The Bathhouse

A dystopian future that’s ever nearer, Acid City floats in toxic waters and is left to its own devices. But under the boiling sun, the city weaves together its own social fabric. With audio recordings taken off the streets of NYC, this animation offers us something rare in the face of climate catastrophe: hope.

A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own self-identity.

An athlete jogs through the city in the morning.

Global pandemics are like prairie thunderstorms. Full of terror and havoc, they eventually pass. Bringing a new baby into the world can also feel like a storm.

Mulheres Compositoras na História de Passo Fundo (MCHPF)

After an exhausting day, Clarice, a young black woman, is robbed and then harassed by the police, mistakenly accusing her of doing graffiti. Dazed with a mix of feelings of anger, tiredness, and injustice, Clarice in fact starts tagging the walls and the impossible happens: all of the graffiti around her comes to life right beyond her eyes.

A young woman grapples with the decision of following her dream of an acting career or marrying and having babies with the man she loves.

The first and—paradoxically—the final part of the triptych. The city, which is its subject, grows not only in space but, most importantly, in time. With all consequences.

If God came down to earth and try to earn a living in Bombay, most probably he would become successful as a voice over artiste, lending his voice to thousands of Hindi movies and even more documentaries and public service films in India.

The encounter can never happen between a man in the past (tense) and a girl in the present (tense) in the garden of times.

The Silent Route

Chicha emerges from the soil for her metamorphosis, only to find the avocado tree where she was born gone. Determined to create a forest, she waits for a new tree to grow, unaware her life will be too short to see it flourish.

L’Envolée

A study, in film animation, of a day in the life of a housewife, described without words, with a minimum of detail but with a perception all the more pertinent because of the simplicity of presentation. The film makes no judgments. It simply states the case, but serves as an apt starting point for any discussion of the role of women and the value of their work.

Three parallel stories depict the everyday insanity of the German capital, between motion and gridlock, the ticking clock and money trouble.

Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast - Fanwai Pian

Expectations

Fez-se Luz

This visual poetry is a celebration of the full spectrum of womanhood, from the complex vulnerability to the hidden power.