Technique
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.
Loud music, hectic crowds, baby cries, car horns, rebuilding, sirens… Sometimes we want to run away… But where?
The nuns are living melted together in happy harmony. When one nun finds a man in the garden, the harmony breaks and she loses the rhythm with others. When her dreams do not come true, she finds out that everyone in the community has their own hidden universe.
Starring a magical table and seeming infinity.
Jay rushes to get ready for another frantic day. Armoured against the sights and sounds of the City, he races against time until a chance encounter propels him into a strange watercolour world. Here, three Nudes reveal their truth and an enigmatic Professor directs time. But will Jay dare to expose himself in order to find the clarity and connection he seeks?
A ball, some brains, and a lot of fluids trigger a black comedy of sickness and mania in this true story as told by Kenneth Seligson.
A three-act epic about a seven-year-old boy who can’t sleep, thinking about his issues. There are sounds coming from his parents’ room, some loud and disturbing noises. What could that be? A story about childhood, sex and insomnia.
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.
Everyone goes home from the playhouse once. A child waits for her mother in vain, so he starts looking for her. Over varied locations we see two fates, two lives, which may never cross each other.
wild horse tamer / film made in a long train ride
What happens when the dream takes control over reality?
What lovelife is like in a jungle nursery? You can find it out from the story of a bat girl, who tries to choose her boyfriend from her classmates in kindergarten, who are all in love with her, including the Blue Worm, the Hippo, the Snail and the Walrus…
The short animation Nighthawks exposes the multi-sidedness of human nature. The director raises doubts about the distinction between human and animal. To her, the borders between species are dubious. She believes people can transform themselves into other creatures, as circumstances require.
An alienated and lonely man goes to take a rest and dreams about the same torment and feeling of inability to bear the burdens of life that torment him even when he is awake. He dreams of his ups and downs, as well as fears which turned into symbols that also came from the rigid everyday reality.
A security guard’s nightly ritual – a Tetris game – is interrupted by unexpected technical issues. One of the surveillance cameras breaks down, and the game sets its own rules.
This film explores how neighbours sharing a courtyard are both shaped by, and indifferent to, domestic violence.
On a late-night commuter bus, a necklace was stolen. This was followed by a tragic and fatal road accident, and a series of intriguing turn of events which revealed love, hatred, and vengeance. The film climaxes as the bus goes up in flames, burning and glittering against the dark coastal sky.
Music video for Bulgarian band Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs, an abstract exploration on the theme of the return. Kaleidoscopic handmade animation in a 360° environment.