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The Albatross

January 1998 •English

A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives. An adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by19th Century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly into the surface of color filmstock. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with its message of ecological redemption has a curiously contemporary resonance, but it is at the level of the mythic that the poem has lasting relevance; for this epic tale of extraordinary events simply mirrors the struggle that each human being faces on their own in his or her life. -VDB

Hollywood Lucifer

January 2014 •English

Luminare

May 1986 •English

Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.

Paranoid Kid

June 2025 •Korean

On that familiar night, a sense of anxiety and fearful emotions came over me. Countless thoughts and questions followed.

Pattaki

January 2019 •Spanish

In the dense night, when the moon lifts the tide, beings trapped in the daily life of water scarcity, they are hypnotized by the powers of Yemaya, the goddess of the sea.

TransVengeance

September 2025 •English

A trans woman dies on the operating table during facial feminization surgery, but death is no match for a determined transsexual.

Grunge

September 2025 •English

In 1992, the rising rock band “Le Slouch” is on the verge of stardom. With a scorching new single lighting up the airwaves, and their debut music video premiering on MTV’s “Headslammers Bash,” everything seems to be falling into place—until disaster strikes. Following a sudden and tragic turn of events, the band is thrust into a violent psychedelic spiral, leading them down a blood-soaked path of death and destruction.

Doraemon the Movie: New Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil

February 2026 •Japanese

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A lonely dragon wants to be loved

June 2025 •Japanese

Miss Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, and Iruru's peaceful lives are shattered when Kanna's father, Kimun Kamui, leader of the Chaos Forces, arrives and forces her to return to the Dragon World to fix a past mistake. With a war brewing between Chaos and Harmony, Kanna must find a way to unite the two worlds but is torn between her loyalty to her friends and her father's demands. Miss Kobayashi, however, refuses to let her go and tries to mend Kanna and Kamui's broken bond. As dragons clash, Iruru uncovers a hidden force manipulating the war. Can they stop the war before it consumes both worlds?

The Reward

August 2016 •Spanish

Francisco is escorted by Sergeant Martinez and a group of soldiers in search of a marijuana plantation. Francisco has promised to show them the way in exchange for a monetary reward, but apparently, it is complicated to remember the exact location. By finding the field by another group of soldiers who accompanied them, Francisco ask for a part of the reward ... But things are not always as one would like.

Assassination Classroom the Movie: Everyone's Time

March 2026 •Japanese

Movie produced for the series's 10th anniversary that adapts chapters that were originally skipped over in the Assassination Classroom TV anime.

Japanese Spirit Photography Videos

July 2008 •Japanese

Three-part featurette made for the physical release of Shutter (2008).

Kamen Rider X: The Movie

March 1974 •Japanese

A little girl named Sayoko witnesses the murder of an Interpol agent by the G.O.D. kaijin Hercules. Keisuke Jin saves her before Hercules disposes of her. Sayoko tells Keisuke that G.O.D. is targeting an important official named Kibara. Kamen Rider X has his hands full when G.O.D abducts Kibara and takes Sayoko and her mother hostage.

Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie

July 1975 •Japanese

Waniida from Black Satan attacks a young boy and long-time Kamen Rider ally Tōbei Tachibana, but Kamen Rider Stronger and Electro Wave Human Tackle run in to make the save. However, Shigeru and Yuriko fall into separate traps and are captured by Black Satan. Yuriko fights for her life as Shigeru is brainwashed by the organization.

Acid Rain

January 2019 •Polish

After running away from her depressing village in eastern Europe, a teenage girl meets a new friend under a bridge.

Tsubasa and Hotaru

March 2014 •Japanese

Tsubasa to Hotaru follows 15-year-old Tsubasa Sonokawa, a young student—and renowned stalker? After one very romantic gesture by a popular upperclassman, she falls head over heels for who she believes to be her one true love. Unfortunately, love can be deceiving, as her feelings are soon proven to be one-sided; the upperclassman directly tells her that she’s annoying and that she needs to stop bothering him. How's that for some tough love?

Hypersensitive

May 2025 •French

Hypersensitive recounts the turbulent, surrealistic journey of a young woman struggling to understand her unique take on the world. Drawing on her own childhood memories as well as her fertile imagination, filmmaker Martine Frossard paints a compassionate portrait of a woman on a quest for healing in a society with little tolerance for difference. Rich in symbolism inspired by plant life, her film is a heartfelt plea for us all to take greater heed of our emotions, even the most painful ones—reminding us that to be sensitive is to be alive.

Christmas in January

November 1991 •Japanese

Based on one of Iwadate Mariko's short stories appearing in the shoujo manga monthly magazine Margaret. This is a character study of a rather traumatized young woman who develops a crush on a man who lives next door to her.

Frame Arms Girl Movie: Kya Kya Ufufu na Wonderland

June 2019 •Japanese

A compilation movie of the TV series with new added footage.

Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration

March 2019 •Japanese

During a Japanese robotic exploration to find life on the other side of the moon, Nobita is watching from Earth and sees the moon turn yellow. With the help of Doraemon, the pair travel to the moon and create bunnies that will build their own colony. After he returns, Nobita tells his class about their adventure but no one will believe him. That is until a new student and his sister arrive who appear to come from a very far away place.