J'arrive

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

Naissances

Testamento

1914-1923 marked the 2nd phase of the Genocide of the Greeks of the Black Sea by the Young Turks. Agapi, her family, and the whole village’s Greek population are forced out of their homes and into a march in the snowy forest for 40 days. Will they survive the ordeal? A hand drawn animated film with over 10,000 drawings that took more than 3 years to make by Julia Speropoulos.

A man receives a message from an unknown number inviting him to return to the place where it all began. Following the clue, he returns to a park from his childhood, where a forgotten memory becomes a reason to live again.

What is birth? It is said that being born into this world is the beginning of suffering: dukkha.

The grandiloquent blood-and-thunder saga of a young child lost in Manchuria's deep jungle. His sudden presence creates anarchy in the fauna's primitive world, which was, until then, perfectly organized.

During a common night dancing with friends, a 19-year-old boy meets an older man who promises him a better life in exchange for sex and company.

As years and years go by, a tiny civilization makes its way upwards.

On his first day of work as a miner, Martin, a cocky teenager, will learn the importance of rituals and respect for ancestors.

A chain reaction as a new Olympic sport.

A painter in his studio: his pencils, brushes, tubes, table, easel and drawings set themselves in motion in an explosion of colors and flashes of light.

A short mock-vlog film explaining and defending the concepts behind the fictional 'Death To Straight White Men 2017' clothing brand. Edited in a way that mocked the trends of Youtube vlogging and apology-videos of the time, including sound effects and interjected fast-moving graphics. "After QnWF-société received an overwhelming amount of negative feedback following the launch of their 'Death To Straight White Men 2017' clothing brand, their CEO felt the need to create an apology video of sorts - explaining and defending the concepts behind their latest line of clothing."

A humorous reflection on today’s dating culture. The title refers to an economic term describing a marketing strategy in which the premature decay of a product is deliberately conceived by the manufacturer. This phenomenon can also be observed in short-lived (online dating) situatuionships. In this film, a party turns out to be a breakup ceremony. It is a tribute to all ex-partners.

When her imaginary friend is kidnapped, Olivia has to go on an epic quest to get him back.

When Jimmy leaves his reservation for the lures of city life, he finds himself confronted with a future he could never have imagined.

Snare

My Story

Trnka brings to life a surrealist circus of tightrope-walking fish, musical monkeys, balancing bears, and high-flying acrobatics in this whimsical feat of cutout animation made in collaboration with leading Czech painters of the era.

The only film to be both conceived and directed by Miroslav Štěpánek, using folk art from old market shooting galleries as the basis for a totalitarian parable.