From the animation collective Team Tumult, based in Switzerland, comes “The Lonely Orbit.” This beautiful short explores loneliness in the ultra-connected area and what happens when artificial intelligence develops feelings as intense as those experienced by human beings. A young Earth-bound satellite operator commits an oblivious mistake, pushing a machine into the uncharted territory of yearning. Directors Benjamin Morard and Frederic Siegel work on a studiously limited modernist palette: blue, orange and white, conveying space-age aesthetics and deep empathy.&nbsp;</p><br>“The Lonely Orbit” is the winner of the Student Jury Award at the 2019 Primanima World Festival of First Animation.</p>