Rodrigo Blaas’ Alma Short Film

A cute little girl walks the streets of a quiet french town and finds a strange store full of beautiful dolls, and enters the open door.  She struggles to reach the one doll she loves, and finds herself getting more than she bargained for.

An eerie tribute to countless Twilight Zone episodes, Pixar Animator Rodrigo Blaas has published his animated short film ‘Alma’ for all to view.  I first saw it at SIGGRAPH2009 in New Orleans, and found it both beautiful and haunting.

Check it out after the break.

via Alma on Vimeo.

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .