Once There Was a Sea…
Synopsis:
In the footsteps of the vanished Aral Sea, whose memory still haunts the inhabitants of a small Uzbek town. A film about the consequences of human decisions, and how they can affect daily life.
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39 Weeks, 6 Days is an artistic experiment, animated diary and personal documentary showing animated self-portraits of woman and man, married couple and co-authors during 40 weeks of the gravidity.
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Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf would become a schnitzel.
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An apartment building full of self centered inhabitants. Utterly exhausted caretaker and his sexually frustrated wife. Widowed deer drowning his sorrows in loads of alcohol… While trying to cope with their problems, they find themselves in a hard to solve triangle asking for absurd and irrational solutions. The consequences can easily become permanent, sometimes maybe too permanent. The film is a loose adaptation of a well-known biblical story while transforming it into an contemporary ironic narrative about how the world sometimes works.
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Drama
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It’s better not fall in love…
- Drama
- Musical
- Experimental
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Gaspard is still very much in love with Leïla. They meet in a crowded bar a month after she left him. The conversation turns awry and Gaspard seeks refuge under the tablecloth, away from prying eyes and closer to his memories.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A girl comes back home to an oppressive living room and throws up acrobats in front of her family.
- Drama
- Family
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Alice lives at her parents’ place at the age of 27 with no private life or a relationship. It takes a bicycle accident and a short coma to make her realize that it’s time to move out.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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When the Concert-Hall of a small town vanishes, the young singer Erika teams up with Mehdi the mascot to go find it! What will they find on their journey?
- Drama
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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
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On August 15, Paul, his family and friends have their annual picnic on Callot Island but get trapped by the tide. Upset and caught between childhood and adulthood, Paul becomes aware of his individuality.
- Drama
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Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. A chance encounter with an Engineer under moonlight waylays his hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea and sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.
- Drama
- Romance
- Experimental
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It’s pouring down with rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental