MUM'S SWEATER - Animation Short Film 2020 - GOBELINS 

We can all agree that the story is wonderfully melancholy but let's appreciate the true tragedy that is the fish that died when she smashed into the aquariums. An absolute horror story for any fishkeeper.

I think this was about the unhealthy relationship of abuse of control that exists between many mother child relationships, especially asian ones. How at first she liked the fact she had someone look out for her, but the moment she thought of relinquishing that control over her her mom started to suffocate her, emotionally blackmail her by showing her the good times etc.

Imagine your friends asking you how you got a scar across your eye and you just say you fought your mum's sweater

This portrayed grief and the physical hurt of letting go quite well. It is heavy and real, I appreciate the story telling

I'm asian descended and this hits hard. I understand each person will watch this and interpret it in their own way. But to me this is about the relationship between kids and parents. And how it can be unhealthy. Parents' expectations, being literally steered around and feeling suffocated all hit so hard. Just... Non ironic slow clap in awe, this was brilliant.

The sweater represents the Past, and she can't move on from the death of her mother that's why it harmed her. When she destroyed the sweater and burned it, it means she finally moved on by fighting the past and move to the future

I love how complicated this stories is. She is grieving, and you can really tell she loves her mother so much, but her mother obviously abused her in some ways and left some scars. But, she still had good memories too, which makes the relationship with her mom all the more complicated. Her lighting the fire at the end and letting go is really good. I keep coming back to watch this one.

What really hit me hard: Even after the horrendous struggle, the fighting against the sweater that represented her mother and their shared past, maybe even her almost oppressing love for her child, the first thing the protagonist mutters in a tiny, scared and almost hopeful voice is „Mum?“

I'm sorry, I absolutely loved the story and several visual elements used, but I couldn't help but enjoy the fish scenes the most. Something about their simple, one eye designs made them both incredibly cute, and incredibly creepy in certain scenes. A perfect fit for the tone of the story. Though, I was almost devastated to see the one go flying on the floor! Poor guy. Wonderful work again GOBELINS!

The sweater resembles manipulation towards her daughter, if you analyze the film. The tighter the sweater reacts, and the daughter looks up to see herself with her mother from the past, the mother is actually trying to guilt trip the daughter for having a 'bad response' or a 'bad behavior'. Her mother's sweater is her own ghost of toxic manipulation. In the ending, the daughter burns the sweater because it mentally and emotionally abused her, and still when you look at the puddle, the mother is still there and will always be there. That means, the daughter has trauma.

It feels like some fears and anxiety she had and came from her mom view of the world still stays there and haunt her. The overprotective personality, being strict with everything and so on.

As someone who had a physically abusive mother, I'm really overcome with emotion over this. I remember when my mother felt like a bringer of love and light... But at the drop of a hat, my mom wouldn't hesitate beating me into silence. When my mom dies, I will likely experience this type of resentment and grief.

im sorry but the "MUM WHAT THE FUA-" *SMACK* made me laugh

I love the animation and use of beautiful stylistic elements. But the plot is a real stand-out. The story is quite haunting. Kim is struggling with her mum's passing. She misses her mum but there's also a darkness overshadowing her grief. Kim bares marks from old wounds. While she tries to move on she finds herself trapped between memories of love and happiness, while reliving physical and emotional trauma. Her anger at her past and desperation to leave everything behind climax in a very real, physical fight scene. At the end, Kim's mum seems vanquished and even physical traces of her life are gone. But Kim still baring physical and emotional scars begins to accept that she will always carry her mom and their relationship, good and bad, with her. This is my fave film from this year's crop so far. Well done.

The visual effects with the sweater were very disturbing but effective for the metaphor of the story. Dealing with grief is hard especially if we’re doing it by ourselves. And eventually we just reach a point when we have to move on

Amazing as usual, students from Goblins should get more regognition and respect in the industry, calarts is overatted

This felt like how some mothers are so focused on controlling their kids to "keep them safe" that they don't realize how they're hurting and smothering them. The kids will have to struggle in order to get free and be their own person, and when they do, they hurt themselves in the process, but get up and move on.

This is a true masterpiece and a beautiful portrayal of such a troubling theme. It really showed the damaging effects of a suffocating and overbearing parental relationship, while regardless of how the mother hurt her daughter, she still felt remorse and had trouble letting her go. Not to mention the stunning animation.

To me, I think there are 2 ways at looking at this. First, it may be about how warm and loving but always hard and harsh relationship with mom (or any loved ones) can be. They may, in one way or another, over power or controll you whether you both realize it or not. And then, it may also be about how hard it is to let go. The sweater resembles the past, her mom who passed and their relationship as well as memories. She holds on to the sweater so much til it hurts her both physically and emotionally. At the end, though she realizes that she has to get rid of the sweater by burning it, she still feels that her mom is around (reflected on the puddle). Their love is always there.

