Dante's Lunch

Coffee Diva

January 2007 •English

Reality and perception clash in the everyday activities of a Hollywood Legend. Getting your own Grande Skim Macchiato should be easy enough, but for this Diva, an unexpected encounter leads to scandalous results.

Jew(ish)

January 2015 •English

When Sam proposes to Ariel she doesn't realize the lengths she'll have to go to to be accepted by the family.

Penelope's Condition

January 1976 •English

A reinterpretation of the Greek legend of Penelope, ”the most faithful of wives”, who waited 20 years for her husband Odysseus to return from The Trojan War. In this animation, the two of them are presented in a more modern setting. While Odysseus is busy exploring the universe in his space rocket, Penelope is stuck at home, taking care of the children, showing how traditional gender roles say men should work, while women stay at home.

Gary the Rapper vs Stefan Blix

January 2014 •English

A has-been and a never-was battle their neurosis to finish a rap track together.

The Paleface

January 1922 •English

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

The Prince and the Pauper

November 1990 •English

Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper called Mickey and the other, the Crown Prince.

A

January 1965 •English

A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.

The Red Trinket

November 2021 •Portuguese

The story of a crazy passion and an heinous crime is also one of the first depictions of homosexuality in Portuguese literature.

Barracuda

January 2011 •Italian

Sundowning

May 2004 •English

While Corey and his friends are spending spring break at Grandpa's cabin, The Boss and his henchmen devise a plot to acquire Grandpa's land. Little do they know that when the sun goes down Grandpa has some plans of his own.

Lindy Hop

March 2017 •English

Short film with original footage taken from the internet, reprocessed into vertical stripes with three frame blocks of positive black & white alternating with high-contrast negative.

1900-2000

Invalid date •French

In 1900, a couple presents what they claim to be inventions from the year 2000 to the director of a cabaret.

Sisyphos Blues

January 2009 •

Stop motion animation by Jonatan Schwenk

Heir Apparent

March 2007 •English

Five siblings are brought together through the death of their father and must decide how to spend their inheritance.

The Nightingale

January 1987 •English

The story of the lonely Emperor and the captivating songbird that comes to live in his palace.

A Date with Chimney Alfonzo

September 2024 •English

Allow Chimney Alfonzo to indulge in himself, his food, and you on a first date. You won’t be able to erase it from memory, because it’s animated in crayon!

Summer 96

May 2023 •French

The eternal August 15 picnic on Callot Island. But this year, Paul, his family and their friends find themselves trapped by the tide. Paul, upset, stuck between the world of adults and that of children, becomes aware of his individuality.

Candy Boy

May 2007 •French

Children are mysteriously falling ill at an orphanage. Candy Boy, the most valiant of the orphans, investigates, but the arrival of a new boarder complicates his inquiries.

Little Dickie

September 2002 •English

A woman enters a bar and asks for a bit of conversation, but what she gets in return is a bunch of bad pickup lines sung to her by a cowboy and the bartender singing the cowboy's virtues.

Steamed Poultry.

June 2023 •English

To try to get to know him better, a young man invites his reluctant friend to an impromptu lunch.