Nufonia Must Fall

Part silent film, part live-action puppet show, DJ Kid Koala’s somber love story starring an obsolescent robot is told via some crafty technical tricks. Puppeteers project the action of their ten-inch-tall characters onto a screen in real time, creating the effect of a live Pixar animation. “It’s lo-fi meets very hi-fi,” says technical director Olivier Gaudet-Savard.