Synopsis:
This Oscar-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influential animated films of his time.
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Confronted with doubt and feelings of emptiness, drunk with unhappiness and seeking to drown his sorrow, Barnabé experiences a curious metaphysical visitation; lightning strikes the spire of his church and a mysterious bird appears, forcing him to reconsider his life
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A zapping channel. A mix of interviews with philosophers, researchers, patients, lovers and ordinary citizens. Each in his or her own way, they evoke their perception of life.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
- Making of
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He is a magician. She is a firefighter. Isolating themselves from the chaos of a world in turmoil, the two lovers live in a crane basket high in the sky, where they go about their daily business. Their challenge is to keep their heads, here up above it all, while everything is falling apart down below. But when reality calls – when fires need quenching and people need entertaining – how can they best make themselves useful in a world gone off the rails?
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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A warm, dreamlike tale narrated by actor Jim Carter of reverse evolution and a grand comment on the space-time continuum.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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In Never like the first time! four different people tell us, in their own words, what it was like to lose their virginity. The diverse experiences recounted in the four different animated stories, some tragic and some comic, are told by both the teenagers and the old people that appear in the stories and they all have one thing in common – it is ”never like the first time!” The people behind the voices remain anonymous and they explain sincerely how significant losing their virginity was to them.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A man whose physique forces him to look down tries to find love.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Santa goes to jail and gives the naughty kids tattoos for Christmas.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
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A batch of mushy sourdough. Two radioactive lizards. Three cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. When COVID-19 lockdowns began in 2020, people around the world began reporting more vivid dreams.
- Documentary
- Drama
- Experimental
- Making of
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In Antonin Niclass’s short film “Do Not Feed the Pigeons, ” a flock becomes a source of unexpected wonder for a group of weary travellers.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meet Arthur, who tries to help them.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers. While we observe a kid cleaning a chimney, the master’s statement gets more personal with every sentence until we understand, that he is speaking about his own past. Being locked in a vicious circle, there seems to be no exit.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Tragedy
- Experimental
- Making of
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Based on the art of Shannon Jamieson, Shannon Amen unearths the frantic, passionate, and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Experimental
- Non-narrative