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Watch: Don Hertzfeldt's Mesmerizing 'Paper Trail' Short Follows a Life

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"A life, seen through paper." That's the only intro to this mesmerizing new short film created by animation master Don Hertzfeldt. Paper Trail is the latest work from Hertzfeldt and it's now playing online after touring fests all year. This first premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award for Creative Vision; then it played at SXSW (Jury Award + Audience Award for Best Animated Short) and Annecy (where it won Best Short), plus tons of other fests. It's best to experience this without knowing what you're watching at first. It'll all make sense as it plays ou

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Watch: Don Hertzfeldt's Mesmerizing 'Paper Trail' Short Follows a Life is a video & film discovery curated from FirstShowing.net. "A life, seen through paper." That's the only intro to this mesmerizing new short film created by animation master Don Hertzfeldt. Paper Trail is the latest work from Hertzfeldt…

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