This is brilliant. I think it's pretty safe to say that the story is meant to showcase an unhealthy and abusive relationship between a mother and child, with the mother being extremely controlling and manipulative towards her daughter. The moment the young woman tries to let go, the mother starts suffocating her while reminding her of all the good moments they had, how much she loves her and needs her. And I like how it shows that it's extremely hard to get out of a situation like this. Because realizing that a person you love is abusive and trying to escape them is so difficult and you'll be left with plenty of scars and in need of a lot of healing. A story brilliantly told, the animation is beyond beautiful, with fluid movements, exceptional lighting and coloring. I'm a bit in love with this

i feel like it speaks about the toxic relationships between parents and their children but also the lie of nostalgia, how it blinds us to the pain and suffering of the past and pushes into creating unhealthy attachments when really, we need to let go and move forward as best we can.

The "don't leave me" at 5:20 gives me chills every time.

i really liked the contrast between the fire and water. the mother died in a fire, twice. and her daughter, kim, is always shown with water. this can imply that kim and her mother were very different from each other. her mom even hurt her in that environment, it could be showing that her mom tried to take the things she liked or the way she behaved and twisted it to hurt her. i could totally be thinking too hard but it’s just something i noticed.

I feel this is about smothering helicopter parents, who look out for and care for their children but are overbearing. Even once they past the memory of them remains, and their impact on their children is inescapable. The sweater reminds her of her mother, both good and bad, and the thought of her is consuming and suffocating. Excellent short.

I think there was something terribly wrong with the relationship between the daughter and the mom when she's still alive (obsessiveness from her mom side who wouldn't let go, at first i thought it's from the daughter's side) Considering the character is asian, it is not unreasonable..

A lot of people are talking about how this short is about grief over the death of a loved one. I think it's about something more subtle but completely different, and one of the goals of the animation was to conflate the story mentioned in the film of a loved one dying, and another event in a relationship. Physical items represent the relationship between Kim and her mother, with the sweatshirt representing an emotional core in that relationship formed by Kim's mother taking care of her. Before the short starts, Kim and her mother have a fight. Kim ends up moving out of her mom's house. This is represented by the fire stylized to look like glass. Glass is the tool that later, Kim uses to quite literally cut her mother out of her life. Kim saves her mother's stuff from the fire, representing a desire to keep some form of relationship. In particular, her sweatshirt, the emotional, motherly core. Kim is alright with her mom's new presence in her life when she cooks food, and gently reminds her to clean the dishes. But Kim's mother starts being overbearing and controlling when she intrudes on other parts of Kim's life, namely her work and relationship with her coworker. Kim tries to push back, and they end up brutally fighting. At the end, Kim uses glass to slice the sweatshirt, cutting off her relationship with her mother emotionally, and burns the sweatshirt, representing how she removes all connection to her mom.

her eyes are fish, love that detail

Those fish have beautiful eyes. Espicially the one that died. Looking at it's glossy eye as it lies on the floor makes me so sad.

Whoah that fight scene was intense! And I love the build-up horror aspect of it too, beautiful work!

Yesterday I wore my mother's sweater for the first time since she died 10 years ago. Eerie...

i think most ppl here agree that the sweater is a symbol of the past,, if she wasn't able to fully process her grief (which is what the central conflict is im p sure), maybe the emotional baggage she had with her mom from a complicated relationship is what started to spill over and hurt her when she was in this still emotionally raw state. another thing: there was a certain helplessness that i sort of picked up in both the way she watched the fire and how the fishes watched her struggle with the sweater which could've reflected how she felt in her relationship with her mom (water also has a lot of reflective connotations). maybe that's also why the sweater grew tight around her neck, callbacks to a controlling relationship that could've felt suffocating sometimes. also i think it's interesting that the mom died in a fire but water was such a key component to the imagery. what tends to stick to us the most is what hurts and in the sweater surviving the fire and her mom not, it's an inanimate object that can carry and trigger some of that baggage that can't speak and evolve like a person so it feels more like a symbol of the problems left unresolved. she's holding onto this physical reminder of her mom but it reminds her of what was wrong underneath too. maybe that's why she needed to burn it. idk it was so beautiful and bittersweet though. mother-daughter relationships are hard. i have no idea lol i was just putting out some ideas,, i'd love to hear what other ppl think :))

I think the sweater represents her relationship with her mother protective, warm, loving yet harmful. The sweater is physically suffocating at times and while it hurts her she can't help but see all the ways her mother has been good to her, then when she destroys the relationship it hurts her too. I think its realistic how at the end when she destroys the sweater a remnant still remains on her badge, something she'll carry with her every day yet she is no longer consumed by.

