History Of Pets / Award winning animation short

History of Pets is a requiem for all the childhood pets who found their end in the most curious of circumstances. One by one, they get revisited as the main character takes a trip down memory lane.

I made this film in 2013 and since then it went around 50 international festivals, won awards in New York and London and got distributed on television in France, China, U.S.A., Japan and Canada.

It was featured on the prominent animation blogs and sites as well as Vimeo’s staff pick and was viewed 35K times.

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“Sometimes there are beautiful gems in modern animation. This week for example, the new animated film by iZeMo came out in the cinema.” Oscar-winner Cilia Van Dijk
“iZeMo swiftly guides us through quips and visual trickery through the rooms of the house into the backyard, littered with pets’ gravestones. This animal epic, from canary to cockatoo brimming with subtle sarcasm and dry self-deprecation and reflects an unbridled yet understated ambition.” KORTFILM.BE
“Quirky film about the horrible luck a family has had with their pets. The cartoony animation suits the slightly morbid humour brought on by the subject matter.” Australian Film Review
"A hilarious deadpan look at the long list of pets that died in custody of the narrator. Every cause of death isn’t quite predictable which leads to snappy punchlines and well paced gags. The design of the short is outstanding with a graphic Genndy Tartakovsky meets cubism feel to it. Style meets substance very well in this short." SQUIGLY magazine
“This colorful short film, with a graphic style reminiscent of Japanese origami, has successfully traveled around the festivals, due to the universal chord it hits.” CANAL+
"izemo's characters are like visual sweets" Sylvain Fajner