Tag

Hope

161–180 of 252 films

  • Lay Me Down

    2024 16+ 5 min

    by Emmanuelle Mohnblatt, Marie Deboissy, Sébastien Kirszenblat

    Henry meanders through Wyrmlands, the remains of England consumed by the giant worm of capitalism. Amidst his despair, he recalls an act of kindness. As a child, innocent and loving, he saved an injured worm. Perhaps salvation is possible if he can reconnect with his inner child.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Tragedy
    • Fantasy
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Lajos and Laci

    2018 7+ 12 min

    by Mészáros Bori, Molnár Jacqueline, Simonyi Balázs & others

    This is the story of an obese and lonely man called Lajos, who meets Laci due to an accident. The world opens up to him through their shared adventures; they even undertake to organize the weightlifters’ world championships.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Tragicomedy
  • Kukuschka

    2016 16+ 9 min

    by Dina Velikovskaya

    Kukuschka is a bird who follows the sun. It seems as she almost can touch it but the Sun is still far away. Suddenly she is not alone any more but for two it’s even more difficult to keep going so fast.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Kiosk

    2013 10+ 7 min

    by Anete Melece

    For years now, the kiosk has been Olga‘s little home simply because her sweet tooth and monotonous life has made her bigger than the exit. To distract herself, she reads travel magazines and dreams of being far away. An absurd incident starts the beginning of her journey.

    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • Katabasis

    2023 16+ 6 min

    by Nicole Di Fresco

    In denial of his Grandma’s death, a young boy goes on a bittersweet journey into the underworld in search of her.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Katariina Lillqvist is well known of her puppet animations. Her latest short animation Last Matador (2021) has just been released and will be seen in Animatricks 2021! In this masterclass Katariina will present her career, talk about puppet animation and about her study and work experience in Czech Republic.

    • Documentary
    • Making of
  • Journey Birds

    2018 16+ 9 min

    by Daphna Awadish

    Personal stories fuse together as man and bird in a cinematic commentary on immigration.

    • Documentary
    • Drama
    • Family
  • Johuš Matuš: Zpívají

    2022 16+ 2 min

    by Julie Černá, Johana Novotná

    This animated video clip by Johuš Matuš gently transports us into his world of rural pop full of nature, horses, dogs and sick people. During the train journey, we witness how through song one can find a brief moment that may or may not last forever. Right now, forever.

    • Music Videos
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Jason’s Sentence

    2017 16+ 2 min

    by Molly Schwartz, Elyse Kelly

    I wasn’t a bad kid. I just made bad decisions.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
    • Tragedy
  • Island

    2017 16+ 5 min

    by Tea Nucak

    There is only fleeting pleasure on Earth. When it comes to lasting happiness, I doubt anyone knows it. The island is a place of constant colors, sounds, horizons, smells. The person merges with the island and the island grows in him and thus the continuity of mutual fulfillment is born.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • by Stevie Borrello, Marcie LaCerte, Meghan McDonough

    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
  • by Gints Zilbalodis

    Director, co-writer, co-producer, co-composer, editor, and cinematographer Gints Zilbalodis explains the guiding philosophy behind FLOW, his profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community. Steeped in the soaring possibilities of visual storytelling, Flow is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart.

    • Adventure
    • Family
    • Making of
  • In The Distance

    2015 16+ 8 min

    by Florian Grolig

    It’s calm and peaceful above the clouds. But chaos lurks in the distance and each night, it draws closer.

    • Drama
    • Non-narrative
  • Iemanjá

    2018 13+ 1 min

    by Camille Broutin, Lorenzo Fresta, Louis Holmes & others

    Every year, Brazilians gather on the beach of Salvador de Bahía to celebrate the divinity of the sea, Iemanjá.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • I can’t wait

    2015 7+ 5 min

    by Claire Sichez

    It is a simple and bitter-sweet story, a story that touches any age, that we want to keep to oneself as a secret, a story carrying many feelings, a story which, finally, we want to share with everybody: it is the story of life.

    • Romance
    • Drama
  • Hungry

    2019 4+ 3 min

    by Yaou Chen

    T-rex is starving in the desert and looking for food. It is a film about his adventure with meeting with other wild animals.

    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
  • HUMUS

    2017 7+ 7 min

    by Simone Cirillo

    The short film revisits the theme of the sorcerer’s apprentice: a curious and clumsy kid messes around with the botanical experiments of a lanky Master Cervo.

    • Fantasy
    • Comedy
    • Adventure
  • Hula Hoop

    2017 7+ 2 min

    by Barbara Bakos

    For Christmas, a little girl gets wall bars instead of a hula hoop, which she asked for. Animated short film based on Zita Murányi’s poem.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Family