After losing her job, Charlie is forced to return to her childhood home. Tensions rise as long since disposed of memories are brought once again to the surface.
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.
Jack O’ Lantern folktale about the origin of the Will-o’-the-Wisp retold through a haunted doll’s mind’s eye.
An animated film made from approximately 1700 laser printed photo(collage)s, manipulated by hand.
Two duelling birds get the urge to change their plumage. A blue jay wants to be decked out in the green of cedar, and a loon dons the burnished red of oak leaves, but neither bird foresees the consequences of vanity.
An exploration of Japanese culture by experimental animation artist José Castillo.
Experimental animation film by José Castillo.
The Bannister Doll has spent years locked away in an old evidence locker. Tonight, 4 thieves are about to find they just stole the wrong package.
After 50 years of marriage, John must care for his wife while learning to live alongside her vivid hallucinations.
The scissors cut out a little man with huge boxing gloves from black paper. The boy comes to life and is immediately convinced of his punching power. So he grabs the scissors himself and cuts out a huge opponent to demonstrate his strength. He makes a complete fool of himself in the process. It doesn't help that he cuts his opponent smaller and smaller and finally even sticks him down with glue. Although he adorns himself with the laurels of victory at the end, it is clear that he is just a ridiculous paper hero.
In the wake of a mysterious family death, a couple's night of mourning is interrupted by a strange delivery containing an antique dollhouse and a terrifying tale about its lone occupant.
The film follows a struggling writer on the verge of losing everything until a mysterious rag doll offers him a chance at redemption for a heinous cost
A guy arrives home from work only to be greeted at his front door by a creepy doll.
1914-1923 marked the 2nd phase of the Genocide of the Greeks of the Black Sea by the Young Turks. Agapi, her family, and the whole village’s Greek population are forced out of their homes and into a march in the snowy forest for 40 days. Will they survive the ordeal? A hand drawn animated film with over 10,000 drawings that took more than 3 years to make by Julia Speropoulos.
A feminine machine, stuffed with modern nano-technology and useless operations is depicted in this mixed-media 2D animation short, highlighting the consequences of consumerism and the downfall of civilized society. The machine reminiscent of a two-dimensional video game, leads to a destructive chain reaction after a strange malfunction, with people turning into clones and robots.
This is a classing Jordan animation, primarily in B/W, with touches of color. Actually, the engraved art work was film on color negative, so that subtle variations in tone are recorded. The mood--enhanced by John Davis' original music--is dream-like. It is both lyric and crackling, producing a kind of anticipatory tension. The scenes, in the usual Jordan manner, follow the surreal principle of placing objects and people where the ought not to be, and making movements that in the waking world are impossible. Each scene is a kind of drama from another world.
A nostalgia trip in the enigmatic labyrinth of the passed childhood.
Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.
Roads is a story about the choices of woman who is searching for her future.