A Quick Look at The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse [Video]

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse is a heartwarming, beautifully drawn short animation that just won four Annie Awards, including Best Special Prduction, and is one of five deserved Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short. Launched this past Christmas, it’s brimming with comforting messages that soothe the existential fears most of us experience.

The setting is a snow-covered field in which a boy, who resembles Christopher Robin of the A.A. Milne tales, finds himself. Alone and understandably fearful, he longs for home but isn’t sure how to get there.

Though the film offers little in the way of backstory, the boy’s emotional journey keeps us engaged. There are four characters but only two principal voices: the boy who is struggling to find meaning and connection, and words of wisdom voiced by the animals. For example, “Always remember, you’re enough just as you are.” Given the abstract nature of this thought, I do wonder if it’s as …