Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.
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- Tragicomedy
- Fantasy
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Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.
The daily life of a little hen housekeeper, torn between her work, her children and her old mother.
A music video.
Argentina 1983. A woman is devoting herself to the care of her sick father, a retired soldier. Her daily routine is set by the ticking of a clock which accompanies all of her tasks. As days go by, the woman withdraws more and more into her own little world, refusing to face reality.
Like every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grandparents for a few days of vacation in the countryside. Between the green grass in the garden, swimming in the lake, fishing with grandpa, everything seems as sweet as grandma’s strawberry pies. But this year, it will snow in the middle of summer and a monster will die.
Little ragdolls find their maker dead in his studio. Unable to understand what truly happened they try to get on with their daily life beside him.
Leaves are falling all around, colder winds are arriving and birds are gathering together in preparation for the journey south. Though autumn is at an end and winter is imminent one bird refuses to accept that this change is happening. Most of all he is upset that his favourite perch is shedding its leaves, for him the weather is not to blame and he trys to work out who the true culprit really is. This is the reason that he protects his perch from anything that threatens the status quo, but try as he might he is unable to avert this inevitable march of time.
In a suburban town, a purple liquid is starting to trap everyone who is settling into their daily routine.The more they wait to change their habits, the harder the liquid makes it to change the situation, and look for what life has to offer.
Only a Child is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet.
A warm, dreamlike tale narrated by actor Jim Carter of reverse evolution and a grand comment on the space-time continuum.
A charcoal animated documentary about an ex-homeless man, and the changes he has made as a recovering alcoholic.
Two on the field fight for a flower.
Song by Ohm Square from the album /0 (Divide by zero).
Odd is an egg is the story of seven-year-old Odd who is so worried about crushing his head that his entire life has come to a standstill. Everyday life is coloured by fear of what might happen to him, on the way to school or in the schoolyard. To curb his worst anxiety, he upholsters his egghead for protection. One day he meets the bee girl Gunn. She is both fearless and happy in life. Through meeting Gunn, Odd’s life is turned upside down, and in a most unexpected way, he is freed from all worries.
Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the atomic bomb explosion of Hiroshima. During Obon, she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories. Her father is an authoritarian and traditional man. Akiko’s childhood consists of constant rejections and beatings. But the horrors of the atomic bomb and Japan’s subsequent capitulation change everything. Finally Akiko experiences fatherly love in the midst of Hiroshima’s ruins.
A free association of Poe’s theme. In Poe’s work, all evil comes from and inside of a man. Marks went the opposite way. Here, the cat is the personification of evil, which provokes human aggression with its aggression. This – actually fictitious – animal causes in man hatred and the desire to kill.
Broad variety of visual styles (stop motion with paper puppets, ink on paper, watercolor, and paint-on-glass) in a tribute to French and Japanese New Wave auteurs of the late ’60s.
Surreal, slightly experimental and excellently animated film Nothing You Need to See takes place in a subway train carriage. A young passenger has got problems with his face. It is rotating on his head as a mask and constantly showing its other side. The author suffices with gentle pencil strokes and three colours to create a very original work within three minutes of running time.
It is bitterly cold in the inner city neighborhoods, and yet people come together. I watch them form a line on the horizon. We wait for something to happen. But nothing does. We have come together to witness an event. To participate in a spectacle. To see and be seen.
A music video.