Three shorts and three supplements tackle the central theme of 'compliance'. A wanna-be actress findsherself trapped between her traditional loyalty to her parents and her strong-willed director; a police officer and his robot sidekick resort to unorthodox methods to fight crime; a structuring of a PSA to promote social sensitivity is taken to absurd extremes.
All shots are created with game engine Unity. In the short, a little girl wants to give a gift to her parents. She's then sucked into a fantasy-like world (via her imagination) where her stuffed animal helps her on her journey.
A hidden memory sends David across the far reaches of time and space to solve a deadly mystery involving his time-traveling future selves.
An inquisitive little frog with a large appetite goes off to discover the river bank in search of new things to eat. On her way, she meets some of the animals that live in the neighbourhood: a mole, a rabbit, a deer, a mouse... and asks them what they eat. Well... what do you think herons, foxes and snakes eat?
At the museum they suddenly realise that one of the poison arrow frogs has escaped from its cage. Panic! Everyone is terrified, because the poison arrow frog is one of the world's most poisonous creatures. But fortunately there's a hero at the museum that day! We're not going to give away how he saves everyone, but let's just say that frogs and people aren't that different after all.
The story of Small and Large Rabbit. Made after a 1925 lithograph by Nils von Dardel.
Three days before Christmas and grumpy old Cyrus Grape forbids children to play and skate on the ice over the local cranberry bog near his home. Young Maggie, along with her grandmother and their friend Mr. Whiskers, work together to save Christmas Day for the children by reclaiming their favorite ice skating spot and discovering the land's rightful owner. When Mr. Whiskers learns his sister is coming to visit, it's a scramble to get his house in order and Maggie and her grandmother pitch in to help clean the old house. While working, they uncover a hidden box that holds a surprise for everyone... Maggie and her grandmother make delicious cookies to serve at their Christmas feast.
Hallmark presents a short story where the children get lost and with a wish they find their way home in the storm.
A hauntingly beautiful film about the world's flight into chaos. Rimmer has taken McLaren's camera-less technique to new heights. He paints directly on clear 35mm leader, using odd materials such as household cleaners, varnish, inks and sometimes fish scales and ferns. He feeds the loops through a film editing machine, overlays them with music and records the result with a mini DV camera. A production of the National Film Board of Canada.
This World War II propaganda short encourages British people to "dig for victory," by planting vegetable gardens.
1194D is originally a tweak of 115C8, one of the “Algorithmic Creature” series based on recursive triangle subdivision. The idea and complexity of the work started to go beyond the initial expectation after it was decided to experiment with multiple “creatures” co-existing within the environment.
A visual interpretation accompanying a reading of William Shakespeare's titular sonnet.
Created for MTV to be shown a year after the events of September 11, 2001, based on a still image Dave McKean created for an artist’s book of responses to the same events.
Those Vixens are back and bigger than ever. Once again Playboy brings you an ample sample of the buxom and the beautiful. Plus auteur Russ Meyer offers up his unique perspective on awesomely hot twosomes.
Film producer and health activist Gary Null exposes the FDA as an organization that is merely a tool of big business and an agency that is actively attempting to destroy public. With plans to prevent the American population from having unregulated access to vitamins, minerals and healthy foods, the FDA is clearly an accomplice in the war on health and health freedom.
In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge his father's murder, a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge, deception and cruelty are a way of life.
A small minotaur, his Mum Medusa, a Cyclops delivery guy, the neighbors the Grey Sisters... Legendary characters from the Greek mythology live their lives and solve their problems in today's world.
A small town in Japan's exclusion zone searches for normalcy in the five years following the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.
As Byomkesh Bakshi tries to solve a murder mystery, a myth of a buried treasure at the fort surfaces following a bizarre series of deaths. How does BB demystify the case? Adaptation of the adventure detective novel written in 1952 by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay.
Alex, a struggling painter, is going through a particularly bad patch. Dumped by his girlfriend and unable to get work, Alex finds his life taking a rare upswing when he moves into a new apartment and falls for his neighbor, Lori. But when things start to go wrong between Alex and Lori, their close proximity to each other proves to have an enormous downside, leading to further amusing antics.
Max films his friends having lecherous fun at his own birthday party; unaware of how it will change his life. Just out of high school, by haphazard, he becomes a big porno producer. His father, a principled police major, chases porno makers, not suspecting that one of them lives in his own apartment. Hoodlums and girls from good families, corrupted policemen, petty dealers find themselves in a luring and scary world of porno.
A profile of one of Britain's best-loved comedy actresses, who starred in 13 of the Carry On franchise's films and teamed up with Eric Sykes for popular sitcom Sykes. This documentary charts the highs and lows of Hattie's career, presenting her finest moments on screen alongside footage from her family archive. With contributions from family, friends, fans and co-stars
Years ago "The Order of Attollo" ravaged the small community of Spade County. It was through the brave leadership of Sheriff Stone Williams that eventually brought the end to the order. Recently, several teenagers were found dead with no leads and nothing other than several bizarre pieces of evidence. The Spade County Massacre, as it came to be called remained a mystery. Sheriff Stone Williams' investigation concluded the murders were committed by Charlie Zorborski, a disturbed teenager who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Today, Sheriff Stone Williams searches for answers to new bizarre and grisly crimes have resurfaced in Spade County. While the sheriff's department has no answers, the public fears The Order of Attollo has returned, others point the finger at Doug Porter. Porter, who has become an outcast, is forced to make a decision. He must either finally leave Spade County once and for all or prove his innocence.
An examination of reincarnation, regression, and other life-after-death subjects.
Lucas Simons, an 11-year-old filmmaker, is obsessed with death after the loss of his brother. When Lucas accidentally captures a mysterious presence in one of his films, he inadvertently becomes a YouTube phenomenon, and must learn to live life in the spotlight while also learning how to once again start living life to its fullest.