Animation
The Cherished Man
DocumentaryAnimation
On October 25, 1917, construction of a new world began in Russia. One of the foremost workers in this construction was the writer Andrei Platonov. But a bright and fair future, his art and literature were seen by everyone in different ways. Its truth became impossible, and the new world was not built in the way it was conceived. Demanding millions of lives for its existence, a brighter future took the life of the writer’s son, who was arrested at the age of fifteen, and then Andrei Platonov himself. The story of the creation and death of the new world in seven days.
A Winter Tale
AnimationFantasy
A Soviet musical animated film about how forest animals with Santa Claus decided to celebrate the New Year.
Spring Song
Animation
When spring comes to the city, the surroundings come alive. The sky becomes bluer, the trees turn green, the birds sing and the sun shines brighter. And, of course, children run into the streets. Among them, a mischievous boy wants to break the starling cage, but he is stopped by the example of an older friend, who teaches him that the surrounding nature must be protected.
Esperança
AnimationDocumentary
Esperança, 15, has just arrived in France from Angola with her mother. At Amiens station, they don’t know where to sleep and look for someone who can help them.
Amnesiac on the Beach
AnimationScience Fiction
In a dead and void dystopian world, there is a place where no one exists anymore, and everyone is just their own hallucination on the verge of disappearing.
How Did Esther Get on the Table?
Animation
A little girl fidgets by the desk at which her father is working. Suddenly she appears on top of the table, where she shrinks to only a few centimetres in size. The scene launches into a series of surrealistic objects of her environment. She is comforted with many situations that could conceivably happen to her in the future, and they prove to be more threatening than reassuring. At the end of film we find Esther restored to her normal self again, sitting on the lap of her father.
Lost In Snow
Animation
In winter some people go ice-fishing. Excitement intensified by freezing temperatures and strong drinks lead to unpredictable consequences.