"be sure to fix the lights, please." "why were they broken, boss?" "for cinematic effect."

The talent and hardwork is mind blowing

I see this animations meaning a lot differently, yes shes struggling with moving on. but the pictures, the controlling and abuse. I dunno i saw it in a way i can relate, that her mum abused her, and shes struggling to accept both memories, and not knowing who her mum is, a loving mum or an abuser. I struggle with this all the time.

До конца надеялась, что разбитый аквариум - это все в голове у ГГ, и рыбки живы. Но отчасти оно и было в голове, но рыбок не вернуть. Трагедия описанная в видео тронула да глубины души, спасибо!

It gives off a Perfect Blue vide which is cool because you don't often see psychological thriller animations. Also the distorted human faces that the fish create from 5:09 to 5:15 is pretty amazing.

I lost my mom when I was 12, and let me tell you this had me in tears within the first few minutes honestly. This was beautiful... As an Illustration major I'm astounded by how amazing this is.

That last scene was so powerful, the overall symbolism in this short was incredible.

That's one crazy SCP Sweater! Beautifully animated! Interesting and visceral way in showing how her past has chokehold on her woa.

her fight with the sweater and when he wanted to swallow it up is only a metaphor on the fact that she cannot forget her mother and that her sadness envelops her more and more second by second she cannot forget her past when the sweater pulls itself together and a way of showing us its refusal or its dissatisfaction with giving everything for a charity stand and when the sweater tells him to wash the bowl it is to show us its attachment to the habits that her mother taught her she can't get away from it .... fabulous story ... BRAVO ...

Phenomenal work! Phenomenal voice acting, animation, art style, sound design, soundtrack, visuals, presentation, directing, writing, concept, themes, execution and it goes on and on. .Another 10/10 experience from GOBELINS. Just wow.

I'm blown away by your work. Each animated short you produced has an exquisite storytelling, and the animation itself is so aesthetically pleasing. I'm in love.

The music of this short is really impressive. It gives a very special atmosphere; nostalgic, sad, sensitive... I love it.

Okay... THE DETAILS.. just try and rewatch it and see how many details you can find (I’m speaking, chara design, story/image relation, framing...) there’s a bunch but, extra points for my little favorite being the little fish tail eyeliner on the girl that makes her eyes look like all the other fishes... but seriously a lot of work and it paid off, thank you very much for this animation 🙏🏻

HOLY HELL THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!! the animation on the sweater is...spectacular!!! I loved the story and Kim's character design!! (So refreshing compared to Disney's stale formula!) The voice acting and background paintings were excellent!!!!!

really struck by the push-pull of this. the love her mother had for kim in contrast with the way she suffocated her. kim's grief and anger and her own love too, the child in her crying for her mother at war with her struggle for independence as an adult. the way kim, terrified, said 'mum?' when she realized she had ripped free? heartbreaking. it was killing her. but her mother is gone now, both the good and the bad, leaving her to contend with that on her own. god.

Really amazing, I especially love the way the fire was done, it looked beautiful and very unique. Showing the building burning down with only the fire moving and nothing else is really efficient as it shows how moments like this can be captured in just one still image being so surreal in reality its as if a painting or photo (something someone would usually only see in those formats and unlikely ever in real life), or could be a representation of having the fire move but the fire fighters not to symbolise the hopelessness of their efforts in her eyes (idk I'm not an expert or professional analysis person, I'm just giving my 2 cents) but its a good way of using a limitation to your advantage, saves animation time and still gives of an expression (or something, again I'm not an expert or trying to be one). I'm still trying to figure out the symbolism behind the fish if there is any, it seems like their might be as the video is really well done. If anyone has any ideas of what they think about it i'd like to hear.

Why her eyes looking like fishes, or fishes look like her eyes? Beautiful metaphor but I can't catch the meaning. I wish it could be series, I guess I can be super interesting. Thank you for your work!

That was stunning. The cutting scenes made me wince a lot, so well done!

DUDE, THE LAST SCENE WITH THE MOM IN THE REFLECTION... OH MY GOD!

how does such a work only get 100k VIEWS AND NOT MILLIONS !!! THIS IS AMAZING AND SO UNDERRATED EVERYTHING IS PERFECT OH MY

Gobelin will always be on another unattainable level in terms of animation

That was sick! Haven't felt such tension from watching for a long time

Recently lost my mom and am obsessed with everything she owned. I just want to always remember her

i like how the story telling turns out. its nice to keep things that used to belong to someone you loved. but after a while it will start to hurt when you think about it. deep inside you remember how much they did for you and at the end it shows the mom behind her which means the mom will always look after her even without her old sweater

Grief. Made me cry, so well done.

