SEN - 3D animated shortfilm

"SEN" is an animated short film about a curious robot on a foreign planet, that explores our perception of time and age.
Started during University and animated over a span of 4 years as a one-man endeavour by Maxim Gehricke. With an original score by Stuart Michael Thomas.






SEN is premiering on Youtube on the 14th of January 2026!

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Some more details...

Robot

The main protagonist, a small robot. I wanted it to look cute and curious.
My concept didn´t have a mouth, but expressions and emotions would be quite hard to convey using only eye movement.
Thats why I added the ears, which are inspired by a mouse.



Link to Artstation

Robot

The main protagonist, a small robot. I wanted it to look cute and curious.
My concept didn´t have a mouth, but expressions and emotions would be quite hard to convey using only eye movement.
Thats why I added the ears, which are inspired by a mouse.



Link to Artstation


Rusty

"Rusty" (for the lack of a proper name) is the second character. Our protagonist meets him in the crater of a crashed spaceship.
He is old and rusted, and tries to warn our protagonist about something...


Link to Artstation

Rusty

"Rusty" (for the lack of a proper name) is the second character. Our protagonist meets him in the crater of a crashed spaceship.
He is old and rusted, and tries to warn our protagonist about something...


Link to Artstation




GALLERY

Some more stills...