An animated short about two boys in love has the internet swooning over its tenderness and timely LGBT inclusion.
“In a Heartbeat,” uploaded to YouTube on Monday from filmmakers Beth David and Esteban Bravo, tells a little-seen story in the animated space:
“A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams,” a logline for the project reads.
Produced at Ringling College of Art and Design, the film has the polished look of any modern animated film in the market (very close to Pixar, in the best way, if you ask us) — but it features a bold kind of storytelling that contemporary studios shy away from.