The Ride to the Abyss

The Ride to the Abyss 1992

5.90

‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.

1992

The Man Without a Shadow

The Man Without a Shadow 2004

6.80

A man exchanges his shadow for wealth, then, disappointed with the result, he has to be content with the seven-league boots, which will help him to find his way.

2004

The Battle of San Romano

The Battle of San Romano 2017

6.40

Movement within a painting, which begins with the savagery of a battle and comes to a halt in a rendition of a masterpiece of the 15th century – The Battle of San Romano by Paolo Uccello.

2017

Chemin faisant

Chemin faisant 2012

6.70

Through paintings that interact on the principle of Russian dolls, we are drawn along the swirling path of the thoughts of a pilgrim, a solitary walker.

2012

The Year of the Deer

The Year of the Deer 1995

6.10

The story of a young deer deceived by appearances, or how a good deed in haste can be the cause of a tragedy.

1995

Romance

Romance 2011

6.60

While on an airplane, a traveller's spirit plunges into a dream world. Here, under the influence of the unknown, the logic of his desires prevails, and a romantic saga takes shape.

2011

From One Painting To Another

From One Painting To Another 2023

6.00

The film begins with a part of the title disappearing through a cut in its center, cutting through the middle and producing a movement from right to left, revealing a room occupied by a child and her black maid. This is followed by an uninterrupted series of animated images, a kind of fleeting moment or painting that continually transforms, until it becomes a copy of Edouard Manet’s Olympia (1863). The second part begins with the title’s next part, which disappears just like the first one, setting in motion a reverse movement, from left to right, where images related to the first part, out of focus or from other points of view, arrive, ending with the reproduction of Félix Vallotton’s La Blanche et la Noire (1913).

2023

Ricochet

Ricochet 1973

1

A man brushes his teeth and goes to bed, but again and again his sleep is disturbed...

1973

Darwin's Notebook

Darwin's Notebook 2020

1

The return of three Anglicizied natives people to their county or the beginning of a meeting with the modern world that will destroy them.

2020

Erlking

Erlking 2015

6.20

A father is riding with his son through the forest. The sick child thinks he sees the Erlking, who both charms and frightens him. Based on Goethe's poem "Erlkönig" and the music of Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt.

2015

O-Bon, Anecdotes from Kyoto

O-Bon, Anecdotes from Kyoto 2021

1

In Kyoto, it is in the middle of summer and the O-Bon festival is approaching. Everyone eagerly awaits this annual event, because it is well known that wishes come true. Most of them want wealth, beauty and health. Except Nashi, a homeless man who pollutes the air with his body odour to the point of becoming more and more of a public hazard. His only real wish is to bathe in a public bath.

2021

Animatou

Animatou 2007

1

A cat and mouse chase through five different animation techniques.

2007

The Great Illusion

The Great Illusion 1987

1

A nostalgic serviceman battling against the recruits of today.

1987

La chanson du pharmacien

La chanson du pharmacien 2003

8.00

A young girl, cutting her bread, cuts herself. She runs to the chemist but he has just been murdered.

2003

Lucky Man

Lucky Man 2022

1

A man plays and wins. He's euphoric, but... A different game, a different winning player. Nature shows its presence. In the end, the praise of slowness.

2022

Collection Georges Schwizgebel

Collection Georges Schwizgebel 2023

1

In his 40-year career since his first "author's film", "Le vol d'Icare" (1974), Schwizgebel has made hardly more than 15 short and medium-length films, mostly using the technique of animated acrylic painting. The brushstrokes and color effects give his works an incredible poetry. Virtually wordless and often accompanied by a piece of music, they are characterized by the stillness of painting and the constant movement of a camera: an eye that wanders and moves around the image itself, which is therefore constantly changing. Schwizgebel plays with repetitions, circles and references (especially to the areas of film and painting). He has created an exciting work that is worth discovering in the form of this collection - all at once and in chronological order.

2023

Grimaces

Grimaces 1985

1

The “king” secretly dreams of showing his ass to his subjects, and they do just that. Dominant and dominated share the same fantasy of social rites. A carnivalesque temptation whose hallmark is not to touch the reality of social relations, but only to play on their reversal.

1985

Un jour comme un autre

Un jour comme un autre 1974

1

The day begins. Characters live their lives, animals theirs, a gentleman takes off his hat, a lady smokes a cigarette and the sun sets.

1974