While working as a house painter in New York City for some of the giants of the art world, David Kramer uses his coffee breaks to riff on past jobs for other giants from the art world.
An animated documentary film, based on an actual story of a woman from Damascus countryside. Suleima evokes some of childhood memories, when her thoughts refusing injustice had arisen. The film is a portrait of Suleima, and a monitoring of intellectual and social shifts she experiences during the events. The visual environment: has been presented graphically fully of sharp contrasts, and imaginary mixed with reality.
An animation film about a clarinet and a trumpet that meet, clash, compete, compromise and harmonize.
This combined film (black and white drawings of human hands and objects) is a parable on power and the motives affecting modern society.
Lola, a bitter, burnt-out drag queen dishes the dirt in this claymation, gin-soaked, stumble down memory lane. It ain't easy being gay and clay.
One rainy day, a squid falls on a crosswalk. A businessman and a homeless man see the squid and get lost in their own fantasies.
It would be so much better if everyone just went away... A girl who hates school sits in the corner of the classroom and creates an imaginary world.
A robot works at a factory repeating the same operation everyday. One day an unexpected visitor arrives and changes his routine.
The Universalists know little about the world outside of Boroville. They only know what a vendor named Karratu tells them. Karratu comes to look for the precious marbles that the Universalists make, and in exchange brings them various products. But sometimes things happen, and an unfortunate incident occurs at Pluto's birthday party; Saturn accidentally breaks the gift and everyone turns against him.
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In this animated miniature a drawing gradually comes to life before our eyes, telling a story not only of a wild boar on the run, but also of the ways in which people occupy the places that used to belong to nature. Artist-animator Nicolas Piret has an incredible eye for detail and uses only a single sheet of paper to tell this story. With this impressively meticulous approach, he deploys a playful form of storytelling.
The patriarch of a family dies, leaving his seven sons to fight for the inheritance.
Hattan, a truck driver often delivers goods from the Seremban to Kuala Pilah. Every time he went there, he would ceaselessly stop at one place to watch his ex-lover, Ira. Looking back on the past 20 years ago, Ira married her brother, Zaidi unwillingly. Their marriage failed, and they were blessed with a child named Amir. Hattan was disappointed to take himself to Kuala Lumpur to become a rock singer but failed. The conflict started when he saved Ira and Amir from Zaidi who often interfered in their lives.
A child plays with flowers, butterflies and birds. Suddenly a huge man dressed in black appears. He begins to teach the child a lesson about plant and animal species. The teacher has many hands, each holding a pointer and killing all the beautiful species he talks about.
A father's importance in a family.
Hitchhiking in Quebec, although it's against the law
Various songs and moments from 20 years of Barney.
Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories of losing something precious and what it has taught them about living.
Tess is ten years old--old enough to join her mother, Sue, for a summer's fishing in the northern waters off Vancouver Island on their boat the Henry Bay. However Tess is reluctant to go: she fears the stormy waters and would rather stay at home for the summer with her best friend, Candice. Tess does go, and with her goes Maa-mou the cat, a parting gift from Candice, as her lively companion. Together they rise to the challenges of life on a fishing boat, and thrill in the summer's unexpected pleasures.