Cried loudly. Damn.

Wow! That was amazingly creepy, and a very interesting disection of a mother daughter relationship!

The sound design in this animation is a masterpiece (the animation too but coming from Gobelins we expect that much). Absolutely gorgeous 🤩🤩

Learning to let go of the grief and let go of the loss isn’t easy. And this shows so well how it can leave you feeling beat up and strangled by those feelings. And it isn’t a straight road of success, sometimes you’ll get lingering scars. This is such a good portrayal, so much love for the artists, writers, voice actors, and sound artists.

I love this and everyone'll interpret it differently, but I see it as trying to deal with grief while also coming to terms with understand your relationship with your parent/relative/etc. wasn't healthy. It's hard to balance both because you love them, so you don't want to accept how they were hurting/suffocating/controlling you. It also feels like it's about trying to break free from your parents and their unfluence and how hard it is, even after they die

The overall designs and visuals are sooo appealing. My favourite detail is the girl's eyelashes in the form of the fish's tail! Genius!

This was beautiful. The story, animation, symbolism, everything. Great job!

I just lost my grandmother who helped raised me, this depicts the grief really well.

This has some great potential to be a full animated horror movie.

So good . It depicts the grief so well. A good message that we got to move on even if it hurts you badly.

Ok this is what i understood... She is getting hurt by all the memories she has, by not letting go to well and for not expressing the pain she is going through un a healthy way... She never cries or talks about her mother's death... She has to grow with this feeling of pain because it will never go away, when we keep things like the sweater in our lifes, it will be a reminder of death and void on your heart (This is ny point of view)

2:23 There's a missing frame of those fishes and it's pretty significant since it's right before a cut to another scene.

Эта работа , это то , что очень сложно описать . Анимация на очень высоком уровне . Когда смотришь , то прям прочувствуешь всю эмоциональную глубину сцен и того , что чувствует главная героиня . Просто прекрасно . Хотя , я не ижидала , что свитер , который до этого вёл себя мирно , будет пытаться убить девушку . Видно , что произведение с глубиной , и делалось со старанием . ( This work is very difficult to describe. The animation is of a very high standard. When you look, you will directly feel all the emotional depth of the scenes and what the main character feels. Just great . Although, I did not expect that the sweater, which previously behaved peacefully, would try to kill the girl. It can be seen that the work is with depth, and was done with diligence. )

One word : AMAZING ! It has blown my mind from the start to the end. How short it was but intense ! Just loved it !

This had me sobbing pretty much immediately. Wonderful, beautiful, and poignant work.

I cried at the end

These works by Gobelins students are quite amazing.

Incroyable comme d’habitude !

I love all your animations and hope that more people will see them, beacause they´re just beautiful.

this was beautifully told. I love this channel so much, the amazing art and storytelling never fails to inspire.

MAN, I want to eat those ramen at 1:34

excellent work. I love the fire effect

This is one of the msot amazing short films ive ever seen from the art to the story. Especially as someone who lost her mom and stil sleeps with her clothes sometimes. It will be so great to see this artist create more works.

This is just beautiful...priceless!! I really don't know what to say I'm moved....

Gobelin’s students never fail to impress me. Wonderful .

Wow. Beautiful.

This is a masterpiece and deserves so many more views. Well done.

Beautiful and stunning work from script to post 🤯🔥🔥

I got half a minute in and I'm already tearing up... geez...

La séquence principale est impressionnante, couleurs, animations, mise en scène... Très fort !

gorgeous!

My grandmother's mother I believe was just like Kim's mom. She was so resistant to let go of her grandchildren she wanted to love her grandchildren. My mother and sister experienced this spirit who I believe was my great grandmother. She would talk to my sister during the night. And she wouldn't let them sleep. But the only thing that I would remember that there were people from the church in my house when I was little. I now know why they were there in my house.

The way you animated fire is incredible

i feel like this is about how we remember deceased abusive parents vs how they actually were. it's hard to deal with missing someone who hurt you so much.

very good I liked the fire effects and fish designs and climax scene

I noticed how the shape of her eyes and her eyelashes esembles like fishes... maybe it means something?

I love the style of this animation, the main characters shapes and such are especially very aesthetic to me! Bravo on this magnificent piece!

When you see VENOM and swear this short will feels original...

Masterpiece

Animation man it always leaves you wanting more

Very good one, yet again!

Well, that went from wholesome to horror pretty darn quick.

great job on this