Time Stranger Kyoko: Leave It to Chocola!

Minion Scouts

August 2019 •English

When Margo, Agnes and Edith return from Badger Scout camp, three of the Minions are entranced by the girls' merit badges. Their own attempt at scout camp results in attracting a bear, eating poison berries and eventually blowing up a dam, creating a massive flood. But, when they arrive back home, the girls share their badges, encouraging the rest of the Minions to try their hand at scouting.

The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9!

September 2010 •English

A space bounty-hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.

Thanks, Smokey!

July 2011 •English

Condoning bestiallity by using comparable visual stimuli for the desired effect of empathy. So it would seem.

Automatic

October 2019 •Greek

Two young women convince each other they are under threat after accidentally photographing what they believe to be a concealed automatic rifle. Shot in drawn-out, static takes, Emma Doxiadi’s comical mystery comments on Greece’s ongoing refugee crisis in real time, pointing squarely at foolish knee-jerk reactions.

Fish Out of Water

July 2008 •

Fish Out of Water manages to unfurl its light-hearted tale of young man and the sea, without a word of dialogue. Avoiding the morning traffic jams, our man (Nick Dunbar) finds peace by rowing each day to work in the city. But when a seductive blonde unexpectedly enters the picture, he finds his morning boat ride heading in unexpected directions. Directed by Lala Rolls (Land of My Ancestors), Fish Out of Water was invited to play in the 2005 NZ Film Festival, plus another 10 overseas fests. Victoria Kelly composes the brass and banjo-inflected soundtrack.

SNIP

September 2016 •English

Party girl Annie and Gordon, a homeless man, travel through a remote subway tunnel to a different time; to a world where two children are held captive and tormented by bizarre figures. A multilayered animated film which brings to life the dark history of the Canadian residential school system, in which – as recently as the 1990s – First Nations children were being indoctrinated and estranged from their parents and culture.

Feats of Herkules

February 2000 •Russian

Animated actors and vases tell stories from Greek mythology. Part of a 100-film international project on the theme of world culture. (Robert Donn)

Haunted Mansion: Swinging Wake

July 2023 •English

Join the ghosts of the Haunted Mansion for a swinging wake.

Haunted Mansion: Enter If You Dare

July 2023 •English

Enter if you dare.

While the Unicorn Is Watching Me

June 2014 •

On a chilly Sunday morning, a man awakens to the mischievous stare of a unicorn that seems to have come straight out of his dreams. Carried along by an early morning sensuality, his fantasies transform his lonely apartment into a garden of delights, in which this young creature can freely reap the fruits of his desires.

Hello Neighbor!

October 1973 •Georgian

Bikini

March 2014 •Spanish

Spain, 1953. Pedro Zaragoza, mayor of the city of Benidorm, in the province of Alicante, by the Mediterranean Sea, visits the Palacio del Pardo, General Franco's residence in Madrid, to ask him for help, in the hope of solving a very delicate problem.

Cla'am

March 2017 •English

A dark, surreal comedy about a local man who becomes convinced that a vast conspiracy is behind the impossibly rapid gentrification in his London area. But is it all in his head, or is the truth even darker than he imagines? Cla'am is the debut short from Nathaniel Martello-White, one of the UK's leading young playwrights.

Bsss

February 2000 •German

A fly lands on a table to drink some spilled liquid; spotting an open children's book, it flies over and tries to emulate the picture of an elephant balancing on its trunk.

Hada

May 2015 •Spanish

Tonight Hada comes to visit Daniel because her last child tooth as fallen out. What Daniel doesn´t expect is that his worst enemy is the light.

Vízió

February 2000 •English

A massive army of workers sweat and strain to build a tower not unlike that of Babel. In spite of the ominous danger of the tower collapsing at any moment, they press on gloomily, incessantly forming column after column of labourers, like some enormous procession of lemmings.

Midnight Snack

October 2024 •English

Hunger always strikes in the dead of night.

Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful

January 1983 •Hungarian

Augusta tries everything in order to make herself look beautiful.

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

January 2010 •English

A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.

Save Yourself

November 2018 •English

Peter is a housekeeper with a crippling fear of cats. When a pig-lizard monster emerges threatening the safety of his town, Peter enlists the help of his friends to face his fears and stop the Pizard.