Framed(2023)

Journey with Tarsilinha(pt)

Tarsilinha sets off on a journey to save her mother’s memory. The only way to do this is to find her mom's stolen keepsakes and overcome her own fears.

Wild Life(en)

An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.

Your Face(en)

A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings a ballad to his love, “Your Face Is Like a Song,” to simple piano accompaniment. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

The Wooden Ghost(en)

An adaptation of one of the most famous horror poems of all time. How, in a fever dream, a carver finishes the portrait of a young woman. Then suddenly something flies into the workshop and strange things start happening. Stop-motion animation is combined with live action to create a terrifying experience from flesh, blood, wood and feathers.

The Boy and the Heron(ja)

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Cloudy(en)

While avoiding a conversation with his mum, Elliot encounters a peculiar little creature in need of his assistance!

The Limited Bird(en)

John's first independent work from 1989. Won Best of Fest Shorts at the Cinequest Film Festival, CA. The film is comprised of highly rendered drawings with very little moving parts to tell a complex story of relationships "gone to the birds".

A Descent into the Maelström(cs)

Two brothers are caught by storm and they are drifted to the greatest whirpool on the world. Due to circumstances they will be forced to fight each other for life and death.

Merry Christmas: Max's Miraculous Gift(de)

It is Christmas Eve. Max is excited. Because he has wished for something very special – but only quietly – he did not dare to wish aloud. At last, it is time for the presents. Max is overjoyed. How did his parents know what he had wished for? And the present is even better than he imagined. The craziest adventures can be experienced with it. And what he does experience, how he makes Kimba the lion his friend, or why he gets splashed soaking wet by Dicki the elephant, you can witness in the animated story of “Max and his wonderous present”. Do you already know what kind of present it is?

Pop(ja)

The train just runs. A collage of various images, including cel animation and drawing, animates smoke emitted from trains. The title comes from both the sound of a passing train and Pop Art (Yōji Kuri).

Nothing Happens(en)

On the cold outskirts of town, something is about to happen. In our own way we are all waiting for something to happen.

Morthered(en)

A tribute to our favorite mothers in horror reimagined in the late Mexico's 00´s.

Larger Than Life(hr)

In the distant future, survivors in special groups on a post-apocalyptic, epidemic-ravaged Earth are tasked with finding signs of life, but are forced to leave after The Technology Unit discovered two dead bodies in a bath.

it’s Super Dark(en)

A short animated film about a little boy named Less and his trip through the forest.

The Awakening of Insects(xx)

When spring is coming, cute and silly characters wake up from their winter sleep and celebrate the awakening in their unique ways.

Pitica and the Perfect Sandwich(pt)

Pitica is a little girl who lives by herself in an old war tank. While preparing a sandwich, she realizes there is a missing ingredient: a tomato. Therefore, she adventures into a dangerous forest in search of the fruit, unaware of what awaits her.

The Shadow over Prague(cs)

Charlotte(fr)

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative and deeply gifted, she dreams of becoming an artist. Her first love applauds her talent, which emboldens her resolve. When anti-Semitic policies inspire violent mobs, she escapes to the safety of the South of France. There she begins to paint again, and finds new love. But her work is interrupted, this time by a family tragedy that reveals an even darker secret. Believing that only an extraordinary act will save her, she embarks on the monumental adventure of painting her life story.

Viva Dirk(en)

A deformed prince is forced into a life of sexual servitude and then becomes the rising symbol of the sexual freedom movement.

The Fourth King(en)

The animals decide they must send a representative after the three wise men begin following the star of Bethlehem. Uno, the Lion, arrogantly decides he should be the one to go, and that he does not need any help. Feathers, who brought Jesus's birth to the attention of the animals, insists on traveling with him, and soon he is followed by a beaver, a rabbit, and a turtle.