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The severed head of a choreographer is held captive by an eagle on a desert island. With a dazzling mastery of drawing and painting, this animated short unexpectedly takes us into the sensitive world of an artist madly in love with dance.
Haunted by a little thing, a man gets driven to the edge.
The Windshield Wiper is a very personal and particular vision on love and relationships.
What would we see if we could peek into the soul of the universe itself? What would its feelings be? Is there anything that would fascinate it and matter to it? Is ephemeral life something unique to an empty eternity, or is it a mere glimpse in the never-ending darkness? An abstract, meditative story about all that ever was and ever will be.
On the lookout for polar bears in the Arctic, a wildlife photographer realizes she may have missed more than a shot.
What could the illness afflicting Henri Castagnette be? Filled with anxiety, the young man puts his fate in the hands of the off-puttingly exuberant Dr. Von Strudel. In The Turtle Syndrome, Samuel Cantin, author of the popular “motormouth” graphic novels Phobie des moments seuls and Whitehorse, recounts the story of an endearing anti-hero’s frenzied and hilarious medical appointment. Produced by the NFB, The Turtle Syndrome is part of the Comic Strip Chronicles collection.
The hero of the short film finds himself at the base of the tower. We follow his uneasy journey upwards. At the top, he sees something that answers many questions, but raises many more. This story does not end.
Ben, a young choir boy who, after his voice breaks mid solo, has a crisis of faith, decides to run away from his community. He happens upon a group of nomads who take him in, though Ben hides the secret about who he really is, and must decide what to do with it.
A young girl plays aguitar in the jungle. She is lonely and unhappy. However, the forest animals who heard the music begin to gather beside the girl and listen tothemusic. The little girl is surprised when she seesthat scene. Suddenly a monster emerges among the bushes. The music stops and everyone gets stunned and scared. But the monster smiles, everyone relaxes, and the music starts again.
For a long time, humanity has separated itself from animality. But the more scientists know about non-human animals, the more they see similarities with humans. We need animal emancipation to go forward. This short movie makes a start in breaking down human’s hierarchical ideas about other animals, using real-life examples.
Raw and life-a-like stories which are turning into absurd scenes. The Eastern-Europian mentality and relations exposed through Attila Hazai’s pen.
The Armageddon starts with falafel patties. The last Jew who is left in the diaspora finally arrives in Israel and enjoys everything the country has to offer. By doing so he is unaware that his arrival to the Holy Land starts the Apocalypse as described in the Evangelical interpretation of the New Testament.
The watersheds have become a hatchery for crystalline matter that slowly overgrows objects and whole ecosystem whose time has run out. A moment of infinite refraction begins.
A diner collapses in a restaurant. All the other diners – except for one – are in a state of shock.
The Deceased is a stop motion animation musical. The short film accompanies Haim, an elderly man lying on his deathbed, as his family members gather to say goodbye to him on his last journey, each in their own absurd way.
An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country. A story about the neverending effort to find a new home, where we can find a better life. An effort for which we are willing to risk our lives. On this journey of hope people overcome various perils and experience the most terrible of situations. They are fueled by the awareness of who they really are, what they are running from and what they are hopeful of. In the end an experience like that becomes a story worth telling again and again.
With over 4 decades of experience, Gemini Award–winning writer, Shelley Hoffman, brings a wide-ranging perspective to every project. In addition to developing and showrunning the international hit series Kid vs. Kat and Camp Lakebottom, she collaborates with broadcasters and production teams from across the globe to create high-quality storytelling, characters, action and humour. At her keyonte she will share her perspectives on the current market’s demands: from character-driven stories to meeting the needs of co-productions to creating IP’s with the power to cross platform.
Who will best play her part: the dancing lioness or the little girl we attempt to tame? Only the Boob Fairy will know who is really worthy of her attention.
The grandiloquent blood-and-thunder saga of a young child lost in Manchuria’s deep jungles. His sudden presence creates complete anarchy in the fauna’s primitive world, which was until-then perfectly organized.
From deep inside the nature comes out and through the dance of freedom we can feel it together.