A nasty chef bites off more than he can chew.
The short film (conveyed in a parable-like story structure) follows a man devoted to himself and the blessings of his attributed god. He struggles to survive a primitive life and is forced to take action to ensure his own prosperity.
When Lisa applies for a job everything seems to be turning out pretty well. Until the boss, Marie, starts asking strange questions and the job interview turns out to be a little different than expected.
Sonny Chiba is a young gambler on the run. He pretends to be an innocent student, and is taken in by an honorable Yakuza in Tokyo's Asakusa district.
With the strange disappearance of Laura, two colleagues, her older boyfriend, Rafael, and Ezequiel, learn of their recent discoveries, which may help them locate her. However, the story is bigger and stranger than they could imagine.
Casa
A radical remix of the recent Transformers film, via synthetic collapse and critical revenge on its old & new fascist tropes > celebrating SPEED. NOISE. + DANGER. The fervent declarations & violent poetry of the Futurists are superimposed on the mythic morphology of the Autobot blockbuster’s machine mayhem. Images of death & destruction reign in a delirium of transformations as, to quote Marinetti: “We Decompose the Universe!”
When Conrad returns to his hometown to identify his mother's body, he is forced to confront the painful memories of his childhood.
Tres Gangsters y un Ruso
Two women living alone are visited by a young strange man whose identity and intentions they begin to question as the evening progresses.
Lina, a tormented teenager, is haunted by her abusive envious mother, affecting her mental and emotional sanity until she is pushed over the edge.
Two old friends reconnect in an unexpected encounter.
Leftist radical-turned-terrorist Giorgio—who fled to Latin America in the '70s to escape justice—decides to surrender after hearing about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Determined to lead a comfortable, bourgeois life in his native Italy, he cuts a deal with a shady police chief, getting his sentence reduced in exchange for ratting out former comrades. Once released, Giorgio obsessively pursues his dream of becoming a "respectable" citizen, even if the way is paved with larceny, pimping, drug-dealing, rape, heist, and murder...
A young woman awakens to find herself in the midst of a living nightmare.
We all at some point in our lives reach a point where we can not move forward, we do not see the exit even when it is in front of us.
Danju sets out to save his muse from an evil power determined to break his spirit once and for all. This film was created as an entry for Bricks In Motion's annual animation competition (BRAWL), and won 5th place out of 150+ entries.
It's just a plain brown package, but everyone wants it. A classic MacGuffin in an existential Noir about role, identity, and desire.
The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at the bank, exchanging stolen notes for gold coin, a couple of thugs witness the transaction and see their opportunity-- It seems avarice grips the hearts of all those who'd possess the bag.
In a post-apocalyptic world, Mark is left with only one purpose: revenge.
While walking her dog alone, Clare is approached by a stranger with a disturbing story to tell.