A girl stays up all night playing video games, without realizing she has to work at 8 AM the next morning. She must fight the urge to fall asleep in order to make it on time.
In the Santmargaz region of western Mongolia, nomadic herders have lived in harmony with wildlife for centuries in an extremely fragile and difficult environment. In recent years, growing pastoralism is changing this delicate balance, putting wild animals under increasing pressure for access to scarce food resources. Conflicts between nomadic herders and wildlife are on the rise, but a group of naturalists is developing a project that could solve, or at least alleviate, the problem, ensuring both the traditional lifestyle of nomadic herders and the precious wildlife and its most iconic representative: the snow leopard.
In a fantasy world where church and state are one, a high priestess sneaks into the night and stumbles upon a guard practicing fencing. She is immediately enamored.
An outlaw named Skaz gets dragged into a fight with a group of hunters after his bounty. In his attempt to escape, his beloved horse Jolene gets shot and killed in the crossfire. Skaz will try everything he can to bring her back, even dabble in the dark ways of necromancy.
After Vivian’s grand-mother’s passing, her children are trying to empty her house. During a break, they stop to look at family pictures all together. Reminiscing about the past, they remember Krinkrin, the plush they all used to share. To avoid conflict, Vivian proposes a deal: finders, keepers. The hunt is on: who will get it?
A distraught teddy bear searches a carnival for someone he misses but can’t quite remember, guided by the helpful moon and a deceitful star. Adapted from Robert. W. Chambers’ “The Prophets’ Paradise.”
Madjbara is both a depiction of the beauty and magic of nature and a gateway to its mysteries. The film explores the journey of African ancestral and authentic identity through time – an identity imprinted on the female body, showcasing a natural beauty that has nearly disappeared from the contemporary narrative of African culture.
This animation records the moment three women’s voices reached me—their childhood selves, longing for their mothers, unhealed wounds, and the search for belonging. They want to grow up but cannot. Through their own words, I convey your voice.