Canvas

9 minutes and it made me shed as many tears. It was hauntingly beautiful. I particularly loved the attention to detail in regards to the hair texture.

Just a beautiful piece of art. The style of it is absolutely beautiful, I love that the "dream world" is basically ON the canvas. It is not necessary to have dialogue since it shows very well that trauma can paralyze you (figuratively, or maybe even literally?). Just a poetic, tiny heart-warming short!

Canvas has no dialogues; it simply doesn't need any. Like love, hope, family, memories, heartbreak, loneliness & inspiration - need no words, they are to be felt, and so does Canvas by Frank Abney. A celebration of human emotions. A heartwarming short film on Netflix.

That is honestly the only word I can use to describe my feelings when watching the film. It was fine. I was excited after Netflix hit it out of the park with If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) but this was just so fine. It didn't stand out against other shorts for me.

I really wanted it to tear my heart out and stamp on it but I watched it pretty stone faced. It looked fine and you could follow the story so it had that going for it.

I think the score let it down. It was the worst part for me. It didn't really sell any of the emotions and that is a very important part of a movie with no dialogue. It seemed indifferent to what was happening on the screen and seemed to just be doing its own thing.

So you could watch it and support people making shorts but I was really hoping for more.

The first temptating word to define it can be beautiful. Or touching, moving, special. But, in essence, it is a well crafted short animation reminding you to yourself. A grandfather and his granddaughter discovering a portrait in the basement. And new beginning of the life of the man losing his loved wife. All simple and precise. And touching. Short, a way to remind to yourself the significants pieces of life. Sue, the music has good role in this.