These Absurd Shorts May Be The Smartest Sci-Fi Film In Years

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So much of sci-fi cinema sells itself on expensive VFX, big-name actors, marketable IP, and boring retreads of existing stories, but none of that replaces the draw of a good idea. World of Tomorrow may not have an 8-digit budget or any movie stars, but what it does have are big questions and gripping answers.

The world of short films is unusual. It's the categories that the Oscars barely pay attention to, most people don't have a list of favorites, and many don't even gain recognition until they're adapted into full-length features. Some short films, however, master their genre in a way that many others haven't even come close to.

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Don Hertzfeld is a singular talent in the animation world. His initial break with viral fame came in 2000, with his short film Rejected. It depicted a series of unhinged animated ads that were deemed unacceptable by the companies they were made to advertise, leading to the emotional breakdown of the artist. Rejected is the DNA of two decades of internet comedy. As the creator of one of the most influential pieces of internet content, Hertzfeld's career has only grown more ambitious. In 2012, he released his first feature film, It's Such a Beautiful Day, a masterful assault on the senses that interrogates the idea of memory and immortality. In 2014, he created the best couch gag in the history of The Simpsons for the 26th season premiere. Through unchecked futuristic absurdity, the opening of «Clown in the Dumps» is the best meta-commentary about the fate of the Simpson family, somehow inserted into the content itself. The next year, Hertzfeld put out his sci-fi opus, World of Tomorrow.

World of Tomorrow begins when a little girl named Emily