Nabu lives with her brother in a little village, somewhere beyond the seas. One day the village comes under attack and burns to the ground. The children lose sight of one another in the commotion. The following day Nabu embarks on a journey, clutching her brother’s toy monkey close to her heart, full of hope to find him. Her uneasy journey is interrupted by some soldiers guarding invisible borders. Against all odds, she finds herself on a boat among other refugees, but the tiny girl is soon swept overboard by a giant wave. Nabu floats on the surface, slowly embraced by darkness. On the shore, not one sunbather notices that a tiny toy monkey has been washed up by the waves.
An old lady strolls in a hospital in search of her room. She sees a young pregnant woman up to her eyes, ignores her. Little by little, as she goes around in circles, images of the past appear. She meets the young woman again. Then again. Then the old lady decides her life again.
Young Deirdre and her clan of druids eke out an itinerant existence in the forest. When the threat of Christianizing forces grows more imminent, a holy sacrifice is made that changes Deirdre's life forever.
This animated sequence is a pivotal part of the larger feature film Kalki 2898 AD. It showcases humanity's darkest moments throughout history, highlighting various atrocities. Ashwatthama, cursed with immortality, reluctantly witnesses this cycle of suffering and violence. This powerful imagery sets the stage for a story that delves into the burden of the past and the quest for redemption, effectively establishing the film's premise
Let's think outside of the box! The last blue-headed matchstick left in an old matchbox pops out and goes on its journey. After three short adventures it always ends up in the same place, it returns to the same box, but never in the same way. The trilogy is a tribute to Chaplin's classic with its style of object-animated burlesque.
…somewhere in the far reaches of an imagined universe, an astronaut travels between moons in search of his mental sanity… somewhere in the far reaches of an imagined universe… … algures nos confins de um universo imaginado, um astronauta viaja entre luas em busca da sua sanidade ment… algures nos confins de um universo imagin…
A young woman decides to face her anxieties, returning to places occupied by the shadows of the past. Driven by tempestuous winds, she defies a wild sea, crosses sharp rocks like blades, to return to the origin.
An immersion in art through two paintings on the same subject created half a century apart.
A young woman on the road to escape her past is hit by a car and descends into a chaotic musical after-life. She must decide whether to join the song or die.
a wandering cosmonaut interviews artworks in an abstract art gallery, talking about queerness, identity and the artistic process.
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