This Land Is a Woman

Fire in the Heart

In Aix-en-Provence, feminist slogans dot the walls of the city. This is the work of "Les colleuses". Their goal: to claim their place in the public space, and to denounce patriarchal violences. For a month, we follow young Ameline and her friends. They tell us about their process, the reasons for their commitment, their doubts and their hopes.

PonPon

A teeny weenie bit of submission, a little diplomacy, a dose of patience, a touche of kindness, a spot of deceit, this is the cocktailthat allows Ponpon to overcome the endless ordeal that life amongst humans represents. From episode to episode, from one hazard to the next, from vague misunderstanding to sheer muddle, the same question remains: He escaped from Hell, but will he survive Paradise?

The Sad House

The story of a family told through objects found in junk shops and flea markets.

What Is War?

Marina, a little girl, is trapped in a room after a terrible bombing. The main character will search high and low for a way out of that cold and lonely place.

The Adventures of a Little Cucumber

Courageous Cucumber travels and helps animals and birds.

Plaga Alada

Giving Up World Domination

Paradise Now

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.

Galathea

Pioneer of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger, uses this technique in a retelling of the Greek legend in which the sculptor, Pygmalion, brings a statue to life.

Birthday Night

The Night had her birthday, and gave a party to which she invited Dima, a little boy so afraid of the dark that he could never sleep when the light was out.

A Few Words of Introduction

Pojar’s wickedly humourous satire pokes gentle fun at a speechmaker so enamoured with the sound of his own voice, he is oblivious to the effect he is having on his audience. Pojar details their bafflement, fidgets, whispers and snores with great imagination.

The Vanished World of Gloves

Using an array of gloves in different styles and from different historical periods, the film is a short history of the cinema - from silent movies via pastiches of Buñuel and Fellini and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to a futurist junkyard where tin cans become animated police cars in a city of urban decay.

Domestic Appliances

A short film about people with unusual living arrangements.

Orbit

The sun’s energy circulates throughout the earth, feeding the cycle of life. Everything is connected in a natural loop, which repeats, like the circular discs of magical optical toys. This perfectly balanced rhythm is disrupted by human excess, throwing the cycle out of orbit and temporarily stopping the circulation of energy in nature.

The Finger Trap

The elderly but young at heart Wilson Brown becomes stuck in his Chinese finger trap toy whilst preparing an anniversary surprise for his wife. His increasingly desperate attempts to free himself result in him swinging from the light fitting, providing his wife with an altogether different surprise.

Centipede

Short experimental animation by Jules Engel

James and the Giant Peach

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

Dia Estrelado

In an inhospitable place, a boy and his family struggle for survival.

Amanita

For years, Alba, Maydis and Judae have served a terrible Beast without ever thinking of opposing him, until now... Will Amanita give them back their hope for freedom?

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