, betrays his neighbor, only to be betrayed The young tree, still green and resilient, is the only one who can survive fire: his hidden advantage Driven by fear, their lives are cut much shorter, building a wasteful fire bigger than needed The importance of fighting against fear even when all seems hopeless

[@obrey__]

It’s incredible the creators made a five minute animated video that’s haunting, beautiful, and so rich with layers of meaning without saying a single word.

[@allaboutsboyzz4737]

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[@luongis]

@@allaboutsboyzz4737 Help mekzbin.info/www/bejne/qZLIlZWJZZqmbJY

[@cacarot6020]

What is the meaning of this video, don't be a chunk of tree?!

[@obrey__]

Jesus Sapena “The king has the power to kill, but the king also has the power to let live.” Elderly peoples’ wisdom isn’t just cold and calculated formulas, they have wise hearts. The forests are alive and need protection. The bystander effect. And I’m sure there’s plenty of other meanings I didn’t catch.

[@cacarot6020]

@@obrey__ LMFAO budd get help , this video doesn't have any type of message, is just a bunch of individuals killing each other over a temporally solution that doesn't fix their predicament, at the end the youngest is left alone to fence for himself, if there is one message is a very messed up one, but nothing like you just said lol, sometimes there aren't "hidden messages" just bad attempts at it

[@heylinedgear3510]

Dude the grandpa looked pretty thick bro, just wonder how strong he was in his prime

[@isaacennis2077]

A whole handsome tree 🌳 before he became an old stump🪵.

[@panzerkampfwagenv1939]

@@isaacennis2077 whole*

[@isaacennis2077]

@@panzerkampfwagenv1939 👌🏾

[@TheKoopaKingBowser]

He was a whole tree by then dude would be built like elephant compared to all the others

[@thatsmeinthepictureplsnoha7276]

Sus

[@chanh649]

bro I have a habit of watching something and repeating the sound to myself until after many years of watching it again I feel so nostalgic.

[@Thefourcoconuts]

I remember watching this in class with some mates. Legit made me scared of fire after that. Amazing film!

[@kinhamid9665]

The most charming, heartwarming yet heartbreaking, most genius short film I've ever seen. The symbolism is so clear while being so subtle, I love every part of this.

[@kinhamid9665]

@@nahno7698 I have mate, I was just into it in the moment ya know

[@fazaka912]

𝙸'𝚖 𝙱𝚏𝚍𝚒 𝚈𝚎𝚜 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠

[@jkf16m96]

I don't think we can call this subtle at all

[@LuisFlores-ps5bz]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@user-mg9mt8lf6z]

​@@fizze6936you know, comrade

[@Iwidelyoutliveeverything]

Everybody's saying that elder stump had a box of matches, but no ones talking about how he put the whole box into the fire.

[@ssia_sp9847]

Could’ve been his last match, so he just put the whole box in

[@youmemeyou]

a log

[@gasbyer7292]

He had like four more.

[@gamext2515]

@@ssia_sp9847 não acho que não

[@joaolucas-no7du]

@@gamext2515 sim ele tinha

[@Navneet11110]

It was always the human who keep burning those logs and the next day cutting those trees. But as we don't blame ourselves the animator didn't show any human there. What a masterpiece 👏👏💯

[@emilychen7400]

In the end this was necessary for the little sticks survival. Their lives did not go in vain. This video might be about how you should support the weak, but it also may be about how desperation leads to destruction and loss.

[@gabrielasalas8994]

Serious moral: Help or never be helped

[@theye29]

69 likes lol

[@camera2178]

Nice

[@mac-iv5gs]

Serious Moral: Always kill the children as they may retaliate in the future

[@ilknurkesim777]

ur pfp

[@meryemguvercin4208]

300 likes lol

[@craydon8551]

They fought amongst themselves for survival, yet they were fighting the wrong enemy

[@IAmBuddythedecibwave]

Right?

