'Girls should not have opinions. Higher education is useless if you have no husband. If you have a daughter, she will cook you a meal or give you medication. A son will protect you and a daughter will feed you.' Don’t they both deserve to live? The animation touches upon a difficult and hidden subject – sex-selective abortions performed in Montenegro. It employs stereotypical opinions on the two genders, fragments of conversations and singing illustrated with images derived from Balkan tradition. Intertwining scenes of individual stages of human life, from birth to death, emphasize the power of patriarchy, so well-engrained in the system.
The mouflon, wild sheep with beautiful curved antlers, were brought to the island as an attraction. Nevertheless, they should not be admired but killed – to add variety to the pursuit of game or control the species numbers on the island. One animal becomes separated from the herd – will it manage to survive? Based on real events, the animation combines the symbolic images of the animal’s escape with the drastic photographs documenting the harm done to the species in Tenerife. The atmosphere of fear and anxiety is achieved by means of pulsating music and black and white colours.
Genius Loci is a short film on its own, but also a prelude to Anatomy Lessons. It takes place in northern Italy shortly before the end of the cholera epidemic of 1865 - 1867. In a state of restlessness and fatalism given by isolation and by the epidemic, a mysterious scholar wonders where the true seat of the soul is.
It’s Mardi Gras in 70s New Orleans. James, a 13 years old saxophonist is playing music in his new room. Through music and with the help of a friendly spirit, he will discover the city he just moved in.
Tells seven stories about women that serve to illustrate a trip to a world of emotions, with questions about beauty and imperfection, and the importance of the small things in life.
In an incredible interplanetary adventure, three young boxers learn how to enhance their individual powers by connecting to each other and to the legendary fighters that came before.
A dangerous shadow organization launches a campaign of fear and violence in the city of Shinjuku, pushing society to the brink of chaos. As a young police officer tasked with restoring order, you become the target of an attack, and have a poisonous collar attached to your neck. With the situation spiraling out of control and time running out, five mysterious strangers appear to aid you in your quest for the truth. Who can you trust? Will you be able to save yourself and the soul of Shinjuku from the clutches of oblivion?
In the 19th century, a rice merchant encounters a mother who tries to buy rice in exchange for her own child's clothes. The merchant becomes Monk Seishin and relieves the islanders of Miyajima from poverty by digging wells and starting the wooden ladle industry.
Splen tells the story of a 21-year-old student who works as an assistant in a fish store. He has always felt attracted to Aura from his friend group. With the addition of Carpio to the group and the celebration of a costume party, his obsession increases. In between masks and alcohol, a series of misunderstandings makes Splen commit a fatal error.
A washed up actor performs night after night in a grimy theater to a nearly empty audience. However, everything changes when a clueless dog jumps on stage.