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.
Official animated music video for Scottish rock band Schnarff Schnarff.
Q&A with Gints Zilbalodis, director of FLOW, at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
A little girl plagued by her fears and imagination is developing techniques in order to manage her daily life: magical thinking, avoidance. Could reaching out to the others be the solution?
The man smokes. Something itched and he scratched. Then it is repeated in another place. He starts scratching harder and harder and in more and more different places. From everywhere, from sleeves, coats, trousers, little people start to fall out, and the man no longer manages to step on them. He just scratches like crazy and that scratching turns into agony. The big man begins to sink into his own suit and descend to the ground. A mass of little men gushes from everywhere like a torrent. Finally, the last ones come out and disperse in all directions. There was only one large suit left on the ground.
Ava enters the sauna for the first time. She is overwhelmed by the nudity, her thoughts, and the physical sensations. The other guests go about their routines. With the rising heat Ava starts to relax. Finally, she melts away and dissolves into complete ecstasy.
In a wild an inhabited desert, a team of rangers is in charge of rescuing people who got lost there. One of them, Jean-Mi, is going to draw apart from the group and meet an unexpected character.
In the space without particular laws of physics, with only one creature living on each planet, they are faced with the burden of unlimited free time.
The fauna of the megalopolis, the jungle of the supermarket, the bedlam of brothels and bars, the effect of the bars in the fog, the swaying ears of corn, the swaying of men hanging from the gallows, the ripple of water – seen by the eye of the animator…
Even animals can have a handicap. But then what chance do they have to survive? In Eva Matějovičová’s animated film, an animal rescuer (with many allergies) tries to find the ideal owner for each orphaned animal. After all, each of them deserves a second chance.
“The Italian Gaze” portrays the intoxicating beauty of Italy that many visitors still get looking at its landscapes, at thousands years of history, art and architecture, as well as it denounces the disillusionment, inner conflict, and hopes of an emigrant.
A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray.
An astronaut in love orbits around the sun absorbing its energy. But the sun is too big, causing their connection to break, and the astronaut must continue on his own. As he tries to return to his source of energy, he realizes there are others like him. What started out as a game, slowly turns into a love triangle. Shapes change, but their needs remain the same.
On a cold winter’s night, a young woman takes the bus home. The silence is suddenly broken by the voices of two boys bullying an old man. Frightened, the young woman has to face her own cowardice and tries to summon courage in order to put an end to this situation.
The music video for Brand New Me is an animated, retro cartoon‑style narrative where Saint Etienne and Confidence Man appear as rival pop groups competing in a stylized musical contest reminiscent of classic Hanna‑Barbera cartoons.
Maria has been left by her fiancé, she finds comfort in the meal. Her pets join her, and she keeps feeding them. Soon, all her clothes will be tight.
The experimental film Sacred Clockworks reflects religion through photographic animation of their impressive sacral architecture. Thereby the Domes of churches, mosques or synagogues are treated like clockworks – infinitely continuous, embodying thousands of years of history. The film examines the dome’s distinctive structure built from multiple layers of circular patterns. It pays homage to the beautiful art that emerged from religious institutions without overlooking the fact that these same institutions led to violence, suffering and death. The film reminds us of the commonalities of different religions by examining the similarities of their sacral architecture. A statement for more tolerance and against any fundamentalism.
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. We see her go against the stream of the indifferent masses, and make daily visits to the museum of natural history to make drawings of the ever increasing number of extinct animal species. Her considerate character doesn’t protect her from a bacterial infection when a global pandemic strikes. When her health deteriorates, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
“They Came for Our Minerals”. Denny must choose his side as key witness in the biggest court case in Cape Town History. Final episode.
The film explores memory as a container of our identity. It’s based on the personal story of the author and her brother who got a brain tumor diagnosis. The narrative and form of the film follow the idea of perceiving reality with a broken memory. An animated documentary experiments with art and…