[@user-hg1yz9pi6u]

Еңілік

[@johnted7779]

The real enemy is humans

[@bby504]

So right

[@Eagle.523]

nah the big wood just started killing them

[@user-gs2pu1ip5j]

The sheer pain and agony expressed on the elder log's face is mortifying.

[@kadongvlog]

I've seen a saying that's somewhat similar to this, the saying is "if a little girl didn't feel the warmth of her village, she would burn the village to feel the warmth"

[@ryanjackson4514]

It kinda bothers me that the bully suffered the least.

[@crack777yt5]

😭

[@StrainOfThought]

That's real life.

[@Hecados]

He had an anti-climactic death

[@StrainOfThought]

@@Hecados So did Hitler.

[@randomchild9021]

Strain Of Thought bruh

[@lagilag9041]

*spoiler alert as one of the comment said* Rest In Peace old log Accepted his fate to help little stick defeat the big log.

[@joshuabeeler1930]

Lol rude? Dudes a fckin murderer

[@joecrouse2503]

@@joshuabeeler1930 yes, which is very rude. If someone stabbed me Id be like "well that was rude"

[@Blis-0WHATow]

@@joecrouse2503 but you can't do anything about it if they have a license of stabbing.

[@-Iridescent-]

@@joecrouse2503 British

[@joecrouse2503]

@@-Iridescent- if you're accusing me of being British I resent that lol. I'm sure my Irish ancestors would never stand for such an insult

[@mr21animation]

Amazing animation and story

[@abulfazl4444]

This story is so cool ❤️😀

[@missnadeem3543]

This is the reality of life that a person destroys someone's life just for his own comfort. But still one cannot escape his fate. The fate of young one is not to be burned, to be remained alone, because he is surrounded by selfish people. The sound of blade shows the coming of more company and their fate.

[@jakolmydig960]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWmZo6KqpbWIZ7M ..,

[@hydroaegis6658]

Moral of the story: There was only enough wood for one twig.

[@boboboy5469]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXFlJSNo96VsNU

[@Merius_Marina]

Lo que quiere decir esta parte 4:57 cuando se caen unos arboles quiere decir que no es primera ves que lo troncos se matan entre si para sobrevivir ya que de los arboles caidos nacen los troncos Perturbador ya que segnifica que el la pequeña rama se convertira igual que su abuelo lo que significa que sucedera lo mismo asta que se acaben los arboles del bosque

[@Hex180]

@@Merius_Marina He was joking....

[@Merius_Marina]

Losé

[@JO-E2]

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.

[@nabajit8335]

This video is really related to our real life ❤

[@lilshitcrust56]

The one that annoyed me the most wasn’t the bully that got most of them killed but the tall one for siding with him

[@gigithespiderantnostalgiaa1689]

Now I Know How To Respond To The “Name A Character That Went Through More Pain Than Her” Post

[@treeonahill3557]

Ol' loggy went through worse.

[@potatoguy5428]

Yeah

[@LonelyStardefender]

yeah, guts from berserk

[@memeuniversity3923]

@@LonelyStardefender true

[@Solidarity1024]

For me this reminds me of how despite the world of trouble around us we still prioritize fighting and killing each other.

[@Independent_Stars]

I remember watching this 6 years ago and i always thought it was a school educational video to teach kids to "not be selfish" Jesus finding this again is absolutely mind blowing, young me had a taste for quality

[@koalaking8741]

Big branch: Murders everyone and tries to kill the twig. The twig 5 minutes later: SOmBodYs gOiNG To dIe TOniGht

[@kuroro8588]

Nope human murdered them if human didnt cut them they dont suffer

[@keeshacoram8300]

People: It’s a dog eat dog World out there Logs: It’s a wood burn wood world out there

[@joewaters9884]

Keesha Coram missed a huge opportunity for log eat log

[@roninnr1378]

Keesha Coram well said

[@omnipotentazathoth5215]

They should have broke off stumps stick if you know what I mean

[@graveyardshift2100]

Dogwood

[@Hedgehog-plant]

Log eat log

[@erosetyrazoti9317]

This depicted survival of the fittest but what the giant log lacked was teamwork and working in unison

[@the_kammat]

wow, that plot twist ❤

[@WildClaw]

I really loved this video, despite how morbid it is. Short animations like this that tell an interesting little story without mentioning much is one of my favorite. This video also achieved making me feel a bit sad for the sticks and logs having to endure the cold...and the eventually conclusions. Such isolation, one can only wonder what it must be like...

