Animation

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It seems only natural to exchange labour for reward. But not everyone is satisfied with their work. Had Primitives similar problems as people in modern society? We interviewed five of them, let’s see what they said.Read More »

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1950’s, France, by the serene banks of the Marne River. François, a daydreaming child of boundless imagination, has his life changed when his father decides to start building a boat in the garden. Thus begins the family’s grand odyssey, a collective venture to construct a boat that would carry them away – somewhere between reality and reverie.Read More »

A community of anthropomorphic frogs exists peacefully until it is discovered by two violent foreigners.Read More »

On a shortlist with Eiichi Yamamoto’s BELLADONNA OF SADNESS and René Laloux’s FANTASTIC PLANET as one of the most surreal, psychedelic and truly cosmic animated features ever made, German director Helmut Herbst’s utterly insane THE CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS follows a commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals who get set adrift in space in 1972 in a packing container clutched in a giant flying hand. Various space flotsam smashes into the windshield – enormous insects, Mighty Mouse, a Bird Man from “Flash Gordon” – while hypnotic Krautrock drones in the background moaning “Where am I??”, and a naked man bounces up and down off a massive red pepper. Read More »

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Shalom Pharao (1982) is a German cartoon by Curt Linda (director) and Günter Tolar (screenplay).
The film is about the biblical story about Joseph and his brothers. The narration is a story-within-a-story. The secretary tells Pilate and his wife the biblical events in the story of Joseph (Genesis / 1. Book of Mose chap. 37-50). Mostly with contemporary references.Read More »

Three mice live in a cinema. One day, inspired by the gangster movies, they decide to conduct a grand robbery in a cheese shop….Read More »

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Paranoia Agent (妄想代理人 Mōsō Dairinin) is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil’ Slugger (the English equivalent to Shōnen Batto, which translates to “Bat Boy”). The plot relays between a large cast of people affected in some way by the phenomenon; usually Lil’ Slugger’s victims or the detectives assigned to apprehend him. As each character becomes the focus of the story, details are revealed about their secret lives and the truth about Lil’ Slugger. The series and its themes have been compared to those recurrent in the filmography of David Lynch.Read More »

The magical fairy tale of Krabat is the story of a boy on the threshold of adulthood facing dark forces which fascinate him until he realizes they can destroy him. The Krabat fable dates back to the end of the 17th century from Silesian Upper Lausitz. Inspired by the book by Otfried Preussler, master filmmaker Karel Zeman managed convert this story into a movie in his own inimitable way. This fairy tale deals with forces of the heart that control our emotions and behavior, and can’t be changed. They can be a source of hatred and love, anger, envy and joy. In this eternal battle, only a strong will and a faith in love can lead to liberation from the snares of evil.Read More »

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The film contains three Jan Werich’s fairy tales, each directed by one artist. The first story sets out to the Sumava mountains in Southern Bohemia to find out whether Ogres ever lived there. The middle tale The Hat and the Little Jay Feather concerns a king who sends his three sons to bring back a hat he left at a tavern when he was young. The third and longest fairy tale Reason and Luck is about the two virtues of the title try to prove their importance by changing the life of a pig herder named Louis. ~ imdbRead More »