The Spectator

MELANYEL

When an introspective Count searching for his missing brother comes across his deranged elder sibling instead, their conflict grows inevitable.

Don 'Doc' Gentry is miraculously healed of pancreatic cancer by a simple kiss from Ayana, who disappears shortly thereafter, but not before she passes the gift of healing - and its price - to Doc's son.

A boy waits in the same street every day with his bags packed. What is he waiting for?

Filomena is a 16-year-old girl, who after an accident discovers that she will experience an extraordinary transformation.

Mr. Meier, tired of his monotonous work, longs to be a hippopotamus. He feels like one and this causes him to clash with his environment. So he decides to return to normal human life. Secretly, however, he does not give up his wish. One day, when he comes close to a river, the transformation takes place.

A dream-like version of the Sabbath in the Middle Ages: one night at full moon, the women leave home to meet with the devil in the woods. Several orgiastic ceremonies later, they all return home at cockcrow. All except for one, the youngest, who is under an evil spell.

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌While performing the role of Oedipus on stage, a string puppet decides to break the cycle and not simply accept his fate. In doing so, he defies his creator, only to realize that the creator is but a mere creation herself.

Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

Amandine, an inflexible traffic warden, takes perverse pleasure in punishing every little infraction by handing out a fine. An unexpected event suddenly disturbs her daily routine.

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

A short film by the Czech animator Vaclav Mergl.

A conman refuses to believe that the nice old lady sitting opposite him at the bar is a centuries-old vampire, yet he's starting to feel more and more uncomfortable. And that's not the only surprising revelation this short has in store for the viewer.

A girl starts running in a different direction from everyone else. If you have friends who run with you, you'll find the courage to keep running.

A young woman is thrust into a caretaking role after her boyfriend is diagnosed with a unique illness.

A young boy learns important life lessons about strangers.

Jack and Mary (and their dog, Rags) are walking down the street when a talking car stops them and begins lecturing them about traffic safety.

A vibrant and colorful celebration of how the loon received the white ring around its neck as a gift from the Moon.

A tale about water fireflies, colorful cows, small wooden houses, wondrous river and some moody folk not aware of all these things.