The Hoarder(1969)

The Plant(xx)

A man brings a small plant into his home and cares for it.

Maintenance by Any Means(en)

"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other in order to get the job left open by the former Maintenance Supervisor. They need evaluations by the people who live at the apartments for every work order they finish. The problem is the renters themselves. Each one they run into has their own set of interesting problems. The maintenance men soon discover that a positive review may be hard to come by. Fixing broken down items in the apartments is the least of their worries. Finally one of the maintenance men must win the contest, by any means.

Hello...?(en)

"a colorful poem of the first copy-motion film... the system registers images directly from a color (xerox) duplicator model 6500... an original, versatil, unique system developed by Darino" –Back Stage

Crimes of Passion(en)

While in competition for a job promotion, the female competitor sues her male counterpart for sexual harassment. Blackmail and murder follow closely behind.

Main Street(en)

Eric Buford (Eric Streit) was willing to do just about anything to break out of his small Southern town. When Andrea Patterson (Andrea Griffin) arrives to oversee the opening of a huge corporate mega store, Eric thinks that he finally has a ticket out of "Small town USA". Eric's plans change when he discovers Food Demon's plot to destroy all of the Mom & Pop businesses on Main Street, including his grandparents' grocery store. Before Eric knows it, he is thrust in the middle of angry mobs, shady land deals and greedy businessmen that consider murder to be all in a days work. After his grandpa is slain before his eyes, Eric joins forces with his fellow Main Street merchants in a quest to save their town. Their mission: Run corporate America out of town on a rail..and live to tell about it.

A Thousand Months(en)

1981, Morocco. A village in the Atlas mountains. A city in the distance. A child. A family facing its destiny.

Red Valley: Siamo quello che ascoltiamo(it)

A guide to learn about the new italian musical languages loved by the new generations. An "explanation" given by the artists themselves regarding concepts embedded in their songs that turns the spotlight on the importance of dialogue on themes such as love, death, sex, success, nostalgia, democracy and money.

The Climate Baby Dilemma(en)

Deciding whether to have a child is an emotionally fraught and deeply personal process. Deciding amid increasingly dire warnings about the climate makes it even more paralyzing. The Climate Baby Dilemma is a documentary charting the growing number of young people either refusing to bring a child into an increasingly unstable world or struggling with the ethics of whether they should or not. As the conversation about intimacy and climate change heats up, we meet activists, journalists, parents and prospective parents, ethicists and scientists to unpack this growing trend.

Harmagedon(fi)

The She Wolf’s Orgy(es)

A woman with a troubled past introduces lust, depravity and sex to a religious commune.

The Joy of Data(en)

A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Fry tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.

Grido(it)

The film is the autobiographical history of the theatre director Pippo Delbono, who recounts the most meaningful moments of his life, up to the present day, along with the characters he has met during his career. It is a poetic statement, a portrait of his own artistic journey from theatre to reality and back. The actors play themselves, a typical element of Delbono's work.

Subferatu(en)

In this satire, a group of modern-day Americans are captured by a WW2-era Uboat, with a sinister cargo, bound for NYC.

The Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Yue Hong 2(zh)

Caligula(fr)

This work – the only opera that follows the career of the Roman Emperor Caligula and his madness, passion and power – was a great success when it was first performed in Venice, largely because of the originality and the fine psychological insight of its libretto and the subtelty of its musical score. There have been some memorable puppet-theatre performances of opera, but with Caligula Le Poème Harmonique and Arcal invite us to savour something quite original by bringing together two artistic traditions that have long been separated: those of Venetian opera and Sicilian puppet-theatre. On stage, the singers and instrumentalists, conducted by Vincent Dumestre, lend their voices and rich sound to the pupi of Mimmo Cuticchio, large stick-puppets belonging to a great theatrical tradition dating back to the seventeenth century.

Chi Va Chi Sau Ka(mr)

Savitri and Satyaprakash are introduced to each other through their families for marriage. Both being poles apart, they decide to understand each other by getting into a live-in relationship.

He Done His Best(en)

When Charley asks a young woman whom he is in love with to marry him, she tells him that he needs to get her father's consent. But when Charley then goes to see her father, who owns a restaurant, he ends up getting hired as a dishwasher instead. The rest of the kitchen staff soon find out that Charley is not a member of their union, and they go on strike. Charley is left by himself, leading to a series of upheavals in the restaurant, and a great invention.

