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About the Challenge

During the summer of 2016, the motion design studio Parallel directed a video about unsatisfying situations: the frustrating, annoying, disappointing little things of everyday life, that are so painful to live or even to watch.

We quickly realized that there are a lot of other situations that would be fun to see animated, so we decided to run an animation challenge around this idea.

Feel free to submit your own unsatisfying video(s)!

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Submit your video

This challenge is open to everyone. You just have to respect a few rules:

- start with 2 seconds of title card (title must begin with "The")
- 1 to 10 seconds of animation
- your video must be 1080x1080 square pixels
- art direction, colors, style are totally up to you
- no music, but please sound design

Then upload your Unsatisfying video on your Vimeo account and send us the link at challenge@unsatisfying.tv, along with your title, name and website (or Vimeo URL).

Please chose carefully the thumbnail as it will be displayed on this website as well as on the Unsatisfying Channel on Vimeo.

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N°0

The Original Film


by Parallel

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  • N°100

    The Pencil


    by Nov25Studio

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  • N°99

    The Sneezer | The Candle


    by Günther Steininger

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  • N°98

    The Poke


    by Rémi Cabarrou

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    The Bubble Tea


    by Gung-Kai Koo

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    The Sticky Tape


    by Balázs Böröcz

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    The Cloudy Cocktail


    by Nov25Studio

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    The Fuel


    by Rafi Pakarti

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  • N°91

    The Feedback


    by Tiffany Picq

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    The Bounce


    by Howarddraws

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    The Pop Tab


    by Glen Jensen

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    The Tip


    by Jakob Axén Johansson

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  • N°87

    The Tap


    by Geoffroy de Crécy

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  • N°86

    The Bag


    by Animade

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  • N°85

    The Unsatisfying Politeness


    by Deshabita

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  • N°84

    The O(uch)melette


    by Gian Paolo Delfino

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  • N°83

    The Life


    by Arnaud Belligoi

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  • N°81

    The Vice


    by Diana Creativa

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  • N°80

    The Perfect Meal


    by Aink Kao

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  • N°78

    the annoying sound


    by Florent Hauchard

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  • N°76

    The Toilet


    by Beatriz Messias

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  • N°75

    The Unsatisfying Chocolate Chip Muffin


    by Francesco Matricardi

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  • N°74

    The Volume


    by Dale Hyder

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  • N°72

    You shall not pass


    by Bérengère Morel

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  • N°71

    The Angry String


    by Nicolas Monti

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  • N°70

    The Bomb


    by Bliink

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  • N°69

    The Holiday


    by Bliink

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  • N°67

    The Digestive That Was


    by Raag Raisinghani

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  • N°65

    The Survivor


    by adv collective

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  • N°63

    The Panic


    by Hugo Leick

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  • N°61

    The Spare


    by Jennifer Stachovic

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  • N°60

    The Coffee Machine


    by FAVO

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  • N°59

    The Little Longer


    by Henrik von der Lieth

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  • N°58

    The Chopsticks


    by Redic Hsu

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  • N°57

    The Arm Length


    by John Jones

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  • N°56

    The Double


    by Cub Studio

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  • N°55

    The Snake


    by Benoit Leva

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  • N°54

    The Infinite Struggle


    by Pierre-Luc Berube

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    The Umbrella


    by Jiaqi Wang

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  • N°51

    The Text Message


    by Alex Booth

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  • N°50

    The String


    by Nolan J. Downs

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  • N°49

    The Jump


    by Chloë Dalby

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  • N°48

    Cereal Depression


    by Brad Hensley

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  • N°46

    The Dripping Tap


    by Mischa Loppies

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    The Tingle


    by Philipp Brates

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  • N°44

    The Olives Fall


    by Lander Larrañaga Eldua

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    The Fracture


    by Michael Luckhardt

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  • N°42

    The Photo


    by Clément Picon

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    The Roll Of Terror


    by Pierre-Luc Berube

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  • N°40

    The Donut


    by Jonathan Harris

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  • N°39

    The Strongest


    by Maxence Faury

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  • N°38

    The Fish


    by Antoine Demongeot

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    The Disappearance of the Sushi


    by Léa Lansiaux

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  • N°36

    The Cookies Theory


    by Rudy

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    The Pencil


    by Tony Agliata

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    The Strike


    by Dominique Health

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    The Eight Ball


    by Chris Greene & Traci Brinling

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    The Cork


    by Ignacio Ceballos

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    The Match


    by Mathilde Lathiere

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    The Paper Pain


    by Leo Romanski

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    The Way Home


    by Saida Saetgareeva

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  • N°28

    The Inauguration


    by Bliink

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    The Tsunami


    by Emilie Excoffier & Isaline Rogg

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    The Thirst on the Couch


    by Célestin Jean-Charles

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    The Pancake Flip


    by Michel van den Burg

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    The Unlucky Strike


    by Sandra Clua

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    The Gas


    by Ignacio Ceballos

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    The Light


    by Jonathan Harris

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  • N°21

    The Snap


    by Huw Howell

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    The Toaster of Doom


    by Sandra Clua

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    The Perfect Gap


    by Brandpunkt

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    The Roadway


    by Kurt Ross

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    The Sweep


    by Jelou Studios

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    The Best Part


    by Anthony Falleroni

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    The Tram


    by Amber Palmer

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  • N°13

    The Split


    by Nicolas Roth

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  • N°12

    The Earphones


    by Jonathan Harris

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    The High Jump


    by Will Garratt

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  • N°10

    The Snap


    by Sean Slavin

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    The Dice


    by Dominic Gailloreto

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    The Shirt


    by Jonathan Harris

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    The Sticker Peel


    by Jonathan Harris

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    The Time


    by Rachel Olney

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    The Tape


    by Ignacio Ceballos

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    The Crossing


    by Riccardo Bottoni

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    The Last Strike


    by Dan Feldman

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  • N°2

    The Felt Tip


    by Crystal Chan

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  • N°1

    The USB


    by Jonathan Harris

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