A wandering man walks in the desert, piling up all the objects he can find during his trip on his back. One day, he comes upon a mysterious mirror.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
Country
A wandering man walks in the desert, piling up all the objects he can find during his trip on his back. One day, he comes upon a mysterious mirror.
The inhabitants of a mountain village cut off by snow await the arrival of the Man with birds, the sign that winter is over.
At Potosi, in Bolivia, we find ourselves plunged in the obscure depths of a mine. And this obscurity does not dissipate, or only furtively, yet only in a light made mainly of words. But these words themselves, contrary to many “films of mines”, evoke little of the labour of the miners, or only obliquely. This mine presents itself more as another archaic foyer, a place of pagan worship with its unexpected luciferian alters, or as a cavern conducive to welcoming and protecting ambiguous tales. The treasure that this mine holds, as we have come to understand, is no longer the precious ore painfully extracted from its core, but the memory of the suffering itself, right up to the unseemly welcoming of tourists. This magic is shown by its title, here lies the treasure slowly unearthed by the respectful, affectionate and playful attention of Andrei Schtakleff. And we are grateful for this
A kingdom is about to live a frugal winter, when a small lizard arrives and grows plants, almost instantly. Everyone is happy about this, but the King quickly realizes that this little miracle may cost him a lot.
A little shoemaker proves to his competitor that his shoes are the best.
Lucas, a thirteen-year-old teenager, returns from summer camp. He’s sad because he failed to confess his love. He takes comfort in his daydreams in which he relives his memories and fantasies. But in order to move on, he must confront this failure and accept it.
An old woman’s walk.
We live in the same house, but in different apartments, jobs, situations, believes, visions. Each in our own compartment, we fool ourselves that the world is one and that it exists. Sometimes it seems that an incomprehensible thread becomes visible and I am on a verge of understanding. This film is about the other side of life – the scary, unknown side we never fully grasp, but we know is there, somewhere near, so close.
A diner collapses in a restaurant. All the other diners – except for one – are in a state of shock.
A down-on-his-luck magician meets a young girl who is convinced his magic is reel.
In hard times, a miller sells his daughter to the Devil. Protected by her purity, she escapes but is deprived of her hands. Walking away from her family, she encounters the goddess of water, a gentle gardener and the prince in his castle. A long journey towards the light…
As Austro-Hungary teeters on collapse, Andras and his daughter are taken aback by the visit from Andras’ brother, Zoltan, who comes accompanied by his large family.
A room retains one’s traces of life. I want to question on humans’ being and loss as time flows, by reflecting on the traces left in a room and its elements ranging from space, walls, door, windows, stuffs and so on.
Near an oak and a dried-up river, an eel, a weasel, and a vulture meet. They talk to one another, but do not get along.
The Death’ son doesn’t want to take back the family business.
An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country. A story about the neverending effort to find a new home, where we can find a better life. An effort for which we are willing to risk our lives. On this journey of hope people overcome various perils and experience the most terrible of situations. They are fueled by the awareness of who they really are, what they are running from and what they are hopeful of. In the end an experience like that becomes a story worth telling again and again.
A young babysitter, Dani, has arrived to babysit the twins. Before the parents leave, they show Dani a sumptuous cake in the fridge which he must not touch. Dani, mesmerised by the gorgeous cake, returns to the kitchen. He opens the door of the refrigerator: the cake has disappeared…
There’s nothing easy about mending a bungled child.
Who will best play her part: the dancing lioness or the little girl we attempt to tame? Only the Boob Fairy will know who is really worthy of her attention.
China, in the year 746, the Tang dynasty, the most rich/blooming period of the country history. The emperor, Li, beholds a court of numerous concubines, the most precious is Yang. The emperor is preparing a grand banquet in her honor. But on the day, the emperor Li is seeing someone else, and he completely forgets about Yang’s banquet…