A David Lynch-style puppet show. In a creepy world, a young nobleman is jealous of a child, so he hatches a plot to get rid of his troublesome brother
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A David Lynch-style puppet show. In a creepy world, a young nobleman is jealous of a child, so he hatches a plot to get rid of his troublesome brother
Bloom is back home on her first school break, but the weird dreams she was having at Alfea have come with her. These dreams are trying to tell her something important.
The very short animation by Richard Condie is a lesson in how to make a fool of oneself easily and effectively. Two gentlemen are involved: one who wishes to read his newspaper and another who insists on performing acrobatic feats. Although the outcome is surprising, the message is clear: going to great lengths to impress one's neighbor is futile.
In a blue fairy-tale forest, a grumpy granny loses a bottle of wine. This event will give rise to a crescendo of linked events, a dialogue, a funny repartee between frames and characters, which will lead to an unexpected development.
A love story between adolescents, in which the main characters rediscover imagination as a way to become adults, rather than a place where to remain children.
Little Tobia lives with his grandfather Remo, who always tells him fascinating stories. His favorite one tells that at the end of the rainbow you can find a crown of colored diamonds, from which the seven beams of light that form the splendid arch are generated. Tobias manages to convince his grandfather to face the journey to the mountain where he is sure he saw a rainbow spring forth. Tobias, together with his friends Luke, Mack and Ava, the dog Fluffy and the cat Kitty, will set off on a great adventure immersed in nature ruined by man's carelessness.
He knows us all. But how much do we know him? As much as we know ourselves. Anna and Las are both experiencing a busy night full of nightmares. Each of them fights with their ammuntadore, or rather, with their own perception of it. The ammuntadore, in Sardinian culture, represents the demon of the night. He assaults us while we sleep and shows us the origin of our greatest fears.
From being born until his death, a man spends most of his time "imprisoned" in boxes.
In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It's going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors' recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.
It all starts with the discovery of a severed head and a dead cat, and ends up with a journey into the bowels of dreams and nightmares.
Pipì, Pupù and Rosmarina, flanked by new and funny characters, travel through the world of opera to tell children about its repertoire. Three short animated films in which the three little friends entertain the audience by developing their vision of the story and singing the famous arias of three classical music masterpieces: "Don Quichotte" by Jules Massenet, "Lo schiaccianoci" by Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij and "L'italiana in Algeri" by Gioachino Rossini.
Follows Selinna Ajamikoko, a young Nigerian woman with aspirations of following in her mother's footsteps as a meat seller. She sets out on her journey to Italy in pursuit of her ambition, a journey fraught with horror and bestiality.
A little boy meets the old hero Garibaldi who tells him the story of his adventures.
Mr. Rossi goes camping.
An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.
One summer’s evening in 1933, the writer Raymond Roussel closes the door of his hotel room in Palermo. He swallows pills, drags the mattress to the centre of the room and lies down on it. The next morning his companion finds his corpse. But is he really dead?
Little Cupid has the key that allows him to travel in dreams. When night falls, he visits young Chloé, who wakes up with a shiver. Without a doubt, this strange visit causes her to lose control of her body, which only seeks to experiment on its own.
Where Disney's version marginalized the darker elements of the novel, Gianluigi Toccafondo's adaptation brings them to the center. It's a film he cursed over and which took him three years to complete.
High in the sky, hidden by a blanket of clouds, the Flying Mountain slowly drifts, the Kingdom of Drakonia, the birthplace of all Dragons and hundreds of fantastic and monstrous creatures. After the disappearance of King Luminaries, a struggle for succession erupts, but when the two strongest dragons prepare for the final showdown, they discover that their King was not dead, but transformed into a Skeletal Dragon! The culprit behind this is Mayestos, King of the Infernal Dragons, who, along with his loyal Skranders, has seized control of Drakonia. Will Luminaries be able to restore order, or will Drakonia have a new, ruthless monarch?
