A succession of slices of life paints a general portrait of the city of Rio de Janeiro and its inhabitants; their pace of life, urban patterns, the weight of concrete, ethnic mix, body worship, religion, work, leisure.
Gretchen unmoulds a jar of jelly in her room while her parents picnic in the garden. The jelly comes to life, the girl begins a frenzied dance with her new friend "Jelly".
What You Read Into This Is None of My Concern, But No, I Wasn't Thinking About Much of Anything.
A decorative object struggles to lead a meaningful existence as it gets stuck in the cycle of re-gifting
Topo Gigio, the well-known puppet animated by Maria Perego, embarked on a rocket of his own invention in the company of inseparable Rosy and a new friend, Giovannino (a small worm coming out of an apple), leaves for the Moon, but unexpected difficulties put an end to the journey in the middle of a Luna Park, where the little hero has the chance to show off his cunning and his courage in defending Rosy from the evil intentions of a bad magician. The adventure will end in the happiest of ways.
Having spent her entire life behind the convent walls, old and dignified nun Mary decides to fulfill her childhood dream. The only obstacle on her way is her fragmentary, almost non-existent memory. Mary is afraid that her ultimate dream may turn out to be a sin instead.
A visual allegory connecting polynesian mythology with the notorious atom bomb testing.
A man, mourning about the loss of his lover Leonore, faces a strange visitor in the middle of the night. "Ouoth the raven: NEVERMORE"
In a stormy night, a father and his child have to ride through a haunted forest to reach the safety of their home. "Oh who rides by night through the woodland so wild, ´tis the fond father embracing his child.“
Tells the day of a boy who doesn’t excel in sports, and his gym instructor who simply has to make this day a living hell for him.
The black forest in the 19th century. A magic place with ghosts, good and bad, living in it. Peter Munk is a poor but goodhearted young man, desperately wishing to be rich. Tempted by the evil ghost of the woods, he trades his warm heart for a heart of stone. He becomes rich but turns into a merciless and cruel man. Is there still hope for him?!
The poor yet smart trickster Si Lunchai triumphs over the cruel king. An adaptation of an Indonesian legend, inspired by the style of the Southeast Asian shadow puppet play Wayang Kulit.
A tragic tale of two star crossed lovers in ancient Vietnam.
The Book Keeper will murder to protect his books, but his tiny world is turned around when he catches Granny chewing on TS Eliot.
In a dark and dingy laboratory, sometime in the not too distant future, a scientist toils away attempting to create life.
A layered, complex film channelling the elegant, brittle austerity that sits at the heart of what it can mean to be an orphan.
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men” – Roald Dahl.
A drop of water meets a drop of oil unleashing the kind of morphing choreography that only animation can bring to life.
A song tribute to street people delivered in a joyous barrage of roughly hewn, colourful imagery.
A visual ode to the grabbed, found and overheard sounds of London delivered in an intensely rendered water-coloured canvas.