Short Calf Muscle
Alternative title: Korte Kuitspier

Directed by Victoria Warmerdam

Anders is different. But he doesn't know that. Yes, he's also gay, but that's not the point here. There is also this thing that others see but he doesn't.
The absurdity lands immediately: Anders is an ordinary-sized man who discovers that everyone around him believes he is a gnome. Victoria Warmerdam plays the situation completely straight, which is what makes Short Calf Muscle so funny. The short film turns casual discrimination, performative allyship and social categorisation into increasingly surreal encounters, and the deadpan execution keeps the metaphor sharp without explaining it to death.

Short Calf Muscle

Alternative title: Korte Kuitspier

Directed by Victoria Warmerdam

Anders is different. But he doesn't know that. Yes, he's also gay, but that's not the point here. There is also this thing that others see but he doesn't.

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The absurdity lands immediately: Anders is an ordinary-sized man who discovers that everyone around him believes he is a gnome. Victoria Warmerdam plays the situation completely straight, which is what makes Short Calf Muscle so funny. The short film turns casual discrimination, performative allyship and social categorisation into increasingly surreal encounters, and the deadpan execution keeps the metaphor sharp without explaining it to death.