Soulmate

Directed by: Badral Bodanchar
Genre: Animation
Subgenre & tags: Drama, Women, Asian, Independent cinema, Relationships
Running time: 03’56”
Country: Mongolia

Synopsis

In a world where giving up on love shrinks your body, a lonely protagonist searches for his destined partner. Repeatedly abandoned, he becomes nearly invisible—until he meets a girl even smaller than him. She gives everything for him, and he, in turn, gives everything for her.
This is a hand-drawn traditional animation created directly from storyboards.

Director’s Statement

In this world, everyone will be looking for his or her destiny.
But it is not so easy, for if someone gives up his or her heart, his or her body will be reduced to half its size.
Some people are arrogant, others are invisible to the naked eye, waiting for someone to protect them.
As the protagonist searches for the right person for him, he is repeatedly abandoned and loses even more confidence in his tiny body, which no one can see.
Then he hears the voice of a girl who is smaller than he is.
That girl gives everything for the protagonist – and he gives everything for her.
This film is a traditional animation work, consisting of a process of animation directly from storyboards and each piece drawn by hand.