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The Village, a Vila or a Village, is an Oscar-nominated short film directed by Mark Baker released in 1993 in the United Kingdom. The short film was animated using traditional hand-drawn animation. The film, directed and written by Baker, and produced by Pam Dennis, tells the story of an isolated circular village located in the middle of a large forest in Northern Britain. The Church rules over the village as a figure of authority. The people in the village are devout Christians following the church and obeying the village priest. The villagers, who are presented as hypocritical "Sinners", most of the time spy on each other by looking out their windows, as well as looking into one another's houses. The village is filled with distrust, which causes many conflicts and tension between everyone. The protagonist of the film is a large bald person wearing glasses, a light grey long sleeved shirt, and dark grey pants, who is a gardener. in one of the first scenes, the man is seen digging soil and planting apple trees just outside the village. The rest of the village is seen after, with the main focus being about the villagers staring at each other.