Parasol Island Dead

Norma Kpaima's contribution to indigenous education is unique and urgent for neglected communities.

The work of taxonomists hides more secrets than can be perceived.

This dreamlike fusion of political thriller and science-fiction fantasia is set to original music by Beyoncé.

Two neighbors and a rough Sunday.

A strange disappearance in the Sierra Mazateca.

One night in Belgrade, a young guy meets a man for casual sex. By morning, different expectations can bring a new light on this chance meeting.

A couple debates having unprotected car sex late at night.

Early dialogue free short by Bent Hamer.

Short film by Bent Hamer, no dialogue, only music.

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

Gang of Vespa

A man wakes up from a bad dream only to realize he is in yet another nightmare. The most worrying thing is that it does not seem to stop. If only these dreams could stop... getting shorter and shorter!

One summer afternoon in 1907, Abel and his wife (both mice) are picnicking, when they become separated during a violent rainstorm. After flying some distance, Abel discovers himself alone on a river island, unable to swim due to the powerful current. Abel periodically attempts to leave the island by various means: flying on a leaf, rowing a crudely fashioned boat, etc. Meanwhile, he tries to create a normal life of sorts, even learning to enjoy a new hobby: sculpture. Still, Abel's goal is to escape the island and rejoin his wife in the city.

A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

The animation was produced for the Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum, thus it features scenes from the "life and nature" of Tezuka Osamu's childhood, themes that are central to the museum as a whole, through exchanges between the boy Osamu and the carabid beetle (Osamushi) who provided the origin for the artist's name.

Just 10 minutes from the center of Madrid (but also from Rome, Paris, London ...), hundreds of hungry men meet in a fortuitous and secret way. Some are looking for quick and easy sex, others are trying to escape loneliness, most are looking for themselves ...

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.

The night. One night. Perhaps any night anywhere. It rains. A woman. No. A man. A man and a woman. No. A man, a woman and someone else. The table. A table. A table immersed in alcohol, singing, playing music. The music. No, jazz. JAZZ! The seduction, the crossing. Acting, pretend. Laught. The kisses. No. Decline. One night, a woman a man and someone else, on a table. No. The Void.

Two bored extras from the ‘Tristan and Isolde’ opera roam the underground of the Garnier Palace.

A son's letter to Santa for Christmas turns his father's evening into a thriller he did not ask for.