A robot finds a photograph while cleaning and suddenly the entire film becomes about what it costs to remember something you're not supposed to keep. The animation feels like it was made from found objects, crayon and clay that look weathered and half-forgotten themselves. This is a film about loneliness that takes four minutes to say more than most features say in two hours. It doesn't move fast or reach for your emotions directly. It just sits with you in the dust until you understand why a machine would hold onto a picture like it was the only thing that mattered.
A robot is busy with its cleaning when it comes across a picture, and the image turns out to hold memories the robot treasures. Tomayasu Murata made this short film using clay and crayon animation, and the handmade look carries a small, quiet story about a machine and the past it keeps close.