Estate is a 2020 short film based on the short story of the same name by China Miéville, written and directed by Tom Harberd. First published in The White Review, the original short story on which the film is based was republished in the 2015 collection Three Moments of an Explosion. Synopsis Rick lives in an estate where he witnesses daily casual cruelty towards animals. His neighbors leave out poison for urban foxes while a man abuses his dog after losing at the slot machines. Rick reconnects with a former schoolmate Diane, with whom he discusses a mutual former acquaintance, Dan, who has returned to the estate. They walk through the estate and come upon a basketball court where they witness Dan leading a strange pagan ritual where he marks several individuals before sending them in different directions. Dan himself then leaves when the ritual draws the attention of the police. Rick and Diane come across Dan shortly thereafter in the back alleys of the estate, where he briefly acknowledges Rick before turning his attention towards hunting a stag with flaming antlers. Following the stag, Rick watches as the fire on its antlers grows in size and intensity; pieces of burning material start to drop from the antlers onto its body, but it doesn't seem to notice. The animal is struck by a speeding car when it pauses on a bridge. Not wanting the animal to suffer, Rick shoots it to death using a rifle that Dan was carrying. Dan then tries to talk to Rick about the power of violence, and the need to push people out of their comfort zones, before disappearing at the sound of approaching police sirens. The following day Rick discovers that the stag's antlers had been soaked in flammable substances and drugged so it wouldn't feel the fire. This upsets him, however Diane states that she somewhat understands Dan's position. The event has a rippling impact on the community. Diane is inspired to resume painting wall murals, now depicting the stag, while pieces of the antler are being sold in a similar fashion to drugs. Rick purchases a piece after witnessing its impact on the abused dog, which turns on its abusive caretaker. Later Rick notices that the antler is affecting the signal on his TV, as it introduces a strange kind of distortion to the signal. Placing it on the router allows him