Gauze vs Umbilical World
Gauze has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 7/10 for Umbilical World). Gauze is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 1h 19m. Umbilical World is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are animation movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gauze
Umbilical World| Gauze | Umbilical World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 8m | 1h 19m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Animation |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Nicholas Arujah, Noran Fikri Alezabi | David Firth |
| Main cast | Bashir Alsharbati, Talia Alsharbati, Rasha Alsharbati, Ahmed Rehan, Mjd Ali | David Firth |
Synopsis
Gauze
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
Umbilical World
Best known as the cult creator of the animated web series Salad Fingers (SUFF 2007) David Firth creates morbidly fascinating worlds that delve deep into the darkest recesses of the human psyche. It’s fair to say that once you lay eyes on his shorts, it’s hard to shake their visceral effect in a hurry. Eleven years after first screening his work at SUFF, Umbilical World represents a curation of Firth’s most popular shorts to date, each bookended…
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