The Fall

Bloody Fairy Tales(cs)

From fairy tales or funny gore games - it could be characterized by a black-and-white review of folk tabernacles involving sex with a pig, frowning, and the painful fall of the princess from her prison in the high tower.

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.

The Shadow over Prague(cs)

The Messenger(en)

A dragon deliveryman starts his dream job and discovers that sometimes people will just hate you, no matter how hard you try.

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".

Merenguito(es)

Merenguito, a little piñata boy, wakes up on a school table after being put together by a group of primary school children. Soon they discover his gift: dispensing candy at will. When the children become absorbed by their greed for candy, Merenguito finds comfort in his friendship with Bruno, a gentle child outcast from his peers due to his delicate health condition. Chaos soon erupts and Merenguito becomes a victim of merciless bullying that spirals him into a choice with terrible consequences.

A Window Means Longing(en)

It’s a story of a girl dreaming of a fuller life. With the help of a kind stranger, she has to overcome her fears. Her trepidations may appear absurd but are far more serious in their nature.

We Are Human, After All(cs)

During a very harsh winter, a hare has to deal with the bitter cold, hunger and the threats posed by hunters and other animals. One day he sees the easy, comfortable and safe lives that rabbits lead. He decides to go and stay with them in the hutch.

Larger Than Life(hr)

In the distant future, survivors in special groups on a post-apocalyptic epidemic-ravaged earth are assigned to find remaining signs of life - but as the Technology Unit found two dead bodies in a bath, they desperately depart.

Albert(en)

Capturing life through the lens of a dream, Albert explores the evocation of the subconscious mind through the vivid visualism and dynamism of images.

Goodbye Old Fish(zh)

As two old men fish by the jetty, they begin to remember their kampong days.

Happy End(cs)

A splendid chain of unlikely encounters. Hunters, a tractor driver, a disco boy, and a corpse.

Framed(pt)

An art student faces an art block while deadlines are getting closer. Through her frustration, she's going to dive into the psychological issues that threaten her work.

Fronta(cs)

Short animation by Diana Cam Van Nguyen

The Little Cousteau(cs)

Undersea adventure in snowy city. A short cartoon film as a homage to Jacques Cousteau.

Cloudy(en)

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

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 Exortwist(en)

Mr. Holybar (the local chocolate bar priest) makes a late visit to Lolli's home. Her daughter Twizzly, is usually such a sweet girl, but lately, has been acting healthy.

Ironing Board(en)

A Gossy New Wave Production - A lonely and obsessive young man asks an old friend to help him fix a mysterious ironing board.

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.

Handshake(xx)

In this animated film, an innocent greeting between two people is quickly transformed into a tangled struggle, illustrating the twists and turns of a love affair. Relationships are visceral attachments, often leading to one dominating and consuming the other, then moving on easily and heartlessly. This film is autobiographical, a visual metaphor of an experience I had in my youth with one of my first girlfriends, perhaps the first love of my life. We learn a lot from experiences like this.

Born to Sing(en)

A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.

Wawa(tl)

A young boy’s journey as they take his father to his final resting place.

Valeriana(pt)

Dames at Sea(en)

Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It originally played Off-Off-Broadway in 1966 at the Caffe Cino and then played Off-Broadway, starring newcomer Bernadette Peters, beginning in 1968 for a successful run. The television version was broadcast on the Bell System Family Theater on NBC on November 15, 1971. The cast had extra chorus girls and boys, and there were full production numbers, turning into the very thing it was spoofing. Ann Miller was singled out for praise, especially when "she was allowed to tap out her brassy...temperamental star..."

Dementer(en)

After fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syndrome girl.

House of Little Deaths(en)

Just outside Philadelphia is a suburb full of trust fund kids and bored old men. In the heart of that suburb is a brothel run by women who are nothing more than a rite of passage to those men. House of Little Deaths explores every thing they do to get through a day, everything they hope for, everything they want to forget, everything they do to escape. A film about the mundane and bitter truth behind a world of fantasy.

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante(en)

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Ojos negros(es)

Kumari 21F(te)

A young man's love for his girlfriend, who is a model and moves very free to every one is tested by the rumors surrounding her.

The Pique Poquette of Paris(en)

The Inspector goes after Spider Pierre an expert pickpocket.

Hello Lord Xuan(zh)

The Adoration of the Magi(en)

The first scene in the 1898 Passion Play

A Fair Exchange(en)

A rich young man is attached to his father's stenographer. Knowing her character the father objects, disowning his son when he persists in big attentions to the girl. In the grip of poverty, the girl's true nature is disclosed, and the gentleness and goodness of her sister is revealed.

Cabalgando a la luna(es)

Decadent, failing Mexico City family get life-lessons from rural visitors.