Category

Narrative films

541–560 of 2,467 films

  • The one who tamed clouds

    2015 7+ 4 min

    by Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, Julie Rembauville

    At the top of a canyon, the old Indian Flying Shadow teaches the young Nayati the ancient art of smoke signals. This is the meeting of two opposite characters. The boy’s hyperactivity upsets the calm of the old shaman soon causing disaster.

    • Fantasy
    • Adventure
    • Comedy
  • The Oldest Stone

    2014 Adults 10 min

    by Mathieu Girard

    At the top of a mountain where stands a mysterious shrub, an old man in a wheelchair stumbles upon an unexpected finding. On his way back, he will try to get the most out of his discovery from the city’s inhabitants. A sinister fable gravitating towards the themes of ownership and high productivity.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Sci-Fi
  • The Northeast Kingdom

    2017 16+ 8 min

    by Alan Jennings

    A small tight knit New England community is shaken by the arrival of a newcomer. Meanwhile, a mystical creature quietly affects the lives of the locals.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Noise of Licking

    2016 Adults 9 min

    by Andrasev Nadja, Nadja Andrasev

    Animated short about a voyeur cat, a woman with excessive love for her plants, and a peculiar visitor in a fur hat. Based on the short story ‘Megbocsátás’ by Ádám Bodor.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • The Night Boots

    2024 7+ 13 min

    by Pierre-Luc Granjon

    Told through expressive monochrome animation on a pinscreen, The Night Boots is a tale about childhood, centered on the friendship between a young boy and a strange creature.

    • Fantasy
  • The Night of Plastic Bags

    2018 Adults 18 min

    by Gabriel Harel

    Agathe, 39, has but one obsession: to have a child. She finds her ex, Marc-Antoine, a DJ, mixing techno in Marseille. As she tries to talk to him into getting back together, plastic bags come to life and attack the city.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Night Hound

    2016 Adults 4 min

    by Lipin Yen, Chien Ju Hung, Wen Chen Yu

    On a dark stormy night, the villagers talk about the weird things that happened recently. They decide to kill the night fright. However, nobody knows if there’s any truth to the rumours of its appearance.

  • The name

    2023 All audiences 1 min

    by Alexander Aguilar

    Conflicted and alienated with his given name, a young kid struggles to live a double life in secret, fearing that coming out might tear apart his relationship with his mom.

    • Drama
  • The Musical Pig

    1965 16+ 9 min

    by Zlatko Grgić

    This is a film about an exceptional pig that could sing. Even though he could sing, all people could see in him was roast pork. The pig finds himself in a number of difficult situation.

    • Comedy
    • Musical
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • by Thomas “TomSka” Ridgewell

    The music video follows an anthropomorphic muffin character who energetically sings about “muffin time” with darkly humorous lyrics about wanting to die.

    • Music video
  • The Moustache

    2015 10+ 4 min

    by Anni Oja

    This town is not big enough for the two of them. Nor their moustaches.

    • Comedy
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • by Kirk R. Thatcher

    On November 23, 2009, the Muppets released a rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” as an online video on YouTube. The video became a viral hit and received over 10-million views within its first two weeks online

    • Music Videos
    • Comedy
    • Family
  • The More I Know

    2015 Adults 8 min

    by Libor Pixa, Marek Naprstek

    A weary old man is getting ready to die. He has nothing more to fear and decides to share the secret of his life with us. While his relatives wait outside the door, eager to get a share of what was once his, he takes us on a journey through his memories. What will be the ultimate truth he chooses to pass on?

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • by Johannes Schiehsl

    One day, a little mole discovers that all of the other animals have a friend of their same species to play with, but the mole is all alone and very sad. To make matters worse, all the food is starting to rebel. A fat earthworm escapes in a hurry, right under the mole’s nose. The hunt inside the tunnels begins! Finally the earthworm is caught, but just as the mole is about to bite down, he realises that it’s not an earthworm but another mole’s tail. Now that they’ve found each other, there’s a happy ending under the molehill.

    • Comedy
    • Romance
    • Family
  • The Monster of Nix

    2011 16+ 30 min

    by Rosto

    Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix… until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • The Mirror

    2018 16+ 4 min

    by Alban Diedrichs

    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
  • The Mighty Hunter

    2011 Adults 7 min

    by Michael Ekblad

    In his flat, the retired “Mighty Hunter” gets ready for a good nights rest. The walls of his little bedroom are filled with stuffed “Animal Head’s” that reminding him of his mighty past. Unknowing to him is that the “Animal Head’s” come to life, and have chosen this night to make a complex attempt on his life. Its payback time!

    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
  • The Man Without a Shadow

    2004 Adults 10 min

    by Georges Schwizgebel

    Why bother dragging around one’s shadow? A man agrees to a pact with a magician and swaps his shadow for riches. He soon discovers that the absence of a shadow can be a humiliating handicap. After fleeing to the far corners of the earth, he ends up in Bali, in a theatre of shadow puppets, where he discovers the true worth of shadows.

  • The Mechanic

    2002 Adults 9 min

    by David Súkup

    A world ruled by machines where no money means no bath in the morning and no breakfast on your table. Thus if you want to exist in this world you must pay for everything.

  • The Midwinter Bonfire

    1990 4+ 22 min

    by Seitarô Hara, Masayuki Kojima

    Moomintroll wakes early from hibernation and, finding winter enchanting, wakes Snorkmaiden; they discover their firewood is gone, only to find Too-Ticky using it to build a massive bonfire on a cliff, a traditional ritual to welcome the sun’s return, which culminates in the chilling appearance of the Groke, adding a touch of winter’s danger to the celebration.

    • Fantasy
    • Adventure
    • Family