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Deep underneath the sea surface, accompanied by a fish orchestra, the voice of the ocean is telling a story of Little -- the Sea King's daughter. They left the plundered waters of their home to live among humans. They now lead a strenuous life in a somber fish shop in the heart of the harbor district where one day, Little comes to meet a handsome, confident and somewhat fresh young man -- H.H. From this moment on, the life of Little is to take a sea change.
A nurturing farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills when he struggles against the cyclical forces of nature.
The Passion: A Brickfilm accurately portrays the story of Jesus' death and resurrection through the eyes of LEGO characters. From the garden of Gethsemane, to the resurrection, it is a beautiful look into the love and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Shot on location in Uganda, Africa, featuring stunning visuals and historical sets that truly bring this Biblical story to life.
The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.
An animated documentary short about the central prison for women in the former GDR, based on interviews with former prisoners.
James wakes up in the middle of night after a nightmare regarding war and deaths.
Both a scientific and dreamlike documentary at once, Ghost Cell is a stereoscopic plunge into the guts of an organic Paris seen as a cell through a virtual microscope.
Three kittens support each other to get out of any mess. They help each other, not forgetting the adventurous spirit, parental advice and imagination.
In this very short animation, an apparition reveals itself through celluloid and transmits vestiges of a forgotten provenance. Have the onlookers interpreted its signs correctly or was the message misunderstood? Inspired by found sound of two people’s discovery of a mysterious event in the sky. Produced as part of the 11th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
Father's Day is approaching and sea creatures everywhere are competing for the top prize in the annual Deep Sea Burp Contest. Navigating their way through an awesome ocean adventure, they discover that love is the best prize of all!
Water is knee-high. If you are afraid of drowning, stand on a chair.
Lying quietly in a cine-camera, a film awaits to fulfill its responsibility of projecting 24 frames of images per second after exposure. Nonetheless, I prefer rolling out films outright and fiddling with them by pigments application, collage, scratch, cut-and-mix, etc. Since these are camera-less measures, the projection is unpredictable, surprising, and often so astonishing that I would be mesmerized.
It’s Christmas time in Swallow Falls and to Sam’s surprise there’s not a single Santa Claus decoration! Until Flint introduces her to their version of Santa, Lobster Claus! Frustrated, Sam writes to Santa to tell him about Lobster Claus taking credit for all of Santa’s work. Santa unexpectedly arrives in Swallow Falls to challenge Lobster Claus. The town blames Sam for ruining Christmas, and she and Flint must find a way to make peace between the two Clauses.
GIRL and BOY meet little strangers
A kid is climbing a hill. On the hill he’s going to meet a peculiar hedgehog.
"The little bird has plenty of peace and quiet high up in its tree, at least until an unexpected guest shows up. The brash caterpillar's keen on devouring the green leaves that the little bird has cared for so tenderly. During the ensuing showdown, the two fail to notice that someone else is hard on their heels, and this character's craving a more savoury snack."
"When I reached home, it was already dark. I...seemed to have forgotten something, but I couldn't remember it..."
Lily suffers from a sleep paralysis that may have horrific implications on her waking life.
An abbreviation of Bratislava, all experienced, shot and edited during two weeks in April 2012.
'Ugly' is a film that follows Colton Clements, a young man who goes on a journey to discover the emotional and psychological effects the media and advertising has over women. Colton sets out to discover why the media pushes an image of the 'perfect' woman, and what effect this image has on the mindsets of women who are exposed to it. On his journey he meets and interviews a modeling consultant, an anorexia survivor, a therapist, and 'America's Next Top Model' Cycle Ten winner, the plus-sized model Whitney Thompson.
A short animation by Ryoji Yamada combining dreams and pictures.
Tips and tricks on how to beat the alien queen boss battle in Final Deployment 4 (Multi-platform) as well as the "Homecoming" DLC.
A young girl takes it into her head that her mother is taken by her newly born sister. Out of jealousy she hides her baby sister in darkness.
Rivals Black and White constantly compete with one another to prove whose color is better, but when the competition gets heated and the two accidentally slip off the edge of their world and fall into a strange place full of colors and monsters, the two rivals must work together to find their way home.
Two animated characters discuss their explosive relationship.
Amidst the horrors of war a German submarine commander confronting supernatural terrors while attempting to hold his crew together and repair his crippled submarine discovers an undersea temple occupied by unknown presences.
Joshua Littman, a 12-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome, interviews his mother, Sarah. Joshua's unique questions and Sarah's loving, unguarded answers reveal a beautiful relationship that reminds us of the best—and the most challenging—parts of being a parent.
Jean-François Boisvenue tells us about his childhood fears and his history of mental illness. On the screen, we can see a series of hand-drawn animations projected onto his body that plunges us into psychosis and depersonalization. The whole was captured by the camera without postproduction effects.
Passenger tells the story of arriving in a new country to live. Sitting in the back of a taxi, you gradually piece together your story, abstracted and dreamlike, as you progress into the quiet shock of a new world. Your taxi driver, himself a migrant to Australia, navigates the new terrain with you, and acts as your guide while revealing small glimpses of his own story. This 360-degree, stop-motion VR film recreates and investigates the geographic and visual dislocation of arriving somewhere unfamiliar: the beginnings of finding a new home in a foreign land.
