Your freedom matters! FSF – short cartoon explainers

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FSF-Rewind

Rewind is an animated video made for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) about a scientist in a dystopian reality who modifies the code of a program, leading to a groundbreaking discovery. But in our world, which is dominated by proprietary software, would she have the freedom she needs to make a difference?

Rewind was created for the Free Software Foundation

Length: 02:19
Producer & Director: Brad Burkhart
Story: Francesco V. Staluppi
Animator: Zygis Luksas

The University of Costumed Heroes

The University of Costumed Heroes is an animated video telling the story of a group of heroes falling prey to the powers of proprietary software in education. The university board acquires cutting-edge remote learning software that enables them to continue their operations online, but -- [SPOILER ALERT] -- it may sow the seeds of their downfall.

This video is created by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and is themed around our campaign against the use of proprietary remote education software.
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Length: 02:33
Producer & Director: Brad Burkhart
Animator: Zygis Luksas
Story: Douglas J. Eboch

User Liberation video

Most people interact with free software every day, but many of those people don't know what free software is or why they should go out of their way to use it. We want to fix that (and we think you do too), so we commissioned a short video that makes free software easy for everyone to understand.

User Liberation was created by the Free Software Foundation

Length: 02:53
Production: Urchin
Script, Voice, Production: Fateh Slavitskaya
Animation, Production: Bassam Kurdali

ShoeTool

ShoeTool is an animated fairy tale about an elf shoemaker who thinks he buys a machine to help him make shoes... only to find out that there are there are strings attached to his "purchase."

ShoeTool was created by the Free Software Foundation

Length: 02:05
Producer & Director: Brad Burkhart
Animator: Zygis Luksas
Story: Douglas J. Eboch