[@alexgalkin9266]

you are a definitely sick person OR I'm just totally stucked into modern and i don't know a shit about your brilliant postmodern sick knowledge of the world with "the sticks and logs having to endure the cold" ....

[@horsemumbler1]

@@alexgalkin9266 You appear to be suffering from the very post-modernism of which you accuse others. I offer this as a sincere warning. Anthropomorphism and empathy have been around for about as long as anthroforms. Calling it postmodern is an ironic example of postmodernism.

[@pixelleks8276]

Чёёёёёеееееееееееееееееееееееееееееееееегггггоооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооо.

[@Goryalight]

КОТЯРА БАНДЯРА shut the fuck up

[@fellipedasilva99]

@@horsemumbler1 Empathy has been around longer than the existence of our species, on this planet alone.

[@peebodyboo2134]

I love this animation, I watched it a few days after it came out, and years later it's still as terrifying and freaky as it was 4 years ago

[@I_LOVE_HUMANITY]

За что вы это обожаете?

[@MikiMiki89]

Same

[@isadurahbalcita8309]

Bro terrified in sad video

[@araniastriani15]

Its so sad it felt like when my grandmother was dead r.i.p my grandmother 🕊🕊

[@GozCop2.5]

Who saw this as a young kid but never got the chance to watch it 👇

[@Middlechill2official]

Things I think this film is about: It’s about: drive It’s about: power We stay: hungry We:devour Put in the: work Put in the: hours And take: what’s ours

[@haqeeqee]

Are these the lyrics to a song?

[@unit6605]

@@haqeeqee no, its about drive Its about power We stay hungry We devour Put in the work Put in the hours And take whats ours

[@naman9695]

Black and samoan in my: veins My culture banging with: strange I changed the: game So what's my motherfrickin name: 🪨

[@pvtghost117]

@@unit6605 no actually It's about dick It's about penis Men are from Mars But I'm from venus Put em in the butt Spank em in the shower And take what's ours. I wanna drain the main vein Prostate massage so insane Until you scream I'm so motherfucking gay COCK!

[@TheChamp820]

@@haqeeqee it is.

[@Kai93721]

The elder was a good guy he even closed the eyes of the young so it wouldn't traumatize it

[@Abuuu2007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJPdf2ZuaZhjo7c

[@Spongyboi897]

Even the red tree guy, he didn't do anything wrong

[@hardstylelife5749]

My humble opinion as a first time watcher: “instant gratification vs a postpones one”, ergo “ in times of tragedy and needs we keep focusing on our own immediate survival instead of joining forces for finding a solutions” . Meaning: lost in the middle of a tragic event as the loss of their dwelling, instead of joining forces and looking for a more stable solution that would be eventually allowing all of them to survive on the long run, they have opted for sacrificing pieces of themselves in order to put a patch on the most immediate need (warmth”, hence arriving to conflict as soon as the source of warmth started to decline, bringing to light their inner nature. At the end, the only one standing was still focusing on the warmth generated, spending their entire night until the new day come and and the forest is kept getting cut. Just my two bits worth; maybe this possible interpretation of the story will change along the way )) thanks everybody for your comments: they were most interesting. And thanks for the producers of this short, most intriguing story, very minimal and meaningful, a fine job, thanks

[@priyanshusharma1570]

You made it so emotional, I could feel it