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Expanding on his 2021 CG motion experiment Synced, Belgian designer/3D artist Fabian Aerts crafts a poetic visual allegory for the corrosive power of deceit and deception in this new short film LIE.
Fabian Aerts: “LIE is a metaphor for the promises we break, the truths we alter and the harm a few spoken words can do to our mental and physical health. LIE is a poison that gnaws from the inside both the one who utters it and the one for whom it is intended.”





Director/animator: Fabian Aerts