And They Will Be Relentless

A century ago, a terrible contagious disease swept through a new colony. Desperate measures were taken to reduce its spread: executions became routine, and a dome was built around the community. In the years that followed, 10 doomed plague victims foretold that only one person, untouched by disease, would escape.

In the present day, on the desert outskirts of the colony, a masked gunman approaches the edge of the dome. Carrying a bottle of blood and a large egg inexplicably pulled from a mountain of corpses, he sprints past imposing fortifications – along with hundreds of sad-looking soldiers, a ginormous laser and a man so caked in disease that his skin acts like Kevlar – on a mission to fulfil the prophecy.

Warning: Contains mature themes and depictions of animated violence

Director bio:

Hunter Kelly is a Naarm/Melbourne-based animator and filmmaker. On the verge of graduating from the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) program at the Victorian College of the Arts, Hunter has spent his enrolment producing films that delve into the far reaches of the human condition throughout new worlds and uniquely imaginative situations. These ambitious themes are propelled by broad experimentation with 2D, traditional 3D and generative animation mediums with the constant goal of finding the best tool for any job. This year, Hunter’s graduating hand-drawn 2D-animated sci-fi action short film And They Will Be Relentless attempts to desperately chase the silver lining in a dystopian world held under siege by an impossible disease.

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)