The body of a man is forever marked by the horrors of war.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Experimental
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The body of a man is forever marked by the horrors of war.
Love, passion, poetry, abuse and everyday survival connected two young people who came from the sea and who will return there. The have spent their whole lives across the bay, across the city they have never stepped foot in, but they became its metaphor. Their lost experience of life transposed into the dim lantern light showing the way in the endless darkness of the open sea to new nameless roamers…
Three characters share a common traumatic experience when they were born.
In a city at night, a human-shaped deer tries to steal a man’s identity by taking his head off.
A man fights against a regime where all traces of humanity have been lost, but his act of rebellion seems like it’s framed within the System. He can’t do anything other than play his role in the pointless power game.
No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be.
This animated video clip is made using traditional animation using ordinary pens and cheap paper. Crumpled and forgotten. No one had taken it out of their backpack since the last summer vacation many years ago. Flipping through the pages, we find old confessions of love, leaflets warning against drugs and wild doodles.
A horrifying sight awaits a curious villager who stops by a watering hole one day. The water has an unusual red color. The graduate of the Ostrava University of Applied Sciences was inspired by the culture of old Japan, which is also reflected in the very title of the film. The herumetto protective helmet will play a vital role in this action story.
Story of a girl whose life is music. Her passion for playing the piano shows great, divine talent. However the girl wants more, she signs a pact with the devil. Is her music now unearthly?
Trapped in Damascus, surrounded by war, a lonely man becomes increasingly lost in his fantasies of fleeing and the inner dialogues with his dog.
In a cold, repulsive and chaotic world a man is searching for true happiness, hoping that the simple things can transform into something blissful. But his attempts leave him in an abyss of loneliness and poverty.
The story of this cut-out animation movie is based on an old Chinese tale: an old man, Ginko, and his son Kinko lived in a countryside village. One day, his horse ran away but the next day it actually came back with another horse, even more beautiful. Kinko went on a ride on the new horse, but fell down and broke his leg. He could not walk for several months. At that time, a war started and all the young men of the village were drafted in and many of them lost their lives on the front. Only Ginko’s son escaped the horror of war because of his broken leg that forced him to stay back home. Whatever happens, good luck and bad luck often run together. That is old man Ginko’s attitude.
While the battle rages around an abandoned town, the remaining citizen fights his battle with loneliness though his daily rituals.
A shipwrecked fisherman is led to a dark secret within this short thriller.
A tale about a young boy who is unhappy in his home. One night, he receives a peculiar visit that transforms his world.
The ‘small’ one is, well, small, and the ‘big’ one definitely very very big. They are friends.
People get lost in the deep forest and the chances of getting out are minimal, but not hopeless. The only way to escape is to go on a journey and respect the forest. But the hero of this film failed to do that, who disrespected the deep forest and now he has to pay for it.
The protagonist is a Miller living in a watermill. He bakes daily bread and raises ducklings whom he wishes one day to set free. But on the field next to his home, hunters go to shoot birds.
A dirty lake bursts its banks and begins to flood the town. At last there’s a good reason to keep the son at home. But in isolation, nightmarish associations start to mix with reality.
Fish Boy lives in darkness, his guilt about the past slowly consuming him. His girlfriend Laura is a light of hope in his dark world. But despite his efforts, his past continues to chase him, eventually putting them both in danger.