Hot Diggity

A woman who has been watching her next door neighbor for some time develops an intense affection for her neighbor's cat. This love will eventually end in regret.

A stupid insect, at the lowest level of the food chain, endures its position as prey in the forest. But suddenly, the established order is overthrown. The insect provokes a sequence of accidents of increasing importance.

This short film is a diploma of a student of the Higher Art School of Vaclav Gollar. Its main theme is dreams, so the plot immerses the viewer in a fantastic world, devoid of the traditional logic of everyday life. The film uses several typical dream motifs that usually provoke panic in the sleepers. The characters find themselves in uncomfortable situations, and as the story progresses, the drama of the events increases more and more, exacerbating the chaos.

Two young filmmakers spend time together, talking and searching for an idea to make a film. As their conversation unfolds, imagined stories quietly appear and disappear, blurring the line between thought and reality.

Two brothers are caught by storm and they are drifted to the greatest whirpool on the world. Due to circumstances they will be forced to fight each other for life and death.

A young girl's dreams of becoming a dancer are threatened. Her father searches for a way to help her continue dancing.

A comedy set in a surreal school about a professor who lectures about Buddhism -- an ancient religion, and karma -- the law of cause and effect. He rambles on while becoming increasingly annoyed by a fly he attempts to squash, helping the class learn a valuable lesson about "karma express".

When a circus trio have a particularly disastrous show, Mandy the Acrobat must decide whether to run away from the circus, or to stay and help her friends.

A character is inside a cubical room; there is a hole in the roof, which is too high to reach. But pushing on the walls distorts the room in various ways, always appearing to bring the hole closer while still leaving it tantalizingly inaccessible.

Yadira, a creative young Cuban girl, struggles packing on her final day home. Embarking on an immigration journey alone, her suitcase feels too small to carry everything her heart holds.

Two itinerant performers in a timeless, unnamed land rescue an abandoned infant. As they care for the child, they clash with the realm’s all-powerful, primitive militia. This tragicomedy follows their bond, the absurdity of authority, and the longing for belonging against a surreal, beastly backdrop.

To understand a mysterious man in a Victorian gown who sings praises to God on the streets of contemporary Vancouver, we meet the people who claim to be closest to him.

The local mime is up to mischief at NESCol

Independently produced cel-animated film produced by U. Manabuken of Kyushu University, with the cooperation of Manabuken at the time and volunteers from the Animation Research Institute and others. Completed in May 1984 after about 2 years of production. Total number of drawings: approximately 2,000. The work is full of passion for depicting the action of beautiful girls and effects such as explosions and rock splitting, and is a tour de force in terms of drawing and backgrounds, as well as experimenting with filming techniques such as double exposure, transmitted and incidental light, etc. The story, however, is forced, or should not be considered in depth.The extras include some of the settings and moving images, some of the lost cuts, test and play videos, doodles, etc. As the extras, it was introduced in the Dec 83 issue of the animation-related magazine Fan Road

Two roommates find themselves becoming more and more similar in an unsettling way.

Howl If You're Horny, a student dissertation film, explores queerness and mise en scene with a metaphorical relationship between being trapped within the closet and the werewolf exterior. Queer suppression and desire is explored within a dream sequence where posters, which were once in his room, come alive. He must decide if he wants to keep surviving or to live his first day as a human.

Musicians are playing, and their music changes the world.

Žaba

On Burns Night, a lonely young man from Glasgow, bumps into Scotland’s most famous bard who turns out to be a terrible flirt advisor.

A story of disillusionment on the threshold of adolescence. A story seemingly simple, and yet, for Martina, the heroine of the story, a turning point. Martina is in her last year of primary school. She is experiencing her first love, preparing for talent interviews and, together with her classmates, for a farewell party. The money collected for the party is with her until someone steals it. More than the loss, however, Martina is hurt by the knowledge that those she trusted most, even her great love, are able to suspect her as a thief...