Paper Trail

Paper Trail

Unclassified 18+

Dir. Don Hertzfeldt / 2026 / 14 mins / USA / No Dialogue / Animation, Drama / Australian Premiere

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In this intensely moving montage, a life story is projected through a myriad of marks made on paper.

In the hands of Oscar-nominated minimalist animator Don Hertzfeldt (It’s Such a Beautiful Day, MIFF 2012), one man’s world folds smaller and smaller as his toddler scribbles, schoolwork and impassioned love notes yield to endless pragmatic signatures on contracts and receipts.

Metro sessions

Sat 8 Aug 1:00pm ACMI 1

Past Session

Animation Shorts (105 m)

Daughters of the Late Colonel (9 m)

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling (10 m)

Hold It Together (12 m)

My Good Boy (6 m)

Boundaries (11 m)

Please (8 m)

Balconada (8 m)

Paper Trail (14 m)

Once in a Body (10 m)

The End (17 m)

Animation Shorts (105 m)

Daughters of the Late Colonel (9 m)

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling (10 m)

Hold It Together (12 m)

My Good Boy (6 m)

Boundaries (11 m)

Please (8 m)

Balconada (8 m)

Paper Trail (14 m)

Once in a Body (10 m)

The End (17 m)

Past Session

ACMI 1

Past Session

Mon 17 Aug 6:00pm Kino 1

Past Session

Animation Shorts (105 m)

Daughters of the Late Colonel (9 m)

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling (10 m)

Hold It Together (12 m)

My Good Boy (6 m)

Boundaries (11 m)

Please (8 m)

Balconada (8 m)

Paper Trail (14 m)

Once in a Body (10 m)

The End (17 m)

Animation Shorts (105 m)

Daughters of the Late Colonel (9 m)

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling (10 m)

Hold It Together (12 m)

My Good Boy (6 m)

Boundaries (11 m)

Please (8 m)

Balconada (8 m)

Paper Trail (14 m)

Once in a Body (10 m)

The End (17 m)

Past Session

Kino 1

Past Session

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