How The Bear Was Looking For a Friend

Domestic Fable

May 2012 •French

While visiting an apartment, Adrien feels a twinge of jealousy as he watches Tess, his partner, enjoy herself with another visitor. That very evening, he receives a surprise summons to return for another visit. He must go alone, Tess being otherwise detained at work. He finds himself before a dilapidated old building which already has his name on the doorbell. As soon as Adrien crosses the threshold, the house closes in on him and he is embarked on a guided tour of the twists and turns of his own jealousy.

Plein soleil

October 2015 •French

Under the leaden sky of a summer day, Eric goes to work to defend a great issue. But, blinded by stress, Eric is forgetting the most important thing...

Crossroads

January 1931 •Russian

Spindeln

April 2012 •Swedish

Johannes is 11 years old and dreams of a rope blocking his and his friend's way when they are on their way home from school. When he grabs the rope, he realizes that it is "something dangerous going on". A huge spider pops up and chases the kids, who are eventually saved by a heroic old woman.

Crow: The Legend

November 2018 •English

The carefree forest animals imagine spring will last forever. However, winter comes and the animals soon realize that their lives are in danger. What they need is a hero; what they need is Crow: The Legend.

Second Class Passenger

December 1973 •

One train journey between two stations: the first one and the last one. In a second class compartment, a traveler meets all kinds of people with all kinds of fates but fails to find a friend. As alone as at the beginning of the journey, he takes his suitcase, gets off the train, and disappears in the night.

Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41

October 2018 •Japanese

A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their conversation using cutout animation.

My Jeopardy

April 2022 •English

A dream of three television shows and the narrator’s identity suspended between them in a loop is keeping the protagonist awake.

Firefighter

March 2021 •Russian

He wanted to put out everything that smoulders, smokes or burns. Even the Sun! Until he flared up himself... from love.

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

January 1974 •English

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge had provided the illustrations. British Lion had secured the rights, and commissioned Glover, through Tony Edwards (the Deep Purple manager), to add the musical dimension that it required if it were to be made into a 26-part animated cartoon series, suitable for TV. (Discogs) This is the music video for the song Love Is All, performed by Ronnie James Dio.

Lou

June 2017 •English

A Pixar short about a lost-and-found box and the unseen monster within.

Sonic Drone Home

May 2022 •English

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles encounter an abandoned Badnik drone which upgraded itself using parts from a junkyard, with the intention of conquering the world.

The Flying Nut

February 2002 •English

With ulterior motives in hand, a man travelling on a plane has a dastardly plan. Will he succeed?

Revenger

January 1958 •

A film about an unhappy man who catches his wife with a lover. He leaves to buy a gun, while plotting to kill the wife and the lover. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.

Kingdom

November 2018 •English

A lost man falls apart in a forest.

The Smoked Sprat Baking in the Sun

June 1992 •Estonian

An animated opera version of "Goldfish". In this modernised version of the fairy tale of the Goldilocks, everything is absurdly modern - turned upside down. It's the story of a man who lives underwater and a fish who lives above the water in the air and can grant people's wishes. The man catches the fish and starts wanting all sorts of things, but...

The Dam Keeper

February 2014 •English

In a desolate future, one small town has survived because of a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to keep out pollution. The dam's operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the sails spinning and protect the town, despite abuse from classmates and an indifferent public. When a new student joins Pig's class, nothing will be the same again.

La pomme ou L'histoire d'une histoire

July 1965 •French

A family's life is transformed into an object of art.

Snakes & Stairs

July 2023 •Spanish

Upon the death of his grandfather and playmate, Bruno, an 8-year-old boy, embarks on a journey in a magical world, trying to finish the unfinished story he was building with his grandfather to become a king.

Memorable

June 2019 •French

Aging painter Louis and his wife Michelle struggle to cope with Louis' advancing dementia.