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Trapped in his nostalgia and haunted by the impermanence of things, a sad little ghost is unable to pass through the liminal space he occupies.

A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.

"Román s basou" is another short by master a stop-motion puppet-animator Jiri Trnka. The story is based on Anton Chekhovs story "Roman s Kontrabasom". Princess Bibulova decides to go fishing along the river while not far away a bass player leaves his two companions to go for a swim.

As representatives of Japan, Haruka, Rin, and Ikuya are heading to Sydney to participate in the Swimming World Cup. They will finally compete with world class athletes but can they survive these games? This is the climax of the “Free!” series from Kyoto Animation.

A young woman is forced to return to the conservative small town where her bizarre family lives to take care of her mother, having to deal with the cruel reality of her mom's Alzheimer disease and become the daughter they need.

Middle school freshmen Haruka and Makoto join the school swim team, and have to join forces with their new teammates to win.

This animated short tells the story of Seraphim "Joe" Fortes, one of Vancouver's most beloved citizens. Born in the West Indies, Joe Fortes swam in English Bay for over than 30 years. A self-appointed lifeguard at first, he became so famous that the city of Vancouver finally rewarded him with a salary for doing what he loved best.

Cuatica, a lonely and odd teenage girl, decides to put an end to her isolation in an unusual way: she creates a club at her high school to prepare for the end of the world, using it as an excuse to make friends. The problem? No one wants to join… except for one girl: Inostroza, who ends up in the club’s classroom by mistake, and Cuatica won’t let this opportunity slip away.

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

After his two brothers are captured, the third little pig invents a machine to capture the big bad wolf.

A rouge news reporter looks into the murder of the District Attorney, who was killed after he started an investigation.

Katie Wotton’s incredible journey to regain control of her life through reconnecting to the sea.

Jerry Mouse befriends a newly hatched duckling who can't swim and ends up protecting him against his feline nemesis, Tom.

It's a fantasy house party from the 2000's and you're invited! Hosted by twin brothers Gred and Forge in their big family house while their parents are on vacation. Surely nothing could go wrong while the house is filled with magical creatures. Right?

Rebeka, a goth middle schooler, is constantly bullied by her classmates Britt and Tiff. After a rough school day she escapes to the graveyard , feeling hopeless until an expected rockstar rises from the grave. Together, they form a band and set out to win the competition, proving she has what it takes.

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through their teenage rebellion in the eighties and the summer of 1989, when their life changed forever, to 2011.

A vampire fan-girl, lost in the woods and searching for a Dairy Queen, stumbles across a cannibal whom she excitedly mistakes for a vampire. Flabbergasted, the cannibal decides to play along with the fan-girl's delusions by claiming he is a vampire and inviting her to his cabin, where he plans on killing and eating her. The fan-girl, none the wiser, excitedly accepts.

A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his girlfriend head the mountains to find anything to bring back.

A flaxen-haired schoolgirl's mysterious series of prophetic dreams steer her through a watershed week between swimming tailless and breathing open-air.

As a swimmer goes through puberty, their discomfort with their body begins to push them away from their love for swimming.