Story of an alien arriving on planet Earth, in search of a human specimen.
A man plays fetch with his dog, only to have both him and his dog mired in a series of optical illusions.
Stick-figure animation makes for a witty genre send-up of the Western.
Edgar Allan Poe’s ill-fated hero meets his double.
Welcome to the Generation Gap: an area with an often stormy climate and some interesting inhabitants - parents, for instance... and teenagers...
If a family goes through big changes while the children are growing up, it can take years for everything to settle down again afterwards.
The classic tale of a loveable, outcast hunchback and the gypsy girl he adores is transformed into a musical, warmhearted animated classic in this delightfully updated version of a stirring masterpiece.
In Backcomb the demonic is unleashed on domestic space. It takes the form of two of femininity’s mildest tokens, hair and embroidery, that serve here in the creation of a sexualised surrealist experience. Within the claustrophobic space of a table-lay, a forceful and erectile mass of hair comes alive and slithers across its surface. The hair probes into vessels and punches through the cloth till finally order overturns and all smashes to the ground.
In a strange, faraway land Long Meg contemplates nature and all its wondrous mutations and oddities.
Rainer Kohlberger’s abstract film was created entirely without a camera. Through digital algorithms, he precisely arranged a rhythm of light and shadow that pulsates off the screen into our physical space with blinding intensity. The presence of light is almost felt as we are sucked into the image to become its ghostly accomplice. As we leave the theatre, the optical vibrations continue to haunt us.
It’s a Date is a culmination of his preoccupations, a weird but humanistic look at a couple on a first date. It seems to be going well until the man decides to really open up and get (sur)real.
Adult men share their stories of how their fathers explained sex to them as kids in an animated compilation.
A vulnerable boy works very hard to escape from a stark reality. He surrounds himself by a world of toys and games but as the truth starts to emerge his refuge might turn out to be a trap.
A Man's Cat observes and witnesses his descent into madness at the end of his seasonal depression during the last days of winter.
A baby polar bear searches for his missing mother, while a force much colder than the frozen tundra searches for him.
A cat goes to a job interview where his skills are valued by three mice. As the interview progresses the situation becomes increasingly uncomfortable for everyone involved.
Something's brewing on the desk. Battle is commencing. Will Kungfu Bunny always be invincible?
The Needle tells the story of a mother, who is in search for her missing son in Turkey. The film is based on true incidents, on the theme “The Saturday Mothers”. The main protagonist is a “Saturday Mother”.
Mysterious lifeforms “Happy Bogeys” appear and change shape and form. Do their mysterious words and actions mean anything? This little gem makes you feel happy.
A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.