Winter Algorithm
A maintenance robot in a Finnish forest decides to catalogue every snowflake before the thaw.
By Mikko Virtanen
Country 
Finland
FinlandStatus Official selection
Category Animation
Genre Animation, Science Fiction, Family
Language English
Runtime 6:30
Synopsis
Unit K7 was built to clear snow from a solar station and nothing else. One night, under the northern lights, it stops clearing and starts collecting: scanning each flake, giving it a number, filing it away.
The forest animals watch with suspicion, then with something closer to interest, as the machine races the spring to archive a thing that cannot be archived.
Festival and distribution
- Warsaw Glitch PremiereYes
- Seeking distributionYes
- Filmmaker at the festivalYes
- Open to panel talksYes