Shame

by Dalibor Barić, Tomislav Babić

A secret Foundation is financing the work of a parapsychological phenomena and mental film research institute. Correspondence between the Foundation and the institute runs through a chosen reporter. In order to be informed objectively and confidentially, the Foundation uses agents with induced synthetic identity. This process temporarily curbs the agents’ true personality. Reporter Isidor Dukas arrives to the institute. Facing one of the test subjects, something which was supposed to be routine control turns into an infinite labyrinth…

• Drama
• Experimental
• Sci-Fi
• Non-narrative

by Adam Benjamin Elliot

A nephew recalls the sometimes-lonely and often-eccentric life of his uncle.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Nikita Diakur, Redbear Easterman

An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finds a soulmate in a mystical chief. The film is inspired by the internet story ‘Ugly the Cat’.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

The full review (note – spoilers will be discussed) and break down all of the details from Turning Red. We discuss the story, the characters, the music and, of course, dive into the many Easter Eggs we’ve spotted. Join us to chat along and share your thoughts with us! We’ll have some special guests as always (joining us this time are Drew Taylor, along with our regular pals Gio, and Paulina).

• Comedy
• Coming-of-Age
• Family
• Making of

by Jakob Maqe

The tupilaq is both a symbol of the spirit of a forefather and a curse, which you can cast upon an enemy. ”Tupilaq” is a personal short film revolving around the themes of cultural alienation, abuse, and the contrast between mythological Greenlandic nature and western urban culture.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Nedeljko Dragić

The too fast pace of life in polluted cities makes people sick. Neuroses are an everyday occurrence. Overcrowding, pollution and noise are enemies no. 1. What can happen to a man who is irritated by some sound while he wants to read his newspaper in peace, is the subject of this film. From a calm everyday person exposed to constant sound bombardment, a person becomes dangerous. He is able to tear down and destroy. But maybe it’s all just a fairy tale, because each of us carries everything that accumulates in us during our short human life.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy
• Abstract

by Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray

When the observed and the observer switch places, at what point do we take responsibility? You Had to Be There is the first video from the band’s upcoming album “Tulipomania” “Dreaming of Sleep”. In this clip, the authors use, among other things, photo and newspaper clippings for animation.

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Tulipomania, Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray

When money talks, who is listening? A torrent of tattered animated objects and shredded collage excavates the headlines as the death knell sounds for the status quo in this mournful dirge. The animation was created frame by frame and includes stop-motion objects as well as collages on thousands of individual sheets of black paper.

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Michaela Pavlátová

As every morning, men get on the tram to go to work. But on that day, to the rhythm of the tickets inserted in the ticket-stamping machine, the vehicle gets erotic and the conductress’ desire turns the reality into a surrealistic and phallic fantasy.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Moritz Mayerhofer

Max mourns the death of his brother, trying desperately to fill his shoes. But the boy becomes increasingly alienated from his family, the next disaster is only a matter of time…

• Drama
• Tragedy

by Frédérick Tremblay

A man and a woman are involved in the production of an animated film. He animates by day, she makes and repairs the accessories at night. Behind the scenes, a woman is waiting for her entrance.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Patricia Luna

A toxic cloud leads a upper-middle class family to evacuation. Its yellow presence has other consequences than the ones expected. inspired by Don DeLillo’s novel, White Noise.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Jennifer Zheng

Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Coming-of-Age

by Kaho Yoshida

Tired of being talked at by men, a woman takes a sensual trip with unusual friends.

• Drama
• Romance
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Sarina Nihei

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Thinh Duc Nguyen

Tom is living in a world where he doesn’t feel that he belongs, torn between staying or searching for a better place. On his last day, Tom decides to give all of his plants away to the ones he loves, without knowing that they already have a secret plan for him.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Andreas Hykade

Tom asks Mine and Mona for a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey. But instead of helping him, they explain how boring and silly Tom and his slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey are.

• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental

by Felippe Steffens

An astronaut spends his days at the International Space Station waiting for a return.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Sci-Fi
• Experimental

by Liza Astretsova

One day the tired wolf came home from his work. Once he fell asleep, his neighbors started to make a terrible noise. But the wolf was having thrilling dreams. Why should he wake up?

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Pernille M. A. Kjær

Sidsel and her friend Olav are leading a seemingly quiet and peaceful life in a little town by the beach, but under the surface things are not so quiet and peaceful after all. When Sidsel picks up a mysterious cube on the beach one day she unwittingly sets in motion an unfortunate chain of events involving a charming duck, a tiger and a rogue carnivorous houseplant that turn out to have catastrophic consequences for her and Olav’s friendship.

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Abstract
• Experimental