Stand Alone is a quiet, personal reflection on what it means to keep moving—alone—through life’s uncertainties. Following the meandering path of a snake, the film becomes a mirror for our own inner journeys, where direction is unclear, and every step is shaped by instinct, struggle, and small, hard-won wisdoms. In a world that often overwhelms with noise and disconnection, Stand Alone finds strength in solitude and beauty in persistence.
The story is about a child who is obsessed with French fries.
A series of unexpected events lead the alien Alyoshenka to Earth. His appearance on the planet spurs supernatural forces into action. And still the cold space and his lost native planet call to him.
Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
A young Chinese woman's healing journey overcoming her traumatic injury at a Moroccan hospital, laced with morphine induced forbidden romance out of a dream like garden.
Troll Story is a speculative fiction animation about an internet troll who only trolls other trolls. It is a social commentary that deals with misinformation, polarisation and how cutting-edge technology is threatening a post-truth world. There are more than fifty styles of animation is this film, all of which have been made by a single artist, the director, over four years.
In a world where fields and forests have been replaced by industrial activity and megalopolises, a young, hungry bee is desperate to find a flower to collect. She meets a greyish old pigeon who knows where to find ‘real flowers’. This unlikely pair embark on a long journey, at the end of which they will discover an unexpected truth.
In a world where balloons grow with each use of language and take on distinct shapes depending on the language, an anxious novelist facing creative struggles and an uncertain future writes about a protagonist living in a foreign city, navigating linguistic barriers and a sense of alienation. The novelist’s halting writing process unfolds in quiet parallel with the protagonist’s difficult adaptation, mirroring one another.
Violet lives in a red, anxious world. She can’t take it anymore, eaten away by so many little things. She feels an invisible haunting presence, jumbling her reality. Violet must learn to see in a new way to understand herself, her mind, her ghosts.
The sensible story of she who sells sea shells by the seashore, and of the shells seen.
When an artist is hit by a meteor, the result is a “painting” that captivates the world. But the people want more.
A clown falls passionately in love with a mannequin, embarking on a mad courtship that is ultimately shattered by a sudden return to reality.
In the depths of a forgotten factory, an automaton awakens among rusted machines and creaking structures. Driven by its programmed curiosity, it ventures into the labyrinth of scrap and steel, where each of its footsteps lingers as an echo suspended in time…
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