Manchester Animation Festival

The Sea Spirit

Dir. Edwin Ivemark Kihlström | Sweden

A boy encounters a magical spirit on the beach below his house. The spirit can grant a wish in exchange for being fed pigeons.

This is an absurd yet subtle story about sacrifice, and the idea that nothing can be gained without giving up something in return. Nothing is constant, and nothing lasts forever. The film portrays a world beyond the laws and rules that exists in our own. It is a film that inspires, creates an atmosphere, and expresses something that exists within each and every one of us.