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In a medieval village, where children are forbidden to go near the sea, 10-year-old Anna forms an unlikely duo with her whimsical, mysterious grandmother. Together, they venture deep under the ocean to uncover the secrets of the lost city of Ys and do battle with the terrible Sunken Knight.
An animated short film about two boys playing football, when John kicks it too hard it goes to the trees, and Robert must collect it.
A trip into a surreal winter garden, a voyage on a stormy sea, a grisly homecoming – there is something for everyone in this “experiment in words, music and paintings”. Four films were made in this series for the BFI’s Telekinema at the Festival of Britain, combining some of the best contemporary illustrators and artists with a diverse range of verse. The readers are also of some pedigree, with Michael Redgrave, Stanley Holloway and Eric Portman adding their names to the bill.
Biography of Vicente García Riestra, an Asturian survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The documentary covers the flight to France together with thousands of Spaniards, their entry into the Resistance, their arrest and deportation to Bunchenwald, the Resistance inside the camp and the solidarity networks woven by the prisoners, until they regain their freedom. After the liberation of Europe, Vicente's life did not stop: he dedicated himself to visiting schools to warn young people about the dangers of intolerance.
The film follows the journey of a poor, low-caste Indian girl who gains a small grant to go to school and then faces many challenges to continue her education.
Robin, the Lion King's son, is determined to find the misfortune-bringing treasure of the Black Panther. He meets Pino (Myu-Myu), the Panther's son, who is also searching for it. The story tells how the two enemies ultimately become friends.
The film focuses on themes of parental love, and time and decay. The film's moral is centred around a mother's love for their child with its anime-inspired visuals and Hong Kong styled landscapes.
With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.
Traumatised by a painfull breakup, Joseph decides on stepping out of his house, and finding some sugar in order to remove bitterness from his life.
Quitting time it may be, but the commute home tonight has turned the surreal up to 11…or 12!
An animated short film that follows a man and his struggle with his identity, projected anxieties and relationships over the course of an evening. He has to contend with his insecurities with being seen with another man and his fear as feathers start to grow from his body.
Lucia, a little girl who is ill in a hospital, is curious and wants to explore. She embarks on a nocturnal adventure.
Since the birth of his junior, precise Peter has been looking forward to this day! Finally the little tyke will be introduced to the subtleties of the family ritual. The fish is ready, the garden prepared and the sun is shining as planned. The great dinner ceremony may begin!
As a pirate enters the Kingdom of the Dead he encounters its beautiful Queen. She captures his heart, but hers is not so easily won.
A short film exploring the relationship between trees, creation mythology, and the decontextualised nature of media. Created through a diverse array of analogue mediums, the piece also incorporates natural elements such as soil, wood, water, leaves and more into the filmmaking process.
Some moths are feasting on nectar. But when two different moths appear, they discriminate against them because they are not the same colour.
Companion is a short stop-motion film that expresses the friendship between a dog and a human. The story follows a dog's life and the interactions he has with his owner and other animals along the way.
Dive into the bold blue world of How to Build a Sandcastle and find yourself swept up in an inky journey of discovery. Themes of queer exploration and self-identity make this a liberating watch, which ends in a joyful freeing feeling you won’t want to forget.
When Otto Dov Kulka was 11 years old and had to start the death march from Auschwitz to Groß-Rosen, he saw a prisoner lying with a broken leg on the orders of the defendant Baretzki who then probably shot him. Unlike this unknown prisoner, Kulka managed to escape death. Nineteen years later, he testified alongside 210 other Auschwitz survivors against 20 indicted former SS officials, participating in a trial that confronted the German people with their past and gave voice to silence.
Don’t judge a book by its cover but do judge a political party by its garage.
A dove as a shadow of freedom...
Summary The little Raven wants to have a real name. The whole night he thinks about it and even gets sick of it. So sick that he feels very miserable. But then his friends help him to find a suitable name ... The popular stories of the Little Raven Sock are about dealing with personal weaknesses and strengths and, above all, about friendship.
Produced in the mock-serious tone of an intra-governmental presentation Butler’s Ethical Governor uses black humor to skewer the ethical problems of autonomous drone strikes. In narrating the “advanced” capabilities of a computerized killing machine, Butler highlights how the language of Neoliberalism makes broad, cold-blooded equivalences amongst economic, humanitarian, and legal concerns in light of overriding geopolitical goals.
This is Snospis Eht: The Epic Adventure. Andy basically wanted to make sense of all the other snospis eht videos by re-editing them into one long video and adding extra scenes. And after literally hours of work.... It still doesn't make any sense!
When my dad was just nine years old, he conceived the narrative of his very own horror film. Little did he know that decades later his terrifying vision would finally be brought to life...
Between four walls, two women are waiting. One let death come and get her. The other that his life finally begins. Based on a recorded conversation, the film simulates their attempt to escape what they can't help but live, as they realise that 'nothing' can sometimes be special.
Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva provide the mix for a journey further into virtual dimensions than techno had ever gone before -- the ever more confident animations reflecting the increasing sophistication of techno itself, reflected in some of the genre's most memorable tracks from the likes of Speedy J, LSG, Plastikman, Laurent Garnier, and Hardfloor.
