Let's think outside of the box! The last blue-headed matchstick left in an old matchbox pops out and goes on its journey. After three short adventures it always ends up in the same place, it returns to the same box, but never in the same way. The trilogy is a tribute to Chaplin's classic with its style of object-animated burlesque.
In a village from Mozambique folk tales, Nwavu, and old blind man, is running out of time to leave a descendent. With the aid of the venerable Wizard, he plans to marry the young Djamilah, who is caught by the imposition of traditions and has her freedom at risk. But Nwavu's acts will open the doorways to the spirit world, where the laws of reality don?t apply in the same way. When the plan backfires, Nwavu will have a taste of his own medicine.
Xiao Hu, a man of Chinese descent, was praying at his parents' graves to carry out the Qingming Festival, his face filled with sadness and regret for something he had yet to fulfill.
Mixing live action with stop-motion, Bianca Girardi immerses us in a maison à la Švankmajer where objects come to life, dominating, and breaking the natural patterns of an old house. Gradually, the playful sense of subversion morphs into a tessellated family portrait.
Foil Guy is alive! What happens when the all time greatest stop motion aluminum foil guy comes up against an unstoppable force.. and who will prevail!?
“Disabled: A Love Story” is an animated documentary exploring the affect Multiple sclerosis (MS) has had on Terry and her husband/caregiver, Jon. Beginning with the diagnosis and continuing through their +35 year marriage, Terry struggles to continue working as a city planner and teaching while losing her mobility. Jon works as a writer, and together they learn to adapt to each stage of the disease while maintaining their relationship.
A surreal political saga unfolds within the walls of Germany's most iconic police station. Reimagined in an alternative universe. A crew of journalists uncovers the station's peculiar secret: the so-called "butterfly trick" - the only means of escape.
human-faced Cockroach,the director's undergraduate project, It's about the main character who breaks the legs of a creepy human-faced cockroach, only to be captured by the maddened crowd as a sacrifice to a new god, hosting a grand festival never before seen in a desolate village.
A brief, colorfully animated satire on modern socio-filmic culture and its primary users. A young cinephile reviews a film on Letterboxd while his girlfriend patiently waits for his attention. She makes an effort to seduce him but he’s preoccupied writing his review on “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Before.” Before we know it, a demonic alien creature descends from the sky in an effort to woo the unattended damsel, stealing her away from her earthly boyfriend’s film bro obsessions and constantly buzzing fruit flies.
We see a number of vessels containing various scents, graphically represented as plants, animals or abstract figures. The vessels open one by one and reveal their scents.
A stop motion short film about a complex mother daughter relationship. The story follows a worried mother who controls her daughter like a puppet with strings to keep her safe. As the daughter grows older, she fights against her constraints to free herself, leading to unexpected consequences. By exploring the balance between care and abusive overprotection, the film delves into the topic of personal freedom.
Jela, a little doe (female deer), comes to a bar to meet her boyfriend. He texts her that he would be late. The waiting becomes more and more tense, Jela grows more nervous and starts to lose patience. The waiter, unsure of how to react to her frustration, also feels the tension. A romantic encounter turns into a tragicomic situation.
The energetic little rice ball boy, Konigiri-kun, with his triangular body and sesame-seed-sprinkled head, meets a cracked egg one day. After trying to patch it up with some tape, he's unsure what to do next. Just then, he stumbles upon a scene where a hot plate is being used to solve everyone's problems! When Konigiri-kun asks for advice on the cracked egg, he's met with a confident ‘No worries!’ What kind of solution will they come up with?