Four puppet soldiers walk and make a movement inspired by Samuel Beckett’s Quad (1981). By visually adapting Deleuze’s analysis of Quad (The Exhausted, 1995), the film explores the idea of "The exhaustion of possibilities” through stop-motion animation. The puppets and the printed images slowly disintegrate, and the residue envisions new possibilities.
What would you do to save someone you love? All brothers Shoma and Kanba know is that, after collapsing in an aquarium and apparently dying, their terminally ill sister Himari was somehow revived by a Penguin hat that she had wished for. Now they're on an impossible mission, because the price of keeping Himari alive is to find a mysterious object called the Penguindrum, and they'll do anything to save their sister. Anything. As they travel separate paths in their search, they'll have to unravel complex riddles, make alliances with strangers they know they shouldn't trust, and question the very fabrics of time and destiny.
When greedy woodsmen threaten to destroy a sacred forest, one little woodland spirit must confront the limits of her own might and learn to embrace the power of collaboration in order to save her home.
After bringing us Bobby Pinwheel last year, Robert Kleinschmidt is back with his eccentric stop motion adventures. This animated festival deals with topics such as isolation, alcoholism and rotting teeth. Classic Kleinschmidt.
Fixies tell where books come from and how headphones help to write a dictation. Riki and Tyra hatch their dreams and have a carnivorous flower at home. Smeshariki will learn the secret of strong friendship and teach Pin to fly. And Bodo Borodo will go to conquer high waves and watch cartoons at the animation festival.
Between reality and animation, the story of Nidhal is told, a young homosexual Tunisian who defended individual freedoms in Tunisia through his work in radio. He found himself under a lot of pressure which forced him to leave the country and seek asylum in the Netherlands.
The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. One day, the boy will no longer be able to see the bird either.
Great Dane Marmaduke epitomizes the overgrown lapdog, with an irascible streak and a penchant for mischief that is tempered with a deep sense of love and responsibility for his human family, the Winslows. The new animation is set in the world of elite dog shows, rife divas, rivalries and slapstick comedy.
Soon Anna (5) and Joey (4) will no longer be the only children in the family, there will be a baby! On the day of the birth they are taken by their uncle to the petting zoo. Here's a little kid that Joey immediately adores and when they escape the petting zoo together, they go on an adventure. Along the way, they all encounter obstacles and learn to join forces and make many new friends.