The one-minute animation “Statement” is a series of brief images in a limited, bold palette of red, blue, black, and white. Each image has an environmental message: an ocean full of plastic bags, a bee carrying the earth on its back, people with their heads in the sand, birds with gas masks, a monstrous oil spill, and more. Time drips away like sand in an hourglass, only in this case, it’s water instead of sand, dripping onto a person who reclines at the bottom of the hourglass. He is about to drown but is oblivious because of distraction on a virtual reality headset. This simple animation conveys so much in one minute: time is running out; we are on the precipice; we are destroying the Earth but hiding from the truth and avoiding action. “The film is meant to be a voice for planet Earth, to help people have a visual taste of what’s happening and where we stand,” wrote Nia in her contest entry.