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In the cartoon transformations, we follow the struggle of the embryo to form into an articulated being. The being – the man is helped by the being – the woman to complete and become complete. But gender-opposed beings devour each other in the chaos of the universe.
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.
A child has to leave its cozy hut to collect wood for the fire that went out. Growing into a teenager, he encounters a singular tree that he wants to turn into fire wood.
As in the ancient fable of Aesop, the young poet is alone with his art until the goddess Venus gives him company, turning his cat into a beautiful girl.
There’s nothing easy about mending a bungled child.
You have probably heard of the phrase “To think outside of the box”? This is a film about such a box and the flat-headed creatures that live inside of it.
Three academic frogs have a discussion about a mysterious box. They can’t agree on opening it, because they don’t know what awaits them.
The Black Dog, unwanted by his owner, is thrown out into an unwelcoming neighbourhood. On his journey he’s corrupted by acts of violence and grows determined to live happily ever after back home.
An animated film based on a folk tale where a blacksmith’s wife turns an apprentice into a horse every night with magic and takes him to the witches’ hall. The apprentice is irznemogao and he swears by his mistress. One evening, when the landlady came to him again by stealth, he bewitches her with her own magic. The blacksmith’s wife lost the set, because it was reshaped by the horse and it was also shod.
What if plastic could be integrated into sea life? The Beauty directed by Pascal Schelbli is a poetic journey through the oceans, which are simultaneously stunning and filthy. Discover a world where concerns and fears dissolve into the mysterious depth of the polluted blue sea.
A children‘s film about the fun and cruelty among children. Two cartoon characters develop a life of their own, in the combination of pixilation and classic animation. They humiliate and mock the third unfinished figure; but their temporary superiority shifts, as he turns out to be their big brother.
A surprising story about a little boy in the woods who meets a beast who wants to devour him.
A movement within a painting, which begins with the savagery of a battle and comes to a halt in a rendition of a masterpiece of the 15th Century; The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello.
As long as anyone can remember, the coming of The Undertaker has meant the coming of death. Until one day the grim promise fails, and tension builds as the God-fearing townsfolk of Backwater wait for someone to die.
Black Screen. A door opens. Light from the inside illuminates the silhouette of a man. He enters an empty, run-down room with yellowed wallpaper. The view outside the single window reveals a sparse tree in front of a desolate city. Suddenly the door closes shut barring the only way out.
The movie tells the story of Snow White, 20 years after her encounter with the Charming Prince. Life has not done her any favours: The Prince neglects her, she is depressed and has turned into an apple junkie.
Hand illustrated short animated film about young autistic girl at the heart of a quiet revolution.
A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives.
As the film opens a young girl is thumbing through a family photograph album. Her childhood memories are brought to life, static pictures begin to move. Memory is transformed into a metaphoric story about the past finally turning into dreams of the future.
Clemence and her parents take part in a large country picnic. They arrive late, and Clemence joins the other children who are already playing away from adults, but everything does not happen in the good mood expected.