All Because of a Plate(1959)

Flores(pt)

In a natural crisis scenario, the entire population of Azores is forced to evict due to an uncontrolled plague of hydrangeas, a common flower in these islands. Two young soldiers, bound to the beauty of the landscape, guide us to the stories of sadness of those forced to leave and the inherent desire to resist by inhabiting the islands. The filmic wandering becomes a nostalgic and political reflection on territorial belonging and identity, and the roles we assume in the places we came from.

Eeling(en)

A discontented wife is seduced by eels - the keepers of the land. The mystic encounter draws her into the eels’ realm.

The OceanMaker(en)

The OceanMaker is a 9-minute animated short film that takes place after Earth's oceans have disappeared. It tells the tale of one courageous pilot who fights against vicious sky pirates for control of the last remaining source of water: the clouds.

The Duel(pl)

The story of a duel between a knight who, at a certain point, is fighting against himself

Re-Gifted(en)

A decorative object struggles to lead a meaningful existence as it gets stuck in the cycle of re-gifting

The Cold Heart(de)

The black forest in the 19th century. A magic place with ghosts, good and bad, living in it. Peter Munk is a poor but goodhearted young man, desperately wishing to be rich. Tempted by the evil ghost of the woods, he trades his warm heart for a heart of stone. He becomes rich but turns into a merciless and cruel man. Is there still hope for him?!

How Wang-Fo Was Saved(fr)

Wang Fo, the greatest master of medieval China, aided by his assistant who has given up everything to follow him, desperately seeks aesthetic perfection. A day comes when he thinks he has achieved it. But his genius arouses both the curiosity and the jealousy of the Emperor. Wang Fo will be able to escape the Emperor's vindictiveness only by going to the limit of his talents.

Moonbird(en)

Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

140 Characters(en)

"We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

101 Dalmatians: The Further Adventures of Thunderbolt(en)

In Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians, the puppies watch a black and white serial western TV show about Thunderbolt the Wonder Dog. That episode ends in a cliff hanger as Thunderbolt, in hot pursuit of Dirty Dawson, plunges into a river towards a treacherous waterfall. In this short episode that ties to the original, Thunderbolt escapes the fall down the waterfall with the help of the Sheriff, avoids an explosion triggered rock slide, and ultimately captures the horse thief, Dirty Dawson.

Onan(ja)

“ONAN is a work about desire (masturbation) which has no object but itself. The appearance of the large egg objectifies the man's desires. After colliding with the other (a girl), the hero falls down while still holding the egg, thus caricaturing the desire of the hero.” —Takahiko Iimura (takaiimura.com)

One Day(fr)

Originating from the filmmaker’s childhood confusion over an English expression regarding sex, Marie Paccou’s 1998 animation is the absurd, yet emotive tale of a woman who wakes one day to find a small man growing out of her abdomen.

The Mechanical Monsters(en)

Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.

White Spirit(fr)

Avoiding uncomfortable pauses in a conversation is an art. Creating such moments in a conversation is a job, more precisely, this is White's job. In this whimsical musical short, dance along with White, a man who interferes in conversations at appropriate - or quite inconvenient - moments.

00-Baby Boom Child(sv)

On their way home by bike through a deserted industrial area, a mother and her son starts to talk about what happened when our dream of eternal economic growth collided with the peak, and following decline in global oil production. In a sad but quite plausible picture of the near future, our children make us accountable for today's irresponsible way of living.

He was a Ladies' Man but They wanted Him to take Her life !!(en)

Dan owed money to the Chinese mafia; however, he was given the choice to get scot-free - by taking the life of a rich man's daughter. Except that every time he attempted to take her life, it only got worse for him. WATCH NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4UpjS9j5oE

He thinks He Owns Her and She doesn't know He is a Psycho !!(en)

He is always angry and everyone at work was scared of him, but then after he met her, he changed for the better. But little does she know about his psychotic past. WATCH NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giURsfOtGNo

Як сінячок да сонца лётаў(be)

The Old, Old, Very Old Man(en)

152-year-old Thomas Parr is taken to meet King Charles I, who orders a celebration of his longevity.

Only Slightly Exaggerated(en)

Inspired by the classics, the golden age of American animation and modern works of Japanese animation, all of which feature richly detailed natural settings that are home to magical creatures, Mueller and Matulick show you Oregon like it has never been seen before.