Year

2020

101–120 of 259 films

  • O Black Hole!

    2020 16+ 16 min

    by Renee Zhan

    A woman who can’t stand the passing of time sucks everyone and everything she loves inside herself to keep them with her forever. Eventually, she turns into a black hole. A thousand unchanging years pass inside her dark embrace until one day, the Singularity wakes.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Nude Triumphant

    2020 16+ 8 min

    by Leo Crane

    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?

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Nothing you need to see

    2020 Adults 4 min

    by ITO Keigo, Keigo ITO

    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.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Nod. Wink. Horse.

    2020 Adults 5 min

    by Ollie Magee

    A film behind a horse. Obscuring the narrative. My act of self-destruction.

  • Night Bus

    2020 Adults 20 min

    by Joe Hsieh

    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.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
  • by Grégoire de Bernouis, Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac & others

    A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meet Arthur, who tries to help them.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • My Galactic Twin Galaction

    2020 Adults 7 min

    by Sasha Svirsky

    Good and evil, utopia and dystopia, narrative and post-narrative collide in a mortal battle to entertain the audience.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • My Exercise

    2020 Adults 3 min

    by Atsushi Wada

    Let’s do sit-ups! Let a chubby boy do his exercise and sink into a dog’s body. Maybe animals will come to cheer him up.

  • My Favourite Hill!

    2020 16+ 4 min

    by Christopher Childs

    A group of factory workers become obsessed with a hill. They let loose on the marshy earth, succumbing to their strange desires.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • MULM

    2020 16+ 7 min

    by Carol Ratajczak, Tobias Trebeljahr

    Visual trip through the distorting perception of the protagonist. Obsessive physicist in a world full of backpackers, observes a distant Nucleus emitting impulses. Rubbed up by the constant noise of the his neighbor’s cat, which keeps him from his work, he glides slowly to madness. In a surreal desert, he is confronted with the connections between his the neighbors, the cat and the nucleus.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Mubi

    2020 16+ 6 min

    by Tomoe Obayashi

    This animation thematizes a dream that you can’t wake up from. Mubi (夢寐) means dreams you have whilst you are asleep in Japanese. Shakuya mubi (夙夜夢寐) is a four character idiom. It means dreams you have even if you are awake. A young man endures conflict, rapture and anguish. And he will find out why he cannot leave his dream.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Morana

    2020 All audiences 5 min

    by Lucie Smrktová

    Animated film using digital animation technique. The film depicts the Slavic embodiment of winter, Morana, which symbolizes death, cold and unpleasant feelings. According to folk customs, the figure of Morana is brought out and burned every year to celebrate the end of winter. But is this figure really only negative? Is she not just misunderstood and unappreciated? After all, if nature did not rest in winter, spring could not come.

  • Mother Didn’t Know

    2020 All audiences 11 min

    by Anita Killi

    Attempting to escape her realty, a desperate girl climbs down into a deep dark silo. She finds solace in an injured bird. In an intense but quietly told story, we see the struggle of a depressed young girl. We don’t always see what’s going on in mind of our children. A small thing can be enough to give them new energy to continue their lives.

  • Mitch-Match: Episode 22

    2020 4+ 3 min

    by Géza M. Tóth

    There’s only one matchstick left in the box. This matchstick, this ordinary thing is the protagonist of Mitch-Match series. The main character is a blue headed matchstick, that embarks on a journey in every episode and always returns to the box at the end of lots of strange, playful and imaginative adventures. A single matchstick, an easy-to-use object and at the same time opportunity for creative experiences that evoke everyone’s fantasy world.

    • Comedy
    • Non-narrative
  • Mitch-Match: Episode 6

    2020 7+ 2 min

    by Géza M. Tóth

    There’s only one matchstick left in the box. This stick, this ordinary thing is the protagonist of the Mitch-Match series. The character embarks on a journey in every episode and always returns to the box. This ordinary thing is an opportunity for endless playful and imaginative adventures evoking everyone’s fantasy world.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Migrants

    2020 16+ 8 min

    by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez & others

    Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Adventure
  • Mercury’s Retrograde

    2020 16+ 7 min

    by Zohar Dvir

    A millennial is relying on her magic 8-ball to make sense of a chaotic life. Her non stopping questions cause her to fall through the sofa into her unconsciousness. When realising her 8-ball disappeared, she sets out on a journey to find it, encountering different aspects of herself. A satire about a never ending quest towards self realisation, self improvement, and life’s answers.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Merche Blasco

    2020 16+ 9 min

    by Tom Bergmann, Anna Samo

    In this love letter to artists, their art, and their audience, a filmmaker is confronted with rejection after rejection until, at last, a beautiful fig tree bears sweet fruits. ‘Conversations with a Whale’ was created directly under the camera lens, using various analog animation techniques

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Memory Theater

    2020 16+ 5 min

    by Hahm Heeyoon, Hee-yoon Hahm

    Theatrical stage takes place in a foreign space and reveals a feast of different forms of memories.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative