Fictional group of people in a fictional world that has nothing to do with the real world. David Firth started writing ideas for this one in 2013 when travelling around Europe and stayed in some strange places.
Short film made up of 4 audiovisual pieces of different modalities (fiction, documentary, animation and experimental) with the same theme: Lack of money.
This is the story of a woman who wanted to fly comfortably, so she used a new service called “Objectified Travel” just to be reminded that the grass isn't always greener.
In a Buddhist temple, young monks begin their meditation when the master arrives. One of the children is distracted by a sparrow and follows the bird outside the monastery. Here begins a walk off the beaten paths that goes to the tour of his lifetime. When he has become an old monk, he returns back to the temple where young monks are waiting for him. One of them is distracted by a sparrow…
Juanito, a boy passionate about cinema, finds refuge in movies while the Spanish Civil War tears his world apart. The son of pacifist parents, he grows up in a home marked by ideals of peace and the daily struggle against poverty and his mother's illness. Along the way, he forges a bond with international brigadistas who also share his love for the seventh art. But the reality of the conflict forces him to make a difficult decision that will transform his life, closing the doors to childhood and leading him toward a maturity marked by pain and learning, where cinema remains his beacon in the darkness.
After discovering what life is about, Lego Man comes across an intergalactic alien and tries to teach him about life, as well as getting him back home.
A family banquet. Beneath the surface of smooth toasts and pleasantries, there is anxiety and unease emanating from the family. Life is filled with countless round-table predicaments, class reunions, casual drinks with friends, or company team-building events, these are round-table dilemmas wrapped in desires. Everyone is part of it, both as creators and victims of these predicaments.
Shabbat dinner: An elegant Granny bites into a roast chicken and literally becomes a beast. The grandchild follows her back in time through hunger and hope where she learns why Granny eats chicken like it's the last day of her life.
A small cherry finds out her family has been baked into a pie and meets another cherry survivor who tells her what the woman did to their family. Then this survivor cherry plots to kill the woman and the small cherry wants to help, but then the woman appears and snatches him, leaving the small cherry helplessly alone. She then decides to grab a toothpick and save the cherry by stabbing the woman’s finger causing her to overreact and die. The two cherries feel victorious and plan to avenge their family by eating the woman.
At a fancy flower spa, Sam prepares for their blooming and bodily transformation. Their mother, however, isn’t quite ready to let go. On their final day together, between petal pampering, quiet conversations, and echoes of childhood, tension and fear rise, but something tender begins to take root.