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The Saga of Biôrn - StumbleUpon Biôrn, an old Viking, is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior’s afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn’t so easy. A fantastic short film with top-notch art direction, animation and sound design. The ending is great, too. We have Benjamin J. [ The Saga of Biôrn ] Descendents - Stunning Animated Short Starring Whoopi Goldberg It isn’t often that an animation leaves me dumbstruck, but this one did the trick. Descendants is an extraordinary 14 minute animated short about the wish of attaining the unattainable and that out of every great evil some great good must come. The protagonists are a pair of flowers (the older more experienced voiced by Whoopi Goldberg in full form and the younger by Christy Scott Cashman). One is aged and world-weary, made bitter by an unexplained backstory - the other one still youthful, vibrant and inquisitive. This short film started as a diploma project by Heiko van der Scherm and Holger Schoenberger at the Institute of Animation (part of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg).