Sci-Fi Short Film "Henri" | DUST

Hey there – I’m Eli, writer & director of HENRi. We made HENRi over ten years ago with the support of Kickstarter and a small army of very talented people (many of whom are listed in the video description). It was a true passion project, created by blending “old school” practical effects – like quarter scale miniatures and rod puppetry – with newer techniques. I’m super excited to share it with DUST’s amazing audience after our recent sci-fi series ATROPA connected with so many of you a couple years back. Happy to answer questions!

I found this film incredibly moving. I cried when I realized that Henri was all alone and all his friends were long dead. And again when it was revealed who Henri was, who he used to be. Thank you to the makers of this film for sharing this experience with me. It was beautiful.

And this is what you get when you make art for art's sake. Not for gross take at the box office or Oscars. Just art. Thank you for this, it was incredibly moving and beautiful.

His memories were finally accessed by his life flashing before his eyes. Awesome.

Very fitting and quite splendid to have Keir Dullea be Henri. A wonderful homage to his great role.

Dr. Calvin...that a nice touch. A tribute to good old Isaac Asimov and his 'robopsychologist' Dr. Susan Calvin.

I think HENRi had an epic life. Aside from that, I am gobsmacked with awe.

My god... that was beautiful!

Wow! Kier Dullea of 2001: A Space Odyssey Fame. A good little film. Who needs words...

This was beautifully done, the human spirit is a remarkable thing. Thank you 😊

After so many months of waiting... A Sci-Fi Short Film on this channel again. I can't believe it. An interesting storyline, great music and a clear message. Well done!

That was amazingly well made. It was nice to see the old practical effects. Not the CGI. You brought it back to life.

Amazing to see Luis Lane from the oringial Superman movies! She was amazing in this, and really brought it to life!

I loved this movie back in the day, nice to see that it's now available to a wider audience.

Initially creepy then evolving into sad. Henri had 2 lifetimes separated by his existence as an AI finally accepting his mortality and choosing to no longer live forever as a disembodied brain. Great storyline.

As I watched literally hundreds of Dust videos without doubt I’ve seen many good ones, however this one was one of my favorites. Outstanding story, effects obviously done with some old school miniatures, great graphics, sound engineering all put together into nothing short of wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing and it’s my hope we shall see more from you and your team.

Nice to see practical effects. For a minute I thought when the machine saw it’s reflection, he would decide he needed to get jacked and build himself a human body

damn.... Who is cutting all the onions in here?

Wow that's David Bowman right there. It doesn't get any better than this.

Absolutely gorgeous animation and story; I would love to see an extended version of this, or more from the same "universe".