Animated Short 'Flipped' Reverses Roles of Adults and Children

Egyptian directors Hend Esmat and Lamiaa Diab, known as Hend & Lamiaa, created the animated short film 'Flipped,' which imagines a world where adults behave like children and children act as caregivers. The film features middle-aged men crying in strollers and women blowing bubbles at traffic lights, tended to by patient young children. 'Flipped' won Best Animation at the 2019 Overcome Film Festival in Anaheim, USA. The directors explore the inevitable reality of caring for aging parents by inverting generational roles. The animation style is deliberately childlike.