

Two minutes, one IT worker, infinite hiccups. Chaos has never been this compressed.
A frazzled IT worker develops an untimely case of hiccups. With only 5 minutes before her shift resumes, she embarks on a frantic quest to cure them using internet-sourced remedies.
Direction
Lapenna weaponizes every frame of this sprint.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn panic hits different than polished CG.

Director
Mirabelle Lapenna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mirabelle Lapenna animated this solo while actually experiencing hiccups. Method suffering.
Part of a wave of 'micro-shorts' designed for vertical phone viewing—cinema's answer to TikTok attention spans.