Toby Tortoise Returns

MESSiAH

June 2016 •English

In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness.

Entr'Acte

January 2014 •

A series of vaudeville acts inserted in images of reality, meant to demonstrate the ephemeral nature of all things.

Chateau/Poyet

September 2004 •English

The scene is set in front of a French chateau. The camera chases improbable incidents across the screen. Many are constructed out of one of Jordan's favorite engravings illustrators: Poyet. Duels occur on a tight rope. Heavier-than- air machines fly (and sometimes crash). Below guns spear exploding spheres. The timing of the animation is exquisite, existing in an atmosphere balanced between frenzy and delight.

Mau

September 2010 •French

Two stray cats come to secretly steal milk from a pharaoh's bath, but one of them becomes hypnotized by a life of wealth.

Wrongorilla

March 1933 •English

Jack Haley joins the circus.

AlpTraum

March 2008 •German

Imagine Switzerland's national soccer team playing the finals of the EURO 2008 and the TV channel turns black! Apltraum is a comical fairytale about soccer, dreams and the belief that the impossible can come true

The Male Gaze: First Kiss

November 2018 •English

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

When you’re asleep

January 1998 •French

This little film, which juxtaposes animated sand and scratching on 16mm film, was made during studies at the Royal College of Art. The starting point of this film was the sentence "but it's always when you're asleep that I want to talk to you", read on a wall in the underground... a phrase actually taken from a Mano Solo song.

Catsing Call

February 2019 •English

Notes from Melanie

March 2019 •English

A screenwriter known for ripoff "mockbusters" asks his successful former colleague for feedback on his first serious script.

The Circuit

August 2016 •English

Newly arrived in town Nat and Gabe accept a dinner invitation from the volatile Hungarian Helene and her boorish husband Sasha. Whilst the other guests, ex-Bananarama member Marty, Angie, who 'makes bullets' and the supposedly suicidal Danny are affable enough, Nat and Gabe are shocked by their hosts' very public rows and Gabe's attempt at peace-making is awkwardly received. Nat is taken aback when virtual stranger Helene confides in her about Sasha's suspected infidelity and Gabe is rudely rebuffed when he tries to have a heart to heart with Sasha. After Helene physically attacks her husband the newcomers are desperate to leave but when Danny drops a bombshell Gabe is torn between responsibility and the easy way out.

Silent

February 2014 •English

A duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.

The Lighthouse

September 2017 •French

In a boat graveyard a conflictive relationship between two neighbors takes place: a lighthouse keeper and a mermaid. The lighthouse keeper guides the boats towards safe waters while the mermaids tries to sink them.

The Wayward Kite

August 2017 •Chinese

A little kite breaks its tether, running away in its own odyssey of self-discovery.

I Have Sinned

December 2023 •Swedish

Pablo confesses a crime to Anders, who has a hidden agenda.

Little Human

January 2023 •English

Little Human is the third part of my ‘Cyprus Collage Stories’ series. Stop motion collage mixes up with old and new film in order to tell the imaginary adventures of a very popular Cypriot weaving pattern called ‘little human’. This anthropomorphic design which looks like something between a knight and a spaceman begins a journey to find his real home out of the weaving fabric.

Sound of the Sea

September 2016 •French

A poor Sicilian family of moles has to emigrate to the United States. On their journey, they meet a fox who offers to help them.

Party Central

February 2014 •English

Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley have come up with a plan to make sure “Party Central” is the most epic party the school has ever seen.

Craig: or the Sugar-Filled Downfall of Man

October 2023 •English

The story of a whimsical friendship between a very depressed man and a talking donut named Craig.

Legacy

March 2009 •English

Story of an alien arriving on planet Earth, in search of a human specimen.