CACC海外动漫奖 · A Little Death（英国）

《A Little Death》

死神的学徒温柔善良，总完不成收割灵魂的本职工作，耐心耗尽的死神只好去向一个意料之外的人求助——学徒的“工作对象”心理医生。影片将死神、学徒与心理医生置于荒诞情境中，把“收割灵魂”变成一种职业烦恼，让沉重的生死议题变得轻盈。小学徒看似“不称职”，却保留着死神世界里最珍贵的人性温度。作品用轻巧的黑色幽默探讨职责与天性的冲突，肯定善良本性，也讽刺了僵化的效率思维。

A Little Death
The Grim Reaper' s apprentice is gentle and kind, yet constantly fails at his core duty of reaping souls. Having run out of patience, the Reaper turns to an unexpected person for help—the apprentice' s "client", a psychotherapist. The film places a Grim Reaper, the apprentice, and the therapist in an absurd scenario, turning “soul-reaping” into everyday workplace trouble, lifting the weight off heavy life-and-death topics. The apprentice may seem "unfit" for his role, yet he retains the most precious warmth in the realm of Death. With dark humor, the work explores the conflict between duty and nature, affirms innate kindness, and satirizes rigid efficiency-driven thinking.