Cao Fei recorded her experiences within the online social platform Second Life. The result is a wistful, surreal vision of an alternative reality sprung from the pop culture fantasies and hyper-consumerism of contemporary urban China, while also trying to transcend its real-life limitations. It can be seen as an answer to the challenge posed by River Elegy: how to envision a new Chinese destiny founded on principles of individuality, creativity, discovery, and freedom. The film also reflects the contemporary condition of the virtual supplanting our experience of the real.
5.8Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.
0.0A lonely young man dreams of one day becoming a Rubik's Cube master, but his obsession soon turns deadly. Over 11,000 still photos played back at 30fps.
1.0Dark comedy about something we all do - we hate other people for trivial reasons. Life is hard even without having to tolerate other people's annoying habits. The problem is you can't kill somebody just because they chew too loudly. But in this animated world, you can make all your dark visions of fatal revenge a reality.
6.6Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
A newlywed couple undergoes an unbreakable soul-binding ritual that threatens to expose something far more sinister than their love for each other.
Short Soviet puppet animation based on Gogol's novel Dead Souls.
9.5In the world of Nätwëaria, Hanor, Prince of Pelenoria, sets out to find the heir of the Elves and give him Selemerald, the great sword, symbol of royalty. His quest will take him through many trials, and will put Jehannur, his squire, Drorim, Dwarf blacksmith, Yashi, Megasian guide, and the three half-elves Sylvan, Leif and Enris on his path. But his mission will not go smoothly, as the general of the Dark Armies, in the service of Kelmor, will keep trying to stop him...
0.0Three students hangout in a living room. What Hugo and Paulo don't know, however, is that this night is not like the others. Luís has something to reveal to them, a secret with apocalyptic consequences, that will test their friendship.
0.0About that, how parents abandoned the disobedient children and returned only then, when they reformed.
7.0One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
7.6Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
0.0A Woman named Rose is a virgin in her early twenties, who has a rare condition which cause her to kill every time she is sexually aroused. She tries to hide the bodies, fix herself and find out about her condition. That keeps her alone and in love with her knives. She takes up a job as a hired killer and stays single but meets another woman, named Sam, who has the same condition and has answers for her question, but does love prevail and what secrets are revealed?
0.0A man relies on the help of a strange fellow to get his car running.
0.0Drawing inspiration from the real life tragedy of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, this genre bending short follows a stifled rural housewife and her brother-in-law caught in a cruel cyclical limbo of death, love, and devotion.
7.3Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".
0.0In a winter of northwestern Argentina, a young woman, a sheep and a llama dance to take off the cold
