Fulfillment of a Wish tells the story of how Sigmund Freud arrived at his theory of the dream as a form of wish-fulfillment. In pairing this story with animated imagery from a deep learning text-to-image model, the work suggests that generative AI imagery may also be the “disguised fulfillment of a suppressed, repressed wish.”
In a French rocky inlet, Bernard, a small and selfish hermit crab loses his shell. He will has to face dangers of the beach to find an other one. In the company of a weird little crab which helps protecting him, both will lives multiples adventures that will befriend them.
In a massacred village, a part of the inhabitants is kidnapped by strange creatures. Only survivors, Cal and Vidalia decide to search for them.
Thrown into the night, a rabbit scared of the dark has to face his fears to get his light back.
Commissioned by the Sioux Standing Bull, the famous mercenary Glitch Westwood arrives in Eastern to kill his target and get his reward. He quickly kills it, but discovers that all the people have the same face.
War is a dark part of the human history. Within a war, there is the front line, where individuals stand in the field of battle against the enemy. However, war transcends the battlefield, leaving behind a 'last line' ,the children and the people who remain behind, the civilians. Through this title, 'The Last Line', the film examines the importance of the war's final line. It primarily focuses on the roles of children and the experiences of those who are confronted with war. The title also serves as a reminder of the significance that we should recognize and address the long-term effects of war on children. It calls on the audience to consider their role in mitigating and addressing the terrors of war.
Desperate to escape from a routine of biweekly visits, a recently divorced father drags his two children camping to the west of Ireland.
‘I’ live with Mother who is suffering from an illness. ‘I’ wake up from a nightmare in the middle of the night and go to stitch up Mother’s wound, which is spilling water. Unable to handle it alone, the wound bursts. And, the rushing water from the wound sweeps ‘me’ away to take a short trip to the past. Through the journey, ‘I’ confront the emotion that ‘I’ tried to turn away.
An inventor takes a daring leap of faith.
Micro-Aggression is an animated story about an evil scientist, Doctor Vyle, and his obnoxious next door neighbor, Tommy Joe. After Tommy Joe is caught red-handed stealing pizza out of the villain's refrigerator, he tries to deter Vyle's rage with a challenge to fix a defective microwave. Doctor Vyle soon comes to realize that he can only turn the microwave into weapons of dastardly doom.
Mom always meticulously braided my hair tightly, so tight that it pulled a clear path on top of my head. But one day, she cut off my braids. I didn't want to resist, yet I had to accept it. As I took my first steps forward alone, my stride faltered. Along the path on my head, I touched our unbreakable inner attachment, and the journey of female growth we were both unprepared to face.
Jin, picking out what to wear on the date.”Leaving numerous clothing options at home behind, she goes out to find the perfect matching outfit for the date. At the store has there been filled with full of the latest fashion trends. Even during her shopping excursion trends continue to change. After a long hours of shopping, Jin finally purchases a satisfying outfit and enjoys a delightful time with her boyfriend. But on the other side, what happens to the unchosen??
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