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A single little sheet of red paper slowly falls to the ground. Its other side is white, and it looks as mundane as a Post-it note that will never be used. But as it nears the ground, it begins to fold, first into what resembles a paper plane, and then into more of a human figure, cloaked like someone out of Assassin’s Creed. From there on, the magic of origami unfolds… or folds, in this case.
Japanese animator Kei Kanamori celebrates the art of folding paper through the short animated film Origami. The 3-minute movie blends modern CGI with this age-old craft to create some quiet screen magic.
The animation is simple, fluid, and dreamy, accompanied by a nostalgic instrumental score in the background, while countless sheets of paper transform into different shapes. Birds, trees, flowers… practically anything the human imagination dares to envision.
In just three minutes, Origami becomes a meditative ode to creativity – gentle, elegant, and fleeting, like the art form it honors. It’s an animated reminder that even the smallest, most ordinary things can take flight in the right hands.
You can watch the film on YouTube. It’s also embedded below.