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Pianissimo
An experimental animated short film in which a piano plays a song and the keys, hammers, and various other parts of the piano are different colors. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Patty, a Mulher Proibida
The Gingerbread House
Untitled Brad Bird Musical
Described as a live-action and animated hybrid musical. Said to include about 20 minutes of animation.
Beau Brummel
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
Young Lions of Gypsy
YOUNG LIONS OF GYPSY takes us through a night in the life of Pio, a young Romani boy living in southern Italy.
Skene
Ella, a girl from the province, starts her freshman year at the Helsinki Business School. The capital's party scene introduces her to ecstasy, and together with her new friend Silja and boyfriend Jokke she can't help finding it an easy and lucrative business opportunity. The three soon develop an addiction not so much to the drug but to all the good things that the money can buy. But before long, reality bites back.
Fear
Maxi Contenti's first short film delves into the deepest fears of humans.
Harmony
Lalou works as a shepherd in the mountains with his friend Clara, who came to take care of the herd before her leaving for the army. Next day, Lalou goes to a remote hotel where he secretly meets up with Harmony, an android he madly loves.
Red
Three years living in Sunset Park, living between the BQE and the Greenwood Cemetery, accumulating footage of junkyard cats, Park Slope strollers, burned out cars, flying birds.
Misty Darkness
An obsessed killer stalks his victims and then murders them mercilessly.
The Macahans
Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, helps move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into several obstacles including the breakout of the Civil War. This sends the father back to fight in the war and leaves the family to move on ahead.
Unstable Materials
This film is made by some beautiful and unique alchemical transformations of the film material itself. It is a visual expedition into the world of matter, which shows the bizarre richness of the smallest particles floating in the film emulsion. The crystals' constantly changing structures, enriched by the textures, bring about an almost tactile experience, a visual expression of its own base matter.(Jürgen Reble)
Dog and Cat
A dog wants to buy a new hat from his local tailor (who is a cat). A story about why cats and dogs dosen't like each other.
Astrakhan Fisheries
On a dock, men and women are bustling about. The fish is unloaded and brought to the covered market. The fish merchants gut the fish with dexterity, before salting it. While the men weigh the fish, the women rinse out their clothes and tools in the port’s water.
The Time of Huan Nan
The Four Brothers of Huan Nan is a charismatic gang known for its vibrant presence. Amid the bustle of Taipei's traditional food market, two of the youths face familial opposition to their forbidden love, while the only female member grapples with her unspoken feelings for the enigmatic fourth member.
David & Fatima
A retelling of Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem involving a Palestinian woman and an Israeli man.
Chopper
The circle of life. A mantis gets eaten by a frog, the frog is been swallowed by a stork while the stork itself is eaten by a crocodile before the crocodile gets shot by a hunter.
