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Peel(xx)

In a hidden place, the daily routine of a retirement home unfolds as time seems to stand still. The penciled residents come to life on paper. Some are active, others rest or follow a fixed schedule that repeats each day: medication, meals, games… Around them, machines are flashing, caregivers are busy and crucifixes remind them of the death that lies in wait. Time fades away and a forest stretches out nearby.

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.

Octane(en)

A man's street race through hell and back parallels the Black experience in America.

Dissecting Gwen(en)

After the anxiety of taking a home pregnancy test causes GWEN to faint on her bathroom floor, she is forced to have a discussion with the personified Voices in Her Head: ROMANTIC, REBEL, ANALYTIC and FEAR - each unabashedly offering their opinions on what her future should look like.

Tony Speed(fr)

Geraldine(fr)

Gerald is dealing with an unwanted sex change.

Man with Pendulous Arms(xx)

On a moonless night, a character with overlong arms walks. Preceded by his shadow, he goes to an arena where he is about to perform a ritual.

Le papillon(fr)

In medieval Japan, "Le Papillon" is the story of a young woman's fight to protect her boyfriend's memory , a samouraï killed during the war.

Street Musique(en)

Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the music, but his own beat is more boisterous than that of the musicians. The illustrations range from convoluted abstractions to caricatures of familiar rituals. Without words.

Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend(en)

An Inuit tale of familial revenge.

Front and Back(en)

An educational short film featuring the character of Luxo Jr. demonstrating the concept of "front" and "back."

All the Cats Join In(en)

A hep teen hears a tune on the jukebox at the malt shop and calls his girl; She rounds up a crowd and soon the whole place is jumping.

Tireman, Spare My Tires(en)

Harry picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be a runaway heiress. Under threat, Harry agrees to help her hide by pretending to be husband and wife.

Piano Mooner(en)

Harry is a workaholic piano tuner whose bride-to-be's brother threatens to kill him if he doesn't marry his sister. His latest job assignment involves a socialite and a pesky French maid hounding him constantly.

An Eviction Notice(en)

A darkly comedic look at a couple who must defuse a bomb in their apartment.

People on Saturday(de)

A sunny Saturday afternoon in Zurich. In the middle of a crowded square a businessman is lying on a bench, seemingly asleep. Someplace else, a teenager is longing for appreciation. A commuter is fighting the ticket machine. The film shows ten tableaux of everyday situations in the city. The people in them are confronted with small or big problems. Each one of them is a Sisyphos, endlessly rolling the little stones of daily life up the mountain.

Lawn Maintanance is not a f#cking vocation(en)

Craig Joeman is your average, friendly, lawn connoisseur. He has no qualms with how his local parks are being maintained. Until something changes.

The Box Assassin(en)

A pizza delivery boy finds himself in the middle of a clash between a gangster boss and a legendary assassin who the boy has unknowingly delivered instead of pizza.

Zygomatiques(fr)

We are in 2012, life goes on. Children are born, people die and things happen in between. Nevertheless, this society has its strange particularity, it has never known laughter. In this world, nobody has ever laughed. Neither humor nor derision exist. Until a psychoanalyst meets a patient with a strange illness.

Mon Copain?(fr)