An ancient vampire who has thrived on human blood for centuries meets a modern Japanese wraith spreading curses through television screens. These two beings, transcending the boundaries of East and West, forge a covenant of love that births a daughter inheriting their blood and terror... The vampire dad... Dracule! The wraith mom... Sayako! And their daughter... Alice! (Don't forget the mysterious cat, Dark Matter!) Welcome to the spine-chilling, hair-raising home drama of the Horrors family, where every day is a scream!
What would you do if you could fly for one day? As 15 neighbors answer this question, we fly with them. Along the way, it becomes clear that fantasy is more necessary for some than others.
Pietro, playing a video-game, is casually exploring a dreamscape of lush forests against the backdrop of the zombie apocalypse. Wandering, he spots a group of players disguised as undead who regularly gather to sing a lullaby, only to be ambushed by a group of hardcore survivalists. Freya (they/them), a developer by profession but a mystic for passion, invites Pietro to visit a sanctuary that they are building—a place safe from all of this chaos—where they guide him into a meditative exercise. The film combines footage from video-game DayZ, custom level designs made in Unreal Engine and internally developed tools for procedural animation.
Fragments and impressions of urban debris come alive through playful stop-motion and superimpositions. Scraps, ribbons, caps, paper, plastic, cans and objects beyond identification lie scattered beneath the bridges and along the streets. A multi-lingual meditation on the poetry of waste.
A dystopian future that’s ever nearer, Acid City floats in toxic waters and is left to its own devices. But under the boiling sun, the city weaves together its own social fabric. With audio recordings taken off the streets of NYC, this animation offers us something rare in the face of climate catastrophe: hope.
In a hierarchical kingdom isolated by magical nature, a young girl named Jasna lives. Gifted with the power of critical thinking and a fierce sense of justice, she comes into conflict with the evil ruler Volk. He condemns her to a difficult path from which there is no return. By overcoming her own fear, strong inner courage and meeting the protector of the forest, Orl, she finds the key to changing the system – the free establishment of the entire kingdom. The journey of the main female heroine is based on contemporary ecological and feminist perspectives and promotes interpersonal acceptance and love. Visually, the film combines live-action scenes with 2D and 3D animations, which are complemented by musical sequences inspired by the genre of contemporary rap.
When a young woman is overcome by panic, her mind transforms into a terrifying, dark world. She flees a devastating thundercloud that is hot on her heels and must overcome her fears to escape this nightmare.
Inspired by the writings of Jean Baudrillard, this film - shot entirely within the videogame Red Dead Redemption 2 - examines people's perception of history, in this case the Wild West period, and how it has been influenced by media representation and recreation, or perhaps how it has been entirely replaced by it.
In Tokyo, left on his own after the loss of his mother and jobless, a series of bad decisions and misfortune lands young Reito in prison. Left with nothing, he has lost all hope for the future. But everything changes when a lawyer representing a powerful family empire offers him a way out - on one condition: he must take on a mysterious role as the Keeper of the Camphor Tree.
After an incident where Jayden spills coke on his friends' new shirt, he loses it. Ethan declares war on his old best friend, and it gets quite serious.
The year is UC 105, twelve years after Char's Rebellion. "Mafty" has begun resisting the Federation government's tyrannical rule by assassinating its high-ranking officials. Its leader is actually Hathaway Noa, the son of Bright Noa, who fought in the One Year War alongside Amuro Ray.
A hand-drawn animation about a violinist who gradually transforms into a moth, exploring the cycle of life and transformation through symbolic imagery.
"Wonder World" follows Bret, a young man who secretly dreams of exploring the big, wide world. Little does he know that after wishing on a falling star one night, his wish is about to come true! With the help of the mischievous wish-fairy, Hailey, Bret is transported to Wonder World, the magical realm where dreams come true. But, as Bret’s about to find out, getting everything you've wished for isn't always all it's cracked up to be…
Through a series of animated art boards depicting a decaying Venice, the film unfolds like a set of postcards, capturing the mythical city's final moments of fragility. Blending archival footage with contemporary observations, and anchored by the story of the 1902 collapse of St Mark's Campanile, Venezia Diorama invites us to reflect on a city slowly eroding, yet suspended in time.
When the happy little hippo, Mumbo Jumbo, accidentally turns giant his life changes for the worse - seemingly forever. Now Mumbo is forced out on a challenging journey in order to encounter an unpredictable witch. Luckily Mumbo's best friends join him. It’s still an insurmountable task, but at least the friends are facing it together. It is not easy being a small hippo, nor a giant one, and when the only way back to normal depends on the cooperation of a frank and mischievous witch, anyone can imagine that it requires a true effort. Hopefully Mumbo Jumbo will develop a strong belief in himself during the adventure. Otherwise, it will definitely be an impossible mission.