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The Fabric of You(en)

Set in the Bronx, in the era of 1950s McCarthyism, everybody wants to look the same. Michael a gay, twenty-something-year old mouse, hides his true identity while he works as a tailor. When Isaac enters the shop one day he offers the escapism and love Michael craves. In Michael’s confined apartment, he becomes tormented by the memories of Isaac’s tragic death. Michael’s memories and flashbacks are triggered when he notices Isaac’s jacket draped on the back of a chair. Haunted by the solace Isaac once offered, he struggles to come to terms with his loss.

Fim(pt)

I Can't Wait(fr)

This is a simple, bittersweet tale for all ages that you feel like storing away deep inside of you, yet one that is so full of emotion that you’ll end up sharing with everyone around you. It’s the story of life itself.

For Sock's Sake(en)

Stop-motion animated short produced as a film student graduation project at the Gobelins Animation School of Paris by Carlo Vogele, class of 2008, leading to a career as a character animator at Pixar. It was selected as the winner of the Best Graduation Film award the following year at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

The House and the Fear(pt)

When a boy is left alone, his house must protect him from a mysterious shadow that chase after him.

Maelstrom(en)

a melancholic dream reveals Eternity

Architecture(en)

A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings...

Burp(en)

Computer and clay; dedicated to the Amazon rain forest. The first animated short to combine 3D computer animated characters with clay animation. As seen on MTV's Liquid Television.

Two Bagatelles(en)

Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.

Rebetiko(el)

Kostas spends every night in the local music venue. One night he decides to stand up in front of everyone and dance. Closing his eyes he dreams of an oneiric meeting with the woman he loves.

A Most Exquisite Man(et)

There exists a most exquisite man, or at least the world that surrounds him labels and sees him as such. He has fantastic abilities, incomprehensible talent, he could even be called a genius, yet something within him is restless. Big questions utterly absorb him, leading him to a place where all he can do is surrender his life, in order to find that which gives him and the natural world undeniable purpose and concluding peace.

The Phantom of the opera(en)

Stop motion

Tor, King of Beasts(en)

The models in Tor, King of Beasts (1962) were a slight improvement over those in Time Is Just a Place…but the models would be better in the sequel Son of Tor.

The Time Monsters(en)

Scientist discover a way to view the past.

Mère Ubu(de)

Père Ubu(de)

Coaxo(pt)

A little frog falls asleep after a long day of work on his farm, but is awakened from his slumber by a mysterious noise.

Les espiègles(fr)

With the seasons, the adventures of the Mischievous, inspired by the comics of the famous German cartoonist, Wilhelm Busch.

Henri & Edmond in: The New Neighbour(en)

A 2008 comedy brickfilm by Maxime Marion. It follows the story of a new Russian neighbour of Henri and Edmond's who invites the pair to his housewarming party, but is suspected by Henri to be an escaped cannibalistic mental patient he has heard of on the news. It is the first film in the Henri & Edmond series and was also the first brickfilm released by Maxime Marion.

COPYRIGHT(en)

A 2011 comedy adventure brickfilm directed by Maxime Marion and co-written with Lilian Ginet. It is the second film in the Henri & Edmond series. After downloading a song, Henri is tracked down by a copyright protection agency. There's only one plastic figure who can save him, his best friend Edmond, the fireman.