Strange Entities Drift Through Nature in 'Hidden Miracles II'

Since Neill Blomkamp made his career with Alive in Joburg, the short film predecessor to District 9, there has been no shortage of filmmakers showing off their CGI skills in sci-fi shorts. Last year, Ukrainian filmmaker and CGI artist Vladimir Vlasenko dropped a nice little short called Story of R32, about a disused robot looking to attract attention to himself. He then followed that up with Hidden Miracles, in which unreal creatures that may or may not be technology, or could be aliens, float through nature. Now Vlasenko is back with Hidden Miracles II, another micro-short film that continues the stories of these strange entities with the vibe of Primer director Shane Carruth’s abandoned sci-fi epic, A Topiary.

Hidden Miracles II from Vladimir Vlasenko on Vimeo.

Vlasenko might have opted for these super short films out of necessity—it’s highly time-consuming to make computer-generated imagery. On the other hand, for any true fan of science fiction literature and cinema, Vlasenko’s Hidden Miracles sequel presents an experimental way of experiencing the genre that is intriguing.

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