A tale about a smooth and lonely Middle-aged Mermaid who lives at the bottom of a lake and has the magical ability to look through the water for thousands of miles. Her favorite pastime is spying on people through water pipes. One day, during such a spying, the mermaid falls in love with a man, and blinded by passion, comes to his apartment.
"Fabula" is an experimental film by Jordan Baseman that asks questions about our dreams and dream experiences during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. The film is narrated by the Harvard Medical School Dream Researcher, Dr. Deirdre Barrett. We hear Dr. Barrett discuss various dreams that she has collected through her research into Pandemic Dreams, their collective commonality, their significance and meanings, and their relevance to our times. Dr. Barrett also comments on the uniqueness of the Pandemic and the unusual dreams that have arisen as a result. The film was recorded entirely in London during Lockdown, using 16mm film and 6k digital film cameras. Time-lapse footage of clouds, are super-imposed with footage of the Thames and threaded through, layered with various shots lit by infra-red light. Fabula muses on our relationships with ourselves, one another, our environments and the meanings of our dreams while living with Covid-19.
Simply put, 6 eclectic and diverse animation styles present some surprisingly adult little vignettes that, in theory, add up to a film. An apparent festival favorite.
Caligari is a famous undertaker who’s been on the streets since death itself was banned in the city and supplanted by a practical method of resurrection to which no citizen can resist. For Gothic and Black Comedy Lovers, the main character is inspired by three famous film The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari, Nosferatu the Vampire and Der Golem.
Carl's Car Wash is a super fun cartoon series for children that features all kinds of messy vehicles getting cleaned up at the car wash. What’s the most suds-sational car wash in town? Why, it’s Carl's Car Wash! Got a bit of goo, mud, or even fruit salad splattered all over your vehicle? Well, Carl can make it disappear with his fantastical car wash.
A prince falls in love with a mysterious girl unaware she is a princess that was switched for him at birth. A king wary of his crown and seeking for a male child to heir the throne led to a secret baby switch by the queen and a farmer's wife. Sade the secret princess and her adopted mother are accused of being witches after the farmer disappears; they escape to the Jungle as the animals help them.
Minga is an orphaned girl living with her stepmother Mami Kaba and her stepsister Abena. One day, when she was washing dishes in the river, she accidentally broke a spoon. A furious Mami Kaba then chased her away from the house, asking her to find the only identical spoon hidden by her late mother. A adventurous journey then begins for Minga in the forest.
A turtle named Harold was unfortunate enough to be born without a shell. Because of this, despite having many talents because of his lack of one, every other turtle looks down upon him.
A sleepwalker compelled along his path and accompanied by a strange entity, must pass through portals to multiple dimensions and ultimately a dark end.
Follow a young archer and his general lead the Egyptian army to victory against the powerful Suppiluliuma, King of the Hittites. As he fights to save Egypt, the archer eventually becomes a hero in this animated feature.
Sing and dance along to your favourite nursery rhymes of all time with 18 sing-a-long animated nursery rhymes including Itsy Bitsy Spider, Ba Ba Black Sheep, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary had a Little Lamb and Jack and Jill. These popular, engaging and colourful songs are a must see for pre-schoolers. From BAFTA nominated children's producer Neil Ben.
Dive into the pond for a whole new adventure! All your favorite pond critters are back and this time they're dealing with a robotic toad that threatens to upstage Joe. When Joe gets stuck in a soda can, it's up to his friends to come together to help save him and their pond. Join the inhabitants of Pondemonium as they discover the most important thing in life, is love and friendship.
Dr. Saxena, discovered a formula that gave superpowers to Mask-Man, is kidnapped by the extraterrestrial Rocket Men. As Mask-Man sets out to save the doctor, he is attacked by various evil villains and aliens including Electric Girl, who generates deadly electric currents; the Sky Bikers, who will destroy everything in their path with missiles and the Snake-Man, a fire spewing monstrosity.
Get ready for a Hee-haw, Moo-tastic, Baa-mazing sing and dance along in farmtastic fun town! Come on down to the farm where horses, cows, chickens and pigs all love to sing farmtastic songs.
A war pilot crash-lands through his apartment window. When his wife returns from work, she discovers that her husband’s face has been replaced by an airplane turbine. He’s also fallen in love with their kitchen ceiling fan. To save their faltering marriage, his wife decides she will no longer let her humanity get in the way of love.