A retelling of a classic polish lullaby changed to reflect the issues of societal pressure on women and their stagnation in toxic relationships. The animation is done with original experimental technique developed by the creator of the short, using pyrography to present the story with each frame burned into the wood.
3 years after her violent murder, Margret continues to walk the earth despite missing several vital organs. Upon informing her partner of her condition, their lives are thrown into disarray. Malevolent visions begin to follow them everywhere they go. A dead stranger could be Margret's only hope at a peaceful existence.
Ária has just enrolled in a music school, but her enthusiasm for fulfilling this dream wanes as she faces difficulties fitting in and making friends. One of her classmates begins to harass her upon learning that she wears a hearing aid. However, this conflict evolves into friendship when a situation arises where they need to help each other.
Adapted from the text “A Inacreditável História do Pescador” by T. Dalpra Jr, Pororoca is the result of the love between the Whale and the Manatee; a metaphor for the agitated and flowing meeting of sea water and river water.
It is a story about family relationships and alienation. A man who had been away from home for many years boarded a train and once again walked the familiar streets. He encountered his brother, the only one left at home, and the accumulated conflicts intertwined with his memories.
A child tries to live his daily life in a glass room, but feels pressured by the judgment of the silhouettes watching him from outside. However, these same silhouettes don't realize what's happening because they're too busy... watching their own reflections.
Pez’s life is a fairy tale, but it was written by the Brothers Grimm…and when the killer troll from under the bridge comes to harvest young girls, this Girl Scout must use her cookies to kill.
At the end of the day, Ji-young, a woman in her twenties, discovers a crumpled receipt in her pocket while smoking a cigarette. Looking at the record of her whereabouts, she reflects on the simple moments that made up her day.
A ritual in the form of a film essay that explores, through collage, the sense of exile experienced during early childhood migration. It examines the primal configuration of detachment from one’s homeland, family environment, and body, and the reclamation of origins as a symbolic center.
Part pep-talk, part art appreciation, part survival guide. In 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King gave a speech to a group of High School students in which he said “ We must keep moving, Keep Going. If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means. keep moving.”
Nadia is a 19-year-old resident of Kyiv. Her father was a soldier who died a year ago during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This morning, Nadia wakes up to the sound of an air raid siren. She thinks about her peaceful past and remembers a fairy tale her father used to tell her when she was a child. The story always helped calm her down when she was afraid of the dark. However, Nadia finds herself trapped in a powerless elevator and forced to confront her destiny during the most difficult time of her life.
50 Kwanzas follows Tchicolassonhi, a ‘Zungueira’ (in Angola, the term for female street vendors), in her daily struggle for better conditions for herself and her family. It is an almost endless journey in pursuit of the '50 Kz', one of the lowest-value and most widely circulated coins in Angola (around €0.4), which may mean little to many, but bring color to the life of a Zungueira.
The story of an exhibition piece in a museum that belongs to Natalia, who came from the Udmurt Republic, and now works at the Estonian National Museum. She tells a story how it feels when some of the exhibited items in the museum once belonged to a person she knew. Bringing into light the connections between memory, materiality and cultural identity - exploring the seeming dichotomy of artefacts and living stories. The film is in Udmurt language.
As Ariel arrives at school, he notices that his friend Dudu is absent. The reason? He’s come down with a cold. In the mind of a child whose main task is going to school, being absent can signal full permission for playtime. And who doesn’t want to play all day? Getting a cold may be commonplace for some children, but not for Ariel.