Ah, L'Amour (1995) is
Don Hertzfeldt's first 16mm student
animated short film, completed at the age of 18 at
UC Santa Barbara. Though produced for a beginning film class, the short had a very long life at animation festivals, launching Hertzfeldt into cult status at a young age. In 1998, the short won the Grand Prize Award for "World's Funniest Cartoon" from the
HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.