Match

Match (1990) is a ten-minute animated allegory worth watching online on iFILM. Here a chessboard stands in for an entire country.

A game unfolds, and the pieces on the board turn out to be people — every move costs someone their fate. Director Elvira Avakyan reads the rise and fall of the USSR through openings, exchanges and an endgame nobody escapes. There is no dialogue; the meaning sits in the moves themselves. Short, dense and made for viewers who enjoy decoding a parable. A good pick for fans of art-house animation. Stream Match (1990) online on iFILM.