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Listen to Meh

by Purga Studio

An Argentine gaucho’s war with a sheep that keeps climbing onto his roof turns from wordless comedy into something more emotional.

Format
Short film
Genre
Comedy
Year
2026
Runtime
6 min
Added
2 Nov 2026

Why this film matters

Listen to Meh grows a short film out of one absurd image: a sheep standing on the roof of a rural house. The maker’s description frames it as a dialogue-free visual comedy about obsession and control, in which a gaucho fights a problem before he understands it, and which shifts toward something more emotional once the reason behind the sheep’s behaviour is revealed. Telling that turn without words puts the weight on staging, framing and continuity between one man, one animal and one house.

It won first place at the 2026 Higgsfield Global Film Festival. Purga Studio, a Buenos Aires studio that otherwise makes commercials, presented it as its first fiction short.

Production evidence

The studio’s description sets out a workflow of reference design, shot planning, video generation, sound design and editing, and the Higgsfield project records its generation counts and leading video model. Those are the maker’s and platform’s accounts, not a complete tool inventory. Exact models beyond the platform record, the full team and the budget are unknown. The journal has not watched the complete film; this entry is based on the release description, the project page, press coverage and official artwork.

Production notebook

What the makers have disclosed. Credits may be partial.

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Authorship

Released by Purga Studio, whose poster reads “A film by Purga”. Señal News, reporting the studio’s announcement, names Martín Montes de Oca as director and Rocío Bilota for script curation. Higgsfield credits the project to the account rococo_table_radical.

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Release

The complete film was uploaded to Purga Studio’s channel on September 14, 2026 and runs approximately 5:39.

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Workflow (maker statement)

The description calls it an AI-assisted production combining image generation, character and location references, shot planning, AI video generation, sound design and final editing, with attention to keeping the gaucho, sheep, house and landscape consistent.

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Platform record

The Higgsfield project lists 1,158 generations and 60,980 credits, with Seedance 2.5 as 53.4% of its generation stack and five further entries not itemised here.

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Unknown details

Exact image, voice and music tools, the full team and the budget are not disclosed.

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