Discover SXSW's 2025 Best Animated Short Winner | RETIREMENT PLAN by John Kelly

Duration: 7 minutes

Director
John Kelly

Producers
Andrew Freedman, Julie Murnaghan

Starring
Domhnall Gleeson

Synopsis: 

Dissatisfied with life, Ray dreams of the beauty and joy
he’ll find when work finally ends.

Read the ‘Short of the Week’ review
on ‘Retirement Plan’

Read more Retirement Plan in this week’s article
on Short of the Week by Céline Roustan.

Watch the Behind the Scenes video
of ‘Retirement Plan’

Filmmaker John Kelly goes through thoughts and process
throughout the production of Retirement Plan.

Listen to a special conversation between
director John Kelly and actor Domhnall Gleeson

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