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Porky's Cafe
Porky uses his cafe's kitchen's mechanical gadgets to fix a meal for a diner, while cook Conrad Cat deals with an ant in the pancake mix.
Hold the Lion, Please
A lion wants to prove he's still "King of the Jungle" and, to prove it, he hunts rabbit.
I Haven't Got a Hat
It's recital day at the schoolhouse. First up: Porky, who recites The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. A nervous kitten recites Mary Had a Little Lamb. The puppies Ham and Ex sing the title song. Oliver Owl plays the piano; Beans the cat puts a cat and dog inside, and they play a tune as well.
Playdate
Two unsuspecting thieves break into the wrong house and must face a sinister home owner.
The Moving Creatures
Three families, in three different situations, have to deal with a sudden change in their lives, caused by a loss or a re encounter. Three mothers sing their love for their children while facing difficult times. A film about affection on the borders of painful happenings.
月晷
Painter Gao Yuan’s experimental animation is composed of a series of surreal scenes, based on her acrylic paintings made between 2010-14. Objects and people find themselves in unusual situations where rules of gravity and structure do not apply. The familiar yet unnervingly offbeat scenes are connected through unexpected sounds and rhythms. Under the dim moonlight, the characters are stuck in a dream state from which they cannot awaken.
Eine Liebe in Saigon
Dramatic TV two-parter about a married doctor, who falls in love with a mine deterrent in Vietnam.
The Umbrella
A school teacher meets a boy in the pouring rain.
Irene Huss 8: Det lömska nätet
A bicycle messenger sees a girl being brutally assaulted and dragged into a van. She immediately calls the police, but unfortunately the girl is found too late. It turns out that the murdered girl has been the victim of a serious sexual crime. Detective Inspector Irene Huss and the rest of the team begin to look for the murderer, but have very few clues to go on. When another young girl is murdered in a similar way, the team realizes that they are dealing with a sexual predator. How does he get in touch with the girls? Why do they agree to meet him? Why are they wearing special underwear?
Wawa
Featuring speakers of Chinuk Wawa, an Indigenous language from the Pacific Northwest, WAWA begins slowly, patterning various forms of documentary and ethnography. Quickly, the patterns tangle and become confused and commingled, while translating and transmuting ideas of cultural identity, language, and history.
The Marvelous Marathoner
An energetic and vivacious Falstaff comedy with good pacing combining physical comedy (without slapstick) with situation comedy.
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
A look at the life and films of the expressionistic movie and television director John Brahm.
And We Had Silence...
An adult man is recalling his childhood years in North Russia during WWII.
Pluto at the Zoo
Pluto walks past the zoo and sees the huge bone the sleeping lion has but getting it out is easier said than done. He gets it out of the lion's cage, but then has to face the kangaroo and its playful joey. Next is the gorilla, then the crocodiles.
McLenBurger - 100% Heimat
57-year-old Hilde likes to lead the way - both in her family and at work. That's why she regrets having failed with her own restaurant years ago. Now she may be making her umpteenth new start at the Quincy's burger chain, but she remains true to herself: she only sticks to rules that make sense to her! When Hilde is dismissed by the branch manager, her own son Tommie, she puts all her eggs in one basket: together with her two friends, whom she already had on her team as canteen manager in GDR times, Hilde wants to take over the sports hall and offer home-made burgers there - not ordinary hamburgers, but "McLenBurgers"!
The Circus
In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.