Watch: Garden Gnomes Fight Back in 'Forever' Funny Animated Short by Alex Billington October 27, 2025Source: YouTube To battle they
Watch: Garden Gnomes Fight Back in ‘Forever’ Funny Animated Short
by Alex Billington
October 27, 2025
Source: YouTube
To battle they go! Omeleto debuted a fun 6-minute film called Forever, an animated miniature about seemingly genial garden gnomes going to war. The miniature is made by a group of students from ENSI (École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs) in France and was debuted recently at the MyMetaStories festival. The only actual synopsis: “Garden gnomes battle an enemy.” It’s about a group of gnomes who realize they must fight back when a golf ball from a nearby golf course destroys one of their ranks. “This rambunctious animated short turns the seemingly whimsical subject – the quiet lives of garden gnomes – into a surprisingly suspenseful battle over life & dominion, told with thriller-like tension, robust humor and terrific energy.” Presented by UniFrance. With a score by Jérémie Esperet. No voices as it is a dialogue-free journey into a golf course battle-zone. There have been a bunch of animated movies about gnomes already: Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Gnome Alone (2017), & Sherlock Gnomes (2018). Though I’d say this miniature is better than nearly all of those.
Thanks to GeekTyrant for the tip on this miniature film. Extended intro from YouTube: “The story begins in a cheerful and peaceful backyard garden, where brightly painted gnomes stand proudly among flowers and trimmed grass in quirky poses and scenarios. Bathed in sunlight and silence, their existence is static yet content. But their serene existence is disrupted when a golf ball arcs over a fence and lands among them, damaging one of their numbers beyond repair. More balls soon land, cracking statues, scattering fragments, shattering the calm, and so the gnomes must band together to battle their unseen, nebulous yet powerful adversary.” Forever is a fun miniature film directed by a team of filmmakers: Theo Djekou, Pierre Ferrari, Cyrine Jouini, Pauline Philippart, & Anissa Terrier. Created at France’s École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs. Debuted by Omeleto in partnership with Unifrance and its MyMetaStories festival. For more info, visit the film’s YouTube page. To discover more shorts (including animation), click here. Funny, right?
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