Maniac Landscapes

The Glitch

July 2022 •Spanish

After discovering his mother crying, a boy is stalked by unknown presences.

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2

January 1984 •Japanese

The second of three pilot shorts that eventually became the 1989 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.

Guest

August 2020 •English

A young woman resorts to drastic, self-destructive measures to rid herself of a mysterious, otherworldly creature known as 'The Guest'.

George's Date

January 2004 •English

A particularly malleable young man gets ready for his romantic evening.

Northern Lights

November 2019 •French

Colin has lived with his grandfather Karl since his parents died. When Karl goes narwhal hunting, Colin travels as a stowaway in his shelter-sled. He will have to overcome his fears and learn the secrets of the Far North.

I Want a Dog

October 2003 •English

A young child tries to convince her parents to get a dog.

Little Dark Poet

June 1999 •English

A poet, inverting the cliche of the starved artist in the garret, and immediately begins to compose. He has nobly romantic intentions, and begins composing a love poem, which is visualized in the style of silent cinema. Unfortunately, the poet’s darker urges keep intruding. A short film directed by Mike Booth and produced by the Bolebrothers in Bristol UK. Explores the idea of colourisation.

Grundy the Meat Man

December 2013 •English

A bizarre local food vendor helps cure two friends of their hunger pain.

Night of the Slasher

August 2015 •English

A teenage girl must commit horror movie sins such as drink alcohol, do drugs, and have sex to lure a killer and finish him off.

Nuisance

September 2011 •Dutch

Mr. O. Verlast, a spruce man, can no longer stand the nuisance caused by people around him. A ball against his window, a caller in his train compartment: he tells them off with a roaring voice. In the end, the nuisance turns against him.

Abracadaver!

August 2008 •English

A demented magician seeks a new assistant in this gruesome tale of magic and mutilation. Part of BFI collection "The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome."

Kapitoshka

September 1980 •Ukrainian

Animation film about a friendship between young Wolfy and Kapitoshka. Wolfy tries to learn how to be scary and threatening. But then he meets a drop of rain, Kapitoshka, which makes him realize that it is not necessary to be scary.

Come Back, Kapitoshka!

September 1989 •Ukrainian

A wolf cub misses his friend Kapitoshka and wants to see him again and have fun with him. Kapitoshka is an unusual creature that is completely made of the water, which wears a funny beret and loves to sing and play. A letter brought by a crow will help shed light on whether Kapitoshka will be able to return to the wolf.

In My Gondola

September 1936 •Italian

Boniato

April 2016 •English

An illegal migrant worker decides it's time to move on from picking crops and find her father. Little does she know, insidious supernatural forces have a different plan for her. Some borders aren't meant to be crossed.

Postpartum

November 2020 •German

The film describes the chaotic phase in life of a new mother. Pumped up with hormones and lacking sleep, this intense time has burned deep into the protagonist's heart.

Professor Dan Petory's Blues

March 2002 •Japanese

A musical number starring a hand puppet named Junior. The puppet is controlled by the drunken Professor Dan Petory who explains in puppetry the answers to such questions as why the Earth is blue and why UFOs fly in a zig-zag pattern.

Higan

July 2002 •Japanese

An injured man lies completely still in a hospital room with doctors hovering at his bedside, appearing serene and peaceful as he slowly succumbs to death. However, in his own mind, memories of a recent battle vividly flash by. Thoughts of death and chaos haunt him, even in his final moments.

The 7 Kids

March 2020 •Russian

A funny twist on the famous fairy tale about the Wolf and the Seven Little Goats.

BoxBallet

March 2020 •Russian

Once a fragile ballerina Olya meets a rude and gloomy boxer Evgeny. The contrast between the worlds of the heroes and their worldview is so striking that the very possibility of intersection of heroes appears as a miracle. Are the heroes ready to accept the same timid feeling that arose between them? Will they overcome everything external and superficial, behind which fragile loving souls are hidden.