Ghost Cat Anzu

Ghost Cat Anzu 2024

6.70

Precocious tween Karin finds herself abandoned by her father in rural Japan. Living in a temple with her grandfather, she meets Anzu, a giant "ghost cat" and notorious layabout tasked with looking after her. Distrustful of her new guardian, Karin sabotages Anzu's odd jobs for the townsfolk and befriends the eccentric local forest spirits. In an effort to win Karin over, Anzu accidentally makes a deal with the devil, and all Hell breaks loose.

2024

Chicken for Linda!

Chicken for Linda! 2023

6.93

Single mother Paulette decides to make up for her mistake by cooking a chicken with peppers for her daughter — only she can't cook and shopkeepers are on strike.

2023

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman 2023

7.20

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

2023

27

27 2023

6.50

Alice is 27 years old today. Even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her dreams to escape her dreary everyday life. After a psychedelic party on a factory roof, she has a serious drunken bike accident. Will this give her the courage to become an adult?

2023

Napoleon: Destiny and Death

Napoleon: Destiny and Death 2021

7.20

May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family, he has been close to death on many occasions since, as a young captain in the revolutionary army, he seized Toulon from the royalists in 1793.

2021

Letter to a Pig

Letter to a Pig 2024

6.20

A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.

2024

Nezumikozo Jirokichi

Nezumikozo Jirokichi 2023

1

Legendary anime director Rintaro’s (Metropolis, X/1999, Galaxy Express 999) first new work in over a decade depicts pioneering 1930s director Sadao Yamanaka and the production of his Nezumikozo Jirokichi. Despite dying before the age of 30, Yamanaka was a pivotal influence in Japanese cinema whose work would go on to inspire future generations. While most of his films have been lost to time, his scripts remain, and Nezumikozo Jirokichi recreates one of these lost films—a tale of a famous, virtuous bandit in old Edo—as imagined by Rintaro together with an all-star team including Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Memories), Taro Maki (Pluto, Millennium Actress) and Masao Maruyama (Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue).

2023

backflip

backflip 2022

8.00

Attempting a backflip is not exactly safe. You can break your neck, or land on your head, or land badly on your wrists. So, I let my avatar learn the trick. He practices on a 6-core processor with the help of Machine Learning.

2022

Aaaah!

Aaaah! 2023

6.50

The tumultuous school day is filled with cries of „Aaaah!“: cries of anger, of boredom, of joy and surprise – in short, the full spectrum of young emotions. A charmingly grotesque animated short about an uproar in a world that dances to the tune of the adults.

2023

Bird in the Peninsula

Bird in the Peninsula 2022

4.00

The boys are rehearsing a dance for their traditional initiation ceremony into adulthood; their teacher instructs them. A girl observes the scene but is not allowed to join in. When one of the boys chases after a strange bird, she follows him without knowing why. One day, the boy will no longer be able to see the bird either.

2022

Contretemps

Contretemps 2021

7.00

Living with OCD, Anna has an organized routine. This balance breaks when her sister forgets a piece of instrument. To bring it back, Anna has to face a world out of her control in which her fears materialize.

2021

Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves

Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves 2019

5.50

In this decidedly cheeky and deliriously fun animation, a decent, hard-working wolf must rely on his physical gifts in order to make ends meet for the sake of his family.

2019

Flatastic

Flatastic 2024

5.80

Pushed to their limit, the Manta Rays rise up against Man to take control of the Earth; it is the dawning of a new Manta Ray Era and the “flattening” of Mankind.

2024

The Great Arc

The Great Arc 2023

5.50

A hand-drawn ode to the multitudes contained by the La Défense district of Paris, where the future is encroaching from all sides in the form of skyscrapers made of steel and glass. The foot of a sculpture seems like an unlikely place to seek shelter, but where else can one find respite from it all?

2023

Sundown

Sundown 2020

7.10

A traditional dance troupe prepares for the opening of the Summer Solstice Festival. The group is scheduled to take the stage in a few minutes, but one member is missing.

2020

Luna Rossa

Luna Rossa 2024

1

Despite a comprehensive security camera system and efficient airport security checks, a group of activists succeed in their diabolical plan.

2024

One After the Other

One After the Other 2019

1.00

Wandering around his house, Grant, a young American musician, looks for inspiration in his memories, foraging through old findings and things from the past, scattered here and there.

2019

Steakhouse

Steakhouse 2021

6.20

The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc's stomach is rumbling. But Liza's co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?

2021

The Beast

The Beast 2021

8.00

A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.

2021

Goodbye Robin!

Goodbye Robin! 2020

8.50

As he looks at a flower, Mika is reminded of his childhood, and feels a creature awaken inside his head: a giant stuck in apathy. Also coming awake is another creature, full of wonder: Kai. Trapped inside the giant, Kai discovers countless memory bubbles and starts collecting them. With their help, she guides the giant through releasing his emotions – and Mika through finally accepting the loss of his childhood friend.

2020