Synopsis:
At the top of a mountain where stands a mysterious shrub, an old man in a wheelchair stumbles upon an unexpected finding. On his way back, he will try to get the most out of his discovery from the city’s inhabitants. A sinister fable gravitating towards the themes of ownership and high productivity.
- Director:
- Mathieu Girard
- Year:
- 2014
- Country:
- Canada
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation, Mixed media, Motion Graphics
- Original title:
- La Plus Vieille Pierre
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Mathieu Girard
- Animator:
- Mathieu Girard
- Script writer:
- Mathieu Girard
- Music composer:
- Frédéric Lebrasseur
- Sound designer:
- Frédéric Lebrasseur
- Editor:
- Mathieu Girard
- Production:
- Virefou
- Distributions:
- Vidéographe Distribution, Videographe
- Genres:
- Drama, Abstract, Experimental, Sci-Fi
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Political, Sustainability, Death, Time, Technology and society, Nature, Poetic, Transformation, Shame
- Audience:
- Adults
- Festival selections:
- Festival du nouveau cinéma, Fantasia International Film Festival, StopTrik International Film Festival
-
Magnética
2020 16+ 16 min
by Marco Arruda
In a city of drawn characters, we witness the arrival of an entity of unknown materiality. With a mysterious presence and its exotic allegories, it starts to enchant people, awakening their most insane senses.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Sci-Fi
- Musical
-
T-Rextasy: Gap Yr Boiz
2016 16+ 4 min
by Christian Larrave
Music video.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Musical
-
MATCHES
2019 16+ 11 min
by Géza M. Tóth
While playing with his colorful matchsticks, a little boy is talking about his dreams, fears and hopes..
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
-
Prometheus, the Shrew
2017 Adults 4 min
by Zsolt Kántor
A shrew is looking for a new home, with no success. Little does he know, that he’s about to make a discovery that could change the future of his kind.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
-
The Triangle Affair
2012 16+ 10 min
by Andres Tenusaar
There is no triangle without corners. There is no direction without a triangle. There is no movement without a direction.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Past is Growing
2018 16+ 8 min
by Dea Jagić
The past, the present, a change of perception. What is it that keeps us from going forward and why does the past keep pulling us back? When do we realize that our perception of things has shifted? Everyone goes through that process. What differs is how we experience and deal with it.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
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
-
Above and Below
2016 Adults 10 min
by Liron Narunsky, Oved Poran
A tale of an old shaman, a spiritual leader of a primitive tribe on her deathbed. She will bid farewell to her tribe in a mystical ritual and will be buried in a ceremonial burial preceded by a feast in her honour.
- Drama
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Storm Hits Jacket
2014 16+ 13 min
by Paul Cabon
A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Natures drives crazy, two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tensions and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Sci-Fi
-
Three Melodies
2013 16+ 18 min
by Garri Bardin
Elegy, Exodus and Rondo. Three classic music pieces accompany different stories of simultaneously contemporary and universal character, always ironic and visually astonishing.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
-
Omega
2012 16+ 19 min
by Eva Franz, Andy Goralczyk
The end of evolution awaits us in a wasteland dominated by bizarre trash formations, dust and rock. From the scattered remains of a long forgotten culture an electric ecosystem rapidly evolves into the ultimate form of existence…
- Sci-Fi
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
-
Ladder
2011 16+ 4 min
by Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez
SHE, the heroine of the film, wakes up in a strange world and sees her contorted reflection in a mirror. SHE also finds a mysterious map that accompanies her during a metaphorical journey in which she has to overcome many adversities to finally reach the end of her road and discover that to be born again, you must first die.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental