The Mods is a 2014 Italian short 3D CG animated children's film created by Antonio Padovan and Alessandro Portincasa,[1] about a snake and a dinosaur trying to build a model of a T-Rex.

Raised in Bologna, Alessandro Portincasa obtained a master's degree in computer graphics and moved to Scotland, where he worked in the production of feature films and shorts as a rigger.

[note 2] The Mods is nonverbal,[4] the characters' utterances amounting to exclamations or grunts, but there is an original score produced by 93 Steps, an audio production company based in Northern Italy near Venice, and Los Angeles, founded by its executive team Francesco Libralon and Lorenzo Scagnolari.

"[1] The Mods page on the AliMik website features a brief animated POV shot of Soya and Michelino setting up a camera to film themselves.

[13][14] Official reasons given for the short's award cited its "original" storyboard and animation, "supported by a strong sound design which amazed the audience"; the world of Soya and Michelino is "off-beat" and the characters are "funny and creative".