If you haven't watched anything by animation director Tekken, you're missing out on some very interesting work, and watching one of his pieces will take only about as much time as reading this review. He's known for making distinct looking shorts set to music that convey strong emotion, and Aftermath is no exception. In five minutes, Tekken tells the story of a solider missing home and dealing with the complex political climate of the unnamed war he's in. He interacts with locals, deals with feeling like simply a number in the army, and dreams about his family back home. The short hits all the beats ofa war movie and while it doesn't do anything particularly new with it, it does these things masterfully.

There's a great "war isn't all black and white" pun here somewhere...