Experimental short film
An old couple’s mundane evening. She’s ironing, pissed off. He’s slouched in the sofa, watching television. He switches from the news to a maccho show. She jumps on the occasion to change the roles. A must see.
The main attraction in Ahrensburg Castle is the smart, popcorn-loving ghost Schubiduu..uh. One day, Schubiduu..uh moves out because the castle administration has issued a popcorn ban. Since then, Schubiduh has been living in the attic of the Krüger family, because the siblings Jenny and Simon are his best friends. But soon the clever ghost is homesick for his old castle. Luckily for Schubiduu..uh, the ban on popcorn in the castle has just been lifted and so the ghost moves back into his old abode. Jenny and Simon visit their friend Schubiduu..uh as often as they can and experience many wonderful adventures...
Sleep and death in a race for a sleeping woman. Stagnation, lifeless things, cycles, and the mystery of the moon.
Augustin is a lonely man. He is going to resume taste in life in the company of a bird.
A celebration of queer figures in both historical and contemporary times who have helped push forward arts, politics or science.
Malcolm Fetcher is a neurotic, middle-aged teacher lost in a dull marriage with his wife of twenty years, Beverly. As he faces an all-consuming identity crisis, their marriage disintegrates and he is forced to express a deep, hidden desire...
A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.
A wagon-full of passengers in a night train and an annoying companion in your compartment. What would you be willing to do in order to have a peaceful journey?
A conversation with camerawoman and Studio Tatyana co-founder Tatyana Loginova from September 2024 in preparation for a Forum & Friends event, adapted for film by Christiane Büchner. For technical reasons, the organisers were only able to capture an audio recording of the conversation – this recording has been supplemented by animated sequences from Christiane Büchner as well as video footage, photographs and documents from the following sources: the Hildegard Westbeld Collection in the archive of Kinothek Asta Nielsen and the private archives of Alla Tkatchenko and Tatyana Loginova.
This satirical animation considers why Brexit is happening. A variety of British characters, interviewed the day after the UK voted to leave the EU, speak about what motivated their decision.
"Leiberg embarks on a search for the interaction between painting and improvised music, tinkering with sound collages sets language and sounds against each other (...) Leiberg works with real-movie sequences and uses his pictorial color and form vocabulary as a design element in the film. He primarily uses the resulting films in their capacity as a depot of moving light images in order to project them onto the bodies of dancers in the performances. (Christoph Tannert in "Gegenbilder", p. 39f;)
A collage of diverse voices emerge as people are interviewed about Alex, unravelling door-sized quirks, swamp-dwelling aspirations, and mud-rolling weekends. As each memory unfolds, the film becomes a poignant exploration of identity.
Kevin the unhinged Catbot supplies the deepest darkest fakes on the deep dark web. And Professor Robert wants a deep dark fake video to promote his latest invention. This is a job for Fake Bob.
From a young age, Faisal has been marked by his indecisiveness. Each birthday, his mother would lovingly knit him a sweater in a different color, symbolizing the various paths he could take in life. These colorful threads tell a story of a boy growing up under the warm and watchful eye of a mother who wishes only the best for her son.
Nils Balleydier revisits Martin Scorsese's film in a one-minute animated clip.
It is about a dancer in love expressed through colour, sound and movement. The dancer is a hand drawn line animation that appears and disappears in and around different colours and feelings, sometimes in the music sometimes behind it.
Eryk led an empty life until he met LOLA. There was something perfect about her. Her eyes were music, her heart the most precious part of her body.
The Final Evolution series had a television broadcast as an animated feature film in December 2008 on Italia1. However, this version cut several scenes for reasons of time.
Fausto Papetti is an overwhelmed fellow and tired of living until he receives the visit of Mephisto, who allows him to know the libations of sin and delirium.
Madrid, Spain, 2120. The city has been transformed, stratified: the rich above, near the sky; the poor below, among the garbage. Nitrogreen, a highly unstable liquid capable of generating vegetation instantly, is the most valuable smuggled goods… and a ticket out.
When Za-za gets a baby brother, all is not well in the zebra household. When Mum returns from hospital, she's tired, and Za-za is looked after by Granny. When the new baby arrives, it gets all the attention from visitors and Mum and Dad. They're so busy that there's no time for toys or stories. Za-za, feeling neglected, demands a cuddle from Mum. "Why don't you cuddle the baby?" says Mum. And Za-za does, and enjoys it! When the baby goes to bed, Za-za finally gets the attention she wants and is read a bedtime story.
Alfio Antico, a Sicilian musician, lives deeply attached to his land, to its traditions and to its painful and cruel rituals. The images of the earth, the wind and of dreams blend with a repetitive and tantric music that echoes the voice of the Sicilian street vendors.
Eerie animation about the rise of a supernatural figure with a cryptic message for mankind.
View of Amazon's myths and folk tales.
Takes us to the morning of November 11, 1918, the day the Allies and German Military Forces declared peace, putting an end to almost 5 years of war. We follow the day of Augustin Trébuchon, the last Frenchman killed in the Great War.
This short tells the story of a mythical Norse warrior hero who in myth, gains an accursed hoard of gold.
Resurrected, empowered Mummy smashes her stereotypes and lashes back at all those who try to confine her. Film made with Vera's partner, Phil Mulloy, who contributed making sound and music.