A woman wakes up on a mysterious shore.
Two little soldiers face off in a war-torn landscape. A storm breaks out...
Little P the Pontianak is the story of a young Pontianak (female vampiric ghost in Malay mythology) who is quite different from her peers.
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas, a swampy world home to a thriving and delicate ecosystem. But its future is threatened by the appearance of Giant Salvinia, an incredibly aggressive invasive plant from South America that is rapidly overwhelming the body of water. This animated short brings together the real people who are devoting their lives to overcoming his green monster before it’s too late. Because, as one fishing guide puts it, “the lake means everything.”
Gym class can be tough. Someone is bound to lose an eye.
Seven animated fairy-tales, from the television series based on stories by Monty Python's Terry Jones, exploring the traditional fairy-tale world of witches, dragons, ghosts and giants.
This is a story of the lane which becomes a witness of civilization development with final understanding of historic recurrence.
Drowsiness washes over me during the afternoon class. My head gets heavier as I try to stay awake in an afternoon class.
Patrick Haggerty grew up the son of a dairy farmer in rural Dry Creek, Washington, during the 1950s. As a teenager, Pat began to understand he was gay—something he thought he was hiding well. But one day, after performing at a school assembly, Pat learned that his father could see him much more clearly than he realized.
At rush hour, a fruit crowd throng into the metro to the frantic rhythm of the music. The metro stops abruptly and the fruits renounce their eagerness gradually, they begin to fall asleep and dream of a world where they grow on trees. But the metro reboots suddenly and they return to the harsh reality: the terminus.
A film inspired by the poems of Paul Eluard: "Fish, swimmers, ships Change the shape of the water. The water is still, the water will only move for those who touch it.
The chicken lost its head, the cow’s guts are out in the open and blood is spurting all over the screen. The protagonist works at a production line where automated processes have made her approach her job and its effects in a cool-headed emotionless way. Each day, she makes chicken for dinner, but one day, a piece of meat starts staring at her in a strange way. A grotesque animation about what ends up on our plates.
Light Motif is an experimental computer graphics short film. Light Motif explores the possibilities of synergy between image and music in the cinematic tradition of Oskar Fischinger and visual music animation. The film is based on Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, Section II. Procedural generation techniques are used to transpose the motifs and compositional processes into a semi-abstract visual form made of colored lights and geometric shapes.
Koyaa tackles everyday situations in his own wacky way.
An observational exploration of routine, monotony, attention and distraction. Will we continue to let events pass us by uncontested, or will we decide to break the cycle?
A member of the Eagle Talon, a secret association including the President and Dr. Leonardo, who are delighted with the results of the Omikuji in Shimane Prefecture, the hometown of the battle chief Yoshida. Around that time, the evil empire Nemerle began to invade the planet Gogogo, a mechanical lifeform, beyond the distant universe. Oquitemas Smile, a middle-aged man with no mechanical life, and his daughter Jorney, are on the planet in search of "a man with sharp ears living in a shining blue star," as stated in the prophecy that he will save this crisis. Escape Gogogo. Eventually, they find a man who will be the legendary savior at the secret base of the Eagle Talon.
Alba remembers how she fell in love with Pierino, her brother's friend, in the early fifties in Italy.
Sir John Lubbock’s true story and his scientific writings on Ants, Bees & Wasps stood out as contemporary for the co-directors, Osbert Parker & Laurue Hill who worked in collaboration. Themes of cultural displacement, civilisations and environmental concerns were found in their interpretation of Lubbock’s story still relevant today. A diverse range of techniques from, stop-motion, 2D cut-out’s and digital animation is combined to tell a bizarre and beautiful love story with a sting in its tale.
An astronaut journeys to a distant planet where the inhabitants spend a great deal of time looking at little screens.
Virginia Hampton was an all breed American Kennel Club judge. She was instrumental in getting the Akita recognized, specialized in working dogs, and was a doting mother to 3 sons. Two of those things are lies, depending on who you ask.
In 2018, David Lynch was once again the focus of LEFFEST Lisboa Film Festival's programme, with the extensive "Waiting for Mr. Lynch" retrospective. At the time, and because he was unable to attend the festival, Lynch offered a short film he made that week to be shown as a world premiere at the opening of the retrospective.
"The End" - short animated stories about the end of the world.
A wind strike, a splash of water and an accomplice look. Will they be enough to change the life of a child?
For years, Finn and Natalie walked the same path. But when their time together comes to an end, Finn finds himself lost in a mysterious land. Paralyzed by the fear of moving on, he is at risk of losing himself. Through self-discovery, Finn must gather the strength to forge a new path.
An alien spaceship breaks down and crashes on earth in the countryside.
Computer animation featuring a running figure that morphs into various elements. Originally commissioned for Hyundai Sejong Motor Gallery, Seoul, Korea and a special edit was shown in Times Square, New York, USA.
Zoua lives in a tree house on a tiny deserted island with his best pal Clody, a parrot. He is great friends with the animals on the island, and as much as he loves them all, Zoua longs more than anything to be able to play with other children. Relying on his courage and ingenuity, Zoua puts a plan in motion that could get him off the island.