OPIAH (2022)

Home of the Heart

Omid is an Iranian immigrant who came to France with his family. One evening, in the street, he is attacked and stabbed in the heart. But Omid gets back up! At the hospital, the diagnosis is blunt: he has no heart. Did he leave it behind in Iran?

Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji

A short film shown exclusively to visitors of the Godzilla museum and Shin Godzilla statue at Awaji Island. The legendary figure of Godzilla was first confirmed at the beginning of the Meiji era when a typhoon hit Awaji Island. Godzilla, who appeared among the high waves, roamed the island, leaving tremendous damage in its wake.

Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square

This film illustrates the life of the film director, Shui-Bo Wang in The People's Republic of China. We learn of the life of the director in his own words and images from a child steeped in the values of Chinese communism exemplified by Chairman Mao, to a young man striving to live up to those ideals both as an artist and a soldier.

Lorenzo

A cat named Lorenzo is dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own.

Si Juki the Movie: Doomsday Committee

Juki is a celebrity at the peak of his popularity. His innocence, humourous, and courageous attitude, gains him the love of everyone. When a fallen meteor is threatening