Alfred Hitchcock was a great director, observer, and researcher of cinema. By imagining a typical day in his life, Ahn reveals the director's unrealized visions through animation. This was Ahn's first theatrical release, shown along with a live-action feature film.
We were just 15 minutes away from the end of the world. ABOVE ALL is a revealing short documentary about the life of an American man who ended up onboard with an atomic bomb, in the midst of the 1962 Cuban Crisis. The world was never been closer to nuclear war than this moment. A surprisingly heart-warming story told with his own words and pictures, the film is made from family home movies, including previously unseen footage from inside the US airbases. This film juxtaposes love, family and war through the arc of one man’s life. As President Kennedy addressed the world in a live televised speech of extraordinary gravity, we glimpse at the true psychology of what is was like to be in the air in those infamous moments, whilst the very essence of life on Earth was on the line.
Zupi e a Vovó do Espaço Sideral
Falta In Focco
A TV show that is so unclear to whom and where it is broadcast. A strange room where the recording and editing is taking place. A middle-aged gentleman like a wax figure sits on a turntable and grabs the microphone as the director signals him to do so. A reading about the mysterious genre "Ficfyon" has begun. 'What the heck did we not have time for?' The monologue of a man sitting in the audience and continuing to talk about his story will soon move into Ficfyon prophecies about the 2000s.
The sea can be many things; provider of food and work, playmate or harbinger of death. Set in the 1950s in the fishing town of Nazare, the ocean takes different shapes as it interacts with each member of a small family.
A boy and his sick mom plan a trip to Italy to escape his father.
Elogio a la Sonrisa
A grouchy Alien Parasite tries to restock his bar and unclog his interdimensional toilet. He also fights a mad robot scientist and its monstrous pup plus a fax machine for a wife. Yes, this is the plot we're serious...
Two cousins strive to reclaim their ancestral home, overcoming numerous obstacles with help from a doctor and lawyer. This heartfelt journey celebrates family bonds, blending tradition with the spirit of modern life.
A woman is attacked by a stranger after being warned by her brother, who died when they were children. It's up to her brother to save her.
Trapped in their frames and monitored by a menacing curator, two paintings long to escape from the art gallery's white walls. As the paintings lock eyes across the room, an unspoken connection between them sets the stage for revolution. With a distinctive blend of live-action and animation, this short film by Evan Bode employs surreal metaphor to explore ideas about power, resistance, queer identity, visibility, and liberation from constructed borders.
A ten-minute animated documentary about Jack Weiner, a grown man whose entire life has been shaped by being abducted by aliens when he was young, a life story nobody believes.
Destinos Cruzados
James' world view is challenged when his older brother faces him with a choice that could tear their family apart.
On a cork oak farm deep in the village of Aldeia Velha, the warm Portuguese sun beams down on the white walls of a family home. Life is sweet here. Cherish these moments spent together.
The plot revolves around a young Buddhist monk named Tum who falls in love with a lovely girl named Teav. After returning to his native province, King Reamea invites Tum to sing at the royal palace. Teav's mother decides to marry her daughter to the son of Archun, the province's governor. However, Reamea urges that she marry the Cambodian monarch instead. Teav is brought to the palace, and Tom performs a song about his love for her. Reamea agrees to let the pair marry, but Archun murders Tum and Teav. Reamea instructs Archun's entire family to be buried.
An animatronic cowboy at a Western-themed family entertainment center struggles to maintain his creative freedom.
A young woman struggles to tell her beloved grandmother a truth that she believes may ruin their relationship.
A middle-aged couple in Darbhanga was in financial trouble and had a loan payment due the following day. The unemployed husband then made the decision to steal his wife's valuables and go on a voyage of guilt in order to solve the problem.