Renaud is 85 years old and lives in Paris with his trusty wheelchair/caregiver. He's a loner, stuck in his ways, uncomplainingly trapped for years now on the top floor of a building in Montmartre. He has everything he needs at home anyway; he makes toys and gets his meals and his favorite newspaper, and all's right with the world. But what if a new neighbor appeared on his landing to shake up his routine?
A happy family. A mother, a father, two loving children and a dog that actively takes part in the domestic life. Every gesture is a tender message of love and happiness; the day-in, day-out habits have filled the protagonists’ lives without disturbing their enthusiasm for caring. But when they step out of their house those habits turn into indifference…
Cinderella is in the hands of her cruel mother, but finds Prince Charles, and with him, lives happily ever after.
Dreamlike animation brings Poe’s unforgettable poem to life, with desolate, macabre, and volcanic imagery.
In Lorenzo's world nothing is as it really appears: Lorenzo's world, in fact, is the bubble of his autism. However, through a mirror, the child finds the courage to look inside himself.
J's idyll ends unexpectedly and in the most humiliating way: his pleasure-giving object moves to a different world, which J can never hope to be fully part of.
The legend of Queen Kinga, the Tatar invasion, and the first Lajkonik of Krakow.
Luigi Liberio Pensuti (Roma 1903 – Molteno 1945) was one of the fathers of Italian animation. From 1930 to 1940 he worked on a long and important national prevention campaign against the scourge of tuberculosis, realising a few films among which La taverna del Tibiccì.
The short serves as a wry, humorous observation of how human environments are densely populated by instructions, billboards, warnings, and symbols. It highlights the contrast between basic human navigation and the chaotic, often absurd jungle of signs we create to regulate and guide ourselves through society.
Mister Rossi goes on a Photo-Safari in Africa.
The story of a puppet that does not become a child.
A Donatello award nominated short animated feature based on a 17th century Neapolitan song of the sea.
An Italian theatrical film edited from Mazinger Z vs. Devilman, UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger, and Great Mazinger vs. Getter Robo.
A mother left her daughter a spindle, needle and weaver's shuttle next to their tiny cottage. With these tools, the girl creates the most beautiful objects. Her diligence and modesty are ultimately rewarded – they bring a royal suitor to her door.
James wakes up in the middle of night after a nightmare regarding war and deaths.
A little penguin dreams of becoming a postman like the other birds, but his wings keep him firmly on the ground. Despite this challenge, with determination, creativity, and advice from an eagle, he shows that even big dreams can come true with perseverance and the right precautions.
"The one hundred tables of "Il Fatto" are part of a project for animated cinema conceived and designed by Tullio Ghiandoni in 1970. The film was born from Tullio's desire to see his drawings 'animated', the reason for this gift he gave me in 2002 and promise finally fulfilled…"
Carlo is just a regular guy who keeps a secret world hidden inside his closet. Will his newfound love for shy office colleague Anita, mean the end of the world for the closet mini planet?
In this fifth episode of the series, La torta di Guglielmo, Rossini, is “interviewed” by Gaia de Bernardis, presenting, this time, the cake that gives the clip its title: an apple pie, with cream, sugar, flour and butter. Together with the composer, musicologist Alberto Simoncini and the ever-present Stendhal. Of course, it follows from the title that the opera presented along with the dessert is William Tell, whose libretto was taken from the play of the same name (1804) by Friedrich Schiller, later elaborated by Victor-Joseph-Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis. Its first performance took place at the Paris Opéra on August 3, 1829.
A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic.
Experience an exciting adventure with rapper Otty, marine biologist Marysun, and young Desy, defending the sea in Greenland, Florida, the Galapagos Islands, and Sicily, singing along with karaoke.
The story of Jesus, according to the St Matthew version of "The New Testament".
A dive into the origin of LGBTQ activist Luki Massa, into her childhood in imaginative Baia’s surroundings, near Naples. A free spirit, a life in which a true boundary between the mundane and the extraordinary never existed.
At this rate where will they end up for the new year.
The Mayan Prophecy or just another year, Happy 2013 from Bruno Bozzetto.
A short movie with just rounds and squares about exuberance and its wrong treatment in the school system
A wind strike, a splash of water and an accomplice look. Will they be enough to change the life of a child?