Originally completed in 2018, the film was largely self-funded, Mr Yen Ooi worked on the script, refining the vision of the film for over a decade, with multiple iterations of the story under names such as 'Beetle Ramen', in which the completed draft of this screenplay was finalised in 2005, this would become the basis of inspiration and 13 years later the final production "Spaghetti Ramen" would be completed. It was then distributed to different indie and international film festivals. Unfortunately due to the passing of the director in the same year, the final processes were incomplete and the film did not get screened anywhere due to not getting the rights clearance. In 2023 however, the film was cleared to screen at WORM, Camera Japan in Rotterdam. This allowed for the first and only screening of the film in the world.
When Annette, a sweet grandma, receives a phone call from her grandchildren telling her they're on their way she swiftly starts to prepare the meal. After the preparations are done, she sits down to enjoy her bowl of soup but something is different.
Sometimes the dimmest lights burn just as bright, they’re only further away. Wish upon a star in this charming and serene animation from Nova Scotia newcomer Emma MacCabe.
Eager to discover the truth about his late father, King Derek and Queen Odette set off on an epic undercover adventure. With the help of their friends, Derek and Odette piece the mystery together, only to have it all unravel. Will they ever know the truth about King Max?
Inhabitants of the territories annexed to the ancient city of Moscow get used to their new condition. It is not too distant of a future, but another large-scale expansion of the city will create and/or ruin some more fates. Will the "Myth-Module," an experimental device made by G.T. Podmyshkin, the professor of urban anthropology and the captain of a pirate spaceship, save him and his crew?
Directed by Japanese filmmaker Ryo Orikasa, this animated short was inspired by Henri Michaux’s book of poetry and drawings of the same name, about his experiences with mescaline. The film explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, shapes and movement.
Beyond the Heavens, Sasha and Lucio, two angels in the making, are locked up in a boarding school. Both are very close friends and long for the freedom promised by their wings’ obtention. But Sasha seems closer to his goal than Lucio, and his success threatens their relationship
A musically synchronised film that draws inspiration from the Portuguese word, “verão” (summer). Rising temperatures within a digital domain, yielding errors, crashes, glitches, and malfunctions.
Mom always braided my hair so tautly that it carved a distinct path atop my head. But one day, she cut off my braids.
Along the path, I touched our unbreakable inner attachment, and the journey of female growth we were both unprepared to face.
Memories of an absent loved one assume a form of their own as they emerge from a forgotten old video camera in this gorgeous, wistful work of austere graphic minimalism. – Rupert Bottenberg