Animation — International
Side effect.2026
OFFICIAL SELECTIONAlmaty Indie
Film Festival2026 EDITION
Film Festival2026 EDITION
About the film
Animated short
- Director
- Max Aleksandrovich Maktaev
- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Runtime
- 12 min 21 sec
- Language
- English, Russian
Official trailer
Film stills
5 STILLSSynopsis
In a dystopian world, the Oblivion clinic offers injections that erase pain and traumatic memories. Its detached specialist Amon treats feelings as medical material. But Eva’s request to erase the memory of love makes him break protocol and face unpredictable consequences.
Credits
- Director, writer, 3D animation
- Max Aleksandrovich Maktaev
- Music
- Igor Evgenievich Sedoykin
Director
Max Aleksandrovich Maktaev
Max Aleksandrovich Maktaev
Max Maktaev was born in Aktobe and studies architecture in Pavlodar. After teaching himself Blender, he moved from design into animated filmmaking. He made his film in a student dormitory, learning from open resources and personal experience.
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