Negative Space

Negative Space (2017) — watch online on iFILM. In six minutes, this French animated short by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter, based on Ron Koertge's poem, says more about fathers and sons than most features manage in two hours.

Sam's dad was rarely home. Always another flight, another city, another long absence. What he left behind was a system — a precise, almost religious method for fitting everything into a suitcase. Sam learned it exactly. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film, and its emotional weight comes not from what's shown but from what fills the negative space. Stream it on iFILM.