The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This artistic technique, often used in the 16th- and 17th centuries, utilizes a method of visual distortion with which paintings, when viewed from different angles, mischievously revealed hidden symbols.
Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".
Enigmatic, stop-motion, animated story of a man's day.
In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff and toys from the child's head, leaving him without the top of his head for most of the film. The professor then teaches the lad about illusions and perspectives, the pursuit of an object through exploring a bank of drawers, divining an object, and the migration of forms. The child then brings out a box with a tarantula in it: the professor puts his "hands" into the box and describes what he feels. The boy receives a final lesson about animation and film making; then the professor gives him a brain and his own open-book hat.
Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.
A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.
A children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Tells the beginning of the story of Quark: His birth and how he is thrown out by his parents due to his malicious behaviour.
Catherine is taken to dine at "Eau de la vie" an opulent cafe known for its unusual entertainment. Her business associates Grant and Sarah intend to initiate her into their sordid society and strip her of her innocence. Catherine must choose from a small group of performers who will entertain the diners for the evening. She selects a young attractive man unaware that the finale of the evenings entertainment will end in his dead. To save the young man she has chosen, Catherine is driven to fight for her own life but oblivious to her struggle the other diners believe it is all part of the evening's entertainment Catherine has to stand alone. They say that evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Eau de la vie is a dark tale of hedonism and individual courage.
16-year-old Frida and Mona take the train from the suburbs to Copenhagen on a Friday night to get rid of their virginity. They make themselves up and change their clothes in the ladies' room at the Central Station and the manhunt in Copenhagen's night-life can begin.
Cartoon short about Quark the troll, this time as a dragonslayer by chance.
A Walt Disney short film.
A haunting short version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous story about a cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on a victim of the Spanish Inquisition...
A driven candidate moments before the most important point of his career. A desperate thug moments before the most dangerous decision of his life. An abstract and compelling short film about finding peace in regret.
Two childhood friends from a small village in the north of Nicaragua briefly reunite one day in the city. One, a University student, and the other, a dropout, have a slight misunderstanding regarding a motorcycle, which leads to some petty drama in their similarly uneventful day-to-day lives.
Vadim, convinced his girlfriend Simona, to make an abortion. His way to the clinic is interrupted by a range of obstacles. Once arrived at the doctor, Simona doesn't find Vadim. Suddenly, Vadim finds himself between life and death. In the end, a miracle happens and resolves everything.
Two guys are arguing about the meaning of life and the purpose of humankind's existence. 'Why do we exist and who are we?' - this is the question.
When the big guys make their deals, all we can do is watch the consequences.
Hedi, a young man in his thirties, moves into an old apartment where he's going to make an amazing and life-changing discovery.
Moma is a young man who dreams of being an architect to build a better life for himself and his family.