Hand-drawn short film reflects on death of privacy

Croatian animator Daniel Šuljić created "Transparency," a short film drawn with pencil on paper that critiques the erosion of privacy in the digital age. The story follows a contemporary man whose day is surrounded by computers, scanners, credit cards, smartphones, and surveillance systems—technologies that make life easier but force him into extreme transparency, surrendering data to corporations and governments. Šuljić deliberately chose analog methods, stating he wanted his animators to "feel the material" and "get their hands dirty." He selected soft paper so that pressing pencil tips hard would convey physicality. Although he tested software solutions, they did not satisfy him; his goal was to be as rough as possible to capture the energy of strokes, which he believes is better achieved with real tools than simulation. The film was published on Artribune in August 2020.