Woman Who Stole Fingers

Lucía, the Woman Without a Face

Javier is haunted by a recurring nightmare - he's trapped in a strange house with something waiting for him in the basement. Despite his mother's reassurance that they're only dreams (solo son sueños), he can't shake the growing sense that an ominous presence is getting closer.

Lifeguard

Caught between paranoia and boredom, an injured ballerina must choose to sacrifice herself or her only friend.

Flying Hair

Under the starlight, a boy and a girl are running. A thunderstorm breaks out, trees are shattered, and a rain of silver needles turned into hair floats through the air.

What She Wants

A woman travelling on the underground is bedeviled with images of desire. What She Wants – wholly created on an Amiga 1500 home computer – is a film about sex and shopping, the social deployment of sexuality, and capitalism in detumescence.

Who Will Comfort Toffle?

This short animation film is based on a Tove Jansson picture book. It tells of the little knytt (“knytt” is a non-existing word signifying something tiny like a crumb) who is ever so lonely, but so shy that he is afraid to approach others. The story follows the trials and tribulations of the little knytt and how he finally finds company.

Esperalia

A man living a dream experience linked to memories of his childhood.

Dead Shadow

Memories of an old man about a beautiful girl. In a gray interior, an old man, listening to the sounds of Mozart's Requiem, recalls memories of the past.

Charles and François

A touching story of the friendship between a grandfather and his grandson, this is a film about aging and death. Award-winning animator Co Hoedeman combines 3-D and cut-out animation techniques to create a very dramatic and moving film. The story follows Charles and François through the different stages of their lives. With time, they become closer, common experiences having diminished the difference in age. By the end of the film, time appears to stand still; both are over one hundred years old and they are almost indistinguishable.

Fox Tale

One day, Mr. Fox who is so proud of his tail mocks at Mr. Bunny's tiny tail. At that time, he got a dart from a mysterious hunter and lost his the most beloved tail. Mr. Fox is in panic, but he embarks on his journey to get his back.

The Pill

After taking the birth control pill to please her boyfriend, an insecure Mia is challenged by a series of escalating frightening symptoms.

Man and Bread

The film is a praise of human willingness to take on the endless challenges of fate. The loaf of bread a prisoner receives each day is used to patch thousands of holes in the cell walls. They are inhabited by nerve-wracking busy insects that flit constantly from hole to hole. When the work is finished, the prisoner is unexpectedly transferred to another cell. The new loaf of bread held in his hands freezes dramatically halfway to his mouth: the walls of this cell are also strewn with thousands of holes.

The Human Face Is a Monument

Camera animation over stills, “a portrait study of mankind, beginning with an infant and growing up to old age and death... using still pictures from the collection of ‘magnum photos on the range of expression and moods of people from all over the world, it reflects the human condition."

The Listener

General Rehearsal for Suicide

A surrealistic montage of pop culture that attacks the followers of the genre.

Reasons to Be Glad

I made this film while experimenting with a home made rotoscope. It was drawn on index cards. It's a sort of valentine to film, to life and to Xavier Cugat too. The original 16mm negative was lost when my lab at the time closed suddenly. Boy, I don't miss film at all. (JS)

Exclamation Mark

An animation with a philosophical undertone. The absurdity of human effort, whose final result does not match the actions taken.

History of the Main Complaint

History of the Main Complaint is the sixth film [of a] series and is based on twenty-one drawings. It was made shortly after the establishment in South Africa of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, headed by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It was set up to conduct a series of public hearings into abuses of human rights perpetrated during the apartheid era. The hearings, in which individuals told their stories of personal suffering, were held in order to make reparation for abuse and in the hope of creating reconciliation between peoples. The underlying theme of this film is a (self) recognition of white responsibility. This is played out through a 'medical' investigation into the body of Soho Eckstein, the white property-developing magnate and greedy-capitalist protagonist of most of the preceding films, which provides the starting point for a revelation of conscience. (tate.org.uk)

One Hell of a Plan

Two burglars release dozens of cats into a neighbourhood and start the dogs barking. They use the din to their advantage and dig up a bag of loot. However, the situation snowballs and turns into the worst night the burglars ever spent.

Gaiolito

Horn OK Please

Horn Ok Please follows a momentous day in the life of an Indian taxi driver names Lucky. Lucky's goal is to earn enough rupees to buy the air conditioned taxi of his dreams.... The title refers to a phrase that is often painted on the rear of commercial vehicles in India.