A Hole(en)

The world is about to be swallowed by a black hole. Meteorites fall from the sky, ocean waves take on enormous new heights, and chaos abounds in city streets as people confront their looming demise. The world turns to wealthy entrepreneur, Rob Bilford, whose “Escape Lottery” offers the only chance at continuing the human legacy.

Functional Block Diagrams(en)

A synthesis of sound and movement; colourful characters dance and move in repetitive patterns to percussive and melodic elements. A combination of motion and music that is hypnotic and beautiful. At first it feels structured and orderly but as more elements are added becomes quixotically expressive.

Solar Beats(fr)

Walking towards the fire. In a ceaseless stream of light, people, landscapes and objects lead us to mysterious regions. French filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski’s work is hard to classify - and all the richer for it. Together with his wife Michèle, whose musique concrète compositions form the basis of the sound design, Bokanowski offers a prolonged, dense and visually visceral experience of the kind that is rare in cinema today. Difficult to define and locate, its strangeness is quite unique.

Flammes(fr)

Memories split in the space.

Éclats d'Orphée(fr)

Film directed from the play "Orpheon", directed by François Tanguy, played by the Compagny of Raft.

Victor and Isolina(es)

A he-said/she-said story of an elderly couple explaining to their grandson why they've decided to live separately after many years together, told using hybrid animation involving 3D-printed miniatures.

L'Eau de Rose(fr)

Cecile and Pierre are riding a Ferris wheel when Pierre announces their relationship is over. But the surprised Cecile doesn't give up easily.

Alma(en)

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

Twisted(fr)

A team sent by the government is here to protect humanity from tornadoes. Bruce, Walter and Barrett are part of the Anti Tornado Squad and are ready to deal with that one-of-a-kind mission.

At the Other End of the Table(fr)

Communication is complicated. He tries to talk to her, but she seems unreachable. It’s unimaginable: she’s right on the other side of the table. When she tries to talk, it’s the same. At a time when “communication” is one of the great leitmotifs!

I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died(en)

Clay-on-glass under-the-camera animated interpretation of Emily Dickinson's poem by animator Lynn Tomlinson.

Butterfly(ru)

The film is devoted to the theme of careful attitude to the nature. It tells us how one of butterflies which are caught by the boy, grows till the huge sizes and the hunter appears in the net. Having tested bondage, the boy lets out the captives.

The Girl with the Rivet Gun(en)

Focusing on three women from vastly different backgrounds this film weaves together powerful moments from each of these Rosie's journeys of transformation.

Ye Olde Melodies(en)

Screen song by the Fleischer Studios

The Polish Non-Camera Newsreel no 1(pl)

First edition of an animated newsreel containing - in the manner of newsreels - the latest news from the country and the world: "Polish economy in the grip of krill", "Oil spill in Karlin", "U-25 mystery deciphered", "Sensational-secession photoplasticon liquidated", "Situation in space".

Adult’Hair(fr)

A young hairdresser gets in a tricky situation with his customer, which happens to be the wife of the village's policeman.

The Role of Chance(fr)

"The Role of Chance" ("La part du hasard") focuses exclusively on drawing and painting techniques used by the painter Henri Dimier. Shot over several weeks in the same artist's studio, the film shows works in their different phases, processes rarely explained or little known. It also addresses many practical issues (choice of paper, pigment grinding, reports drawings, put the tiles, cliches, etc) as well as broader questions of method and inspiration (use of space, the role of contours, power of suggestion perspectives, use of random processes). Patrick Bokanowski sought with this film to restore the spirit of this teaching, showing how to bend a note or sometimes revealing an essential mystery of creation.

The Smortlybacks(en)

On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.

Story(pl)

Perhaps it is time to let go of the illusion of certainty about where the screen ends and the outside world begins. A lonely restaurant patron, surrounded by people typing away on their laptops. Passengers in the metro, fixated on their smartphones. A pianist playing a virtual instrument. Through a series of eminently relatable everyday scenes, animator Jola Bańkowska comments on how our lives are shaped by digital technology.

Europe by Bidon(fr)

Biodun is Nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lagos to Paris, how he survives with a container (un bidon) and thanks to his courage. With his amazing patter, he transforms the events into extraordinary adventures.