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How many obsessions can one family have? In Joanna Quinn and Les Mills’ Affairs of the Art, we reconnect with Beryl, the working-class heroine who not only reveals her own obsession with drawing but exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.
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Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine. A love triangle develops between the three of them. Things get out of hand and Manivald realizes that it is time to move out.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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This animated short follows an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for by two homeless men. The film is the Canadian contribution to an hour-long feature film celebrating UNESCO’s Year of the Child (1979). It illustrates one of the ten principles of the Declaration of Children’s Rights: every child is entitled to a name and a nationality.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Family
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An elderly couple is addicted to a psychedelic face cream.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A tragicomic story of Vera, who suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder. She is bullied daily by her own brain, which still reminds her of potential catastrophic scenarios that could happen. However, one particularly hectic morning, something unexpected happens – an unknown criminal appears in the housing estate. Vera has to face bizarre circumstances and not lose her job. Will she succeed? Graduation film.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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Olive is relaxing on a sun lounger by an outdoor pool, talking on the phone with her friend Sarah and eating a cheeseburger. Suddenly, she witnesses two young children tearing a frog apart before running away.
- Experimental
- Comedy
- Drama
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A star of the small screen, Eiichiro is at the height of his fame with the character “Mighty Mighty Man” that he plays. One day a scandal erupts, and reveals his homosexuality to the public. Torn by his desire to leave this profession that reveals too much of his intimacy, and his desire to remain the “machismo” icon that he is, an internal dialogue begins.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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The video clip of an experienced Polish creator, the author of many animations, is based on the myth of a girl who starred in a famous porn film. The author’s style of simple, uncomplicated drawings and hand-drawn animations on recycled paper perfectly fit the theme of the bleak story.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Little Miss Fate lives in a world driven by fate. When the opportunity arises, she slips into the role of the world leader. Unintentionally she crea- tes a monster, which greedily wants to suck up all the love of the world. Overwhelmed by the rapid development, she loses control.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Several patients are waiting in a doctor’s office to hear test results regarding their remaining lifetimes. However in most cases, the allotted time is not as long as they had hoped for.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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POSTPARTUM describes the chaotic phase of life in which the protagonist finds herself after becoming a mother for the first time. Pumped up with hormones and lacking sleep, this intense phase has burned deep into her heart. The overwhelming and absurd first days are narrated as snippets of thoughts and visualised by short animations. The mother dreams that she should feed her baby with »Mett« (ground pork) and she wonders whether breastfeeding mothers will survive the longest when the apocalypse is imminent, because they could feed themselves.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
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a short film about love and patios
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A zapping channel. A mix of interviews with philosophers, researchers, patients, lovers and ordinary citizens. Each in his or her own way, they evoke their perception of life.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
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