Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in balloon in each jump-cut scene as that word is said by the narrator Maurice Evans during his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy recording.
Wools
Senescence
The name of the film is taken from the book “Liquid Love” by the sociologist Zygmunt Bauman. The film investigates the tension and the pendulum swing between freedom and belonging in the context of relationships. An attempt to express two opposing worlds trying to co-exist, where one will always overcome the other in a constant, endless tension.
When a tabloid television station reveals a superhero film star is gay, the young actor is confronted not only with the reaction of the fans but also with his own concerns. The macho nature of his film alter ego complicates the entire situation even more and the struggle with homophobia in a heteronormative entertainment industry is not easy at all.
Meticulous and mesmerising paint-on-glass animation is characteristic for this atmospheric film by the Polish director, who takes us on a bus ride one Monday afternoon. The melancholic ride through a rainy city reminds the main protagonist what it would be like to escape the everyday routine of jammed streets.
A film about Colombian women's struggle to ensure that their daughters have a better life than they did.
Enducated
A bus full of people on a trip is stopped by a policeman who isn’t satisfied with the bribe he is offered for granting the bus passage. To continue on their journey, the passengers will have to join forces.
A woman wanders through an unusual landscape and blissfully enjoys touching plants. But that stops when this dreamland is ravaged by a strange infection destroying everything that brought pleasure.
What is a person able to do for a perfect self-presentation? A series of more or less unfortunate incidents takes place on the roof of the world, where a single wrong step can mean mortal danger.
Sometimes, no words are needed for people to understand each other. The two protagonists meet at a railroad crossing and spend a few fragile moments together in unbroken silence.
Clothes make the man, but sometimes they also reveal what kind of beast the wearer really is. In this animated film, we visit a pleasant pastry shop, which suddenly transforms from a place of comfort, sweet idleness, and chatter into an arena full of wild animals.
The animated documentary shows a day in life of a person suffering a mental illness called anorexia nervosa. It is an intimate insight into the mind of an anorexic, who must somehow interact with raw reality.
The ideas of the first Czech president come to life in a student film by an author originally from Magnitogorsk, Russia, who, after studying animation in Yekaterinburg, went on to earn a master's degree at UTB in Zlín. Václav Havel's inspiring ideas are underscored by a clear, straightforward artistic style.
In a town where the adults live on ground level and children refuse to come down from the treetops, a series of interviews sets out to discover - what is it exactly that the generations misunderstand about each other? This animated documentary highlights the absurdity of childhood, adult-ness, the internet, and generational gaps.
An unknown stranger appears, inviting Róza to dance, giving her a pair of red shoes. Thanks to them, Róza starts to dance, wildly and with great passion, quickly becoming the center of attention. Soon after she realizes that she can't control the shoes, the shoes are controlling her…
Two lovers in shifting waters.
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".
During the Annecy festival, while the young festival goers flock to the screenings, a producer relaxes on the lake.