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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.

Danny Boy

January 2010 •

A young poet falling in love. A city that awaits a drama to unfold. A time of sadness and conformity, a time of decisions. There is light, there is hope, there is poetry behind the dark clouds of our world.

Made in Japan

January 1972 •Japanese

Short animation by Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita satirizes in a non narrative way the 'economic animal' Japan and predicted the economic recession in the 70s

1970

December 2021 •Polish

Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist government organizes a crisis team. Soon after, the police use their truncheons and then their firearms. The story of a rebellion from the point of view of the oppressors.

The Pop Show

January 1966 •English

A Pop Art extravaganza by Fred Mogubgub from the late-1960s, innovative in the use of the quick cut, this film is a parade of pop icons of its time. Features a pre-Playboy, pre-N. O. W. Gloria Steinem.

Today in Our City...

January 1989 •Russian

Thine Own Self

May 2021 •English

Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.

South Park: Joining the Panderverse

October 2023 •English

Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.

The SuperVips

October 1968 •Italian

A satire of modern society or perhaps just a funny tale for children, depending on your age, mood or liking. Recounting the adventures of the last in a line of Supermen, the film pokes fun at the processes that lie behind advertising, politics and our consumer society.

A Man is Dead

June 2018 •French

Brest, 1950. The war ended five years ago and nothing remains of the city. Massive bombings and intense fighting lasting more than a month turned the city, its docks, its arsenal, into ashes. Thousands of workers will build it up again, brick by brick. But with awful work conditions protests quickly arise and a strike begins. Violent confrontations happen during manifestations. Until one man falls. The next day René Vautier lands at Brest clandestinely to make a movie about the movement.

Wicker Basket

January 1967 •Polish

Allegorical animated short about the power of creation and destruction. An unknown man carries a wicker basket filled with elements resembling human figures. After their combination the small creatures are come to life. The creator tries to force them to listen. As a result of refusal, a conflict arises.

Tosh

March 2012 •English

Drinks are raised, guns are fired, women ogled and horses straddled, before we are spat out into the gutter in this satirical attack on elitism and privilege.

Funan

March 2019 •French

Cambodia, once the ancient kingdom of Funan, April 17th, 1975. The entire country falls under the tyranny of Angkar, the communist party of the Khmer Rouge. The cities are abandoned, the population is thrown to the roads and forced to walk towards an uncertain future…

Little Stray

December 2023 •English

A stray dog in Russia is taken off of the streets and must learn to accept others in order to find a home.

Subservience

June 2007 •French

The selfishness of the bourgeoisie and the dull passivity of its servants are the theme of this puppet animation presenting the tragicomedy of a society in its death throes, taking refuge in absurd behaviour.

Aesop Takes a Walk

January 1967 •Romanian

Experimental animation film, with a visual focus on geometrical shapes and straight lines

South Park (Not Suitable for Children)

December 2023 •English

After it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of online influencers.

Black Is Beltza

October 2018 •English

New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist in many sectors of society, the participation of two black giants has been banned.

The Millionaire

January 1963 •Russian

A dog inherits a fortune and becomes an influential capitalist snob in the human world.

The Tragedy of Man

November 2011 •Hungarian

Jankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.