Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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A child and an otter-like companion set out to restore a dried-up sacred spring.

Directed and animated by Malin Neumann, Mû is a poetic 2D short film about water scarcity, survival and water as a life-giving force.

As an essential divine water spring has dried up, a child accompanied by an otter-like creature sets out to find a cure for the life-threatening water shortage.

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Festival International du Film pour Enfants de Montréal
Festival de cinéma en famille de Québec
Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Guanajuato International Film Festival
Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt
Festa del cinema di mare
Film Festival della Lessinia
Seoul International Children's Film Festival (SICFF)
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy
Tirana International Film Festival
FIIN Short Film Festival of Biodiversity
SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF)
Cinemagic International Film Festival
Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Filem'On - International Film Festival For Young Audiences
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (DOK Leipzig)
Greenmotions Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)
Festival Cinéma Jeune Public
London Short Film Festival
Festival PLAY
Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
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Original title: Mu
Direction: Malin Neumann
Scenario: Malin Neumann
Producer: Malin Neumann
Editing: Malin Neumann
Cinematography: Malin Neumann
Animation: Malin Neumann
Sound Design: Henning Großmann, David Stolz, Leon Sudahl
Sountrack: Henric Schleiner
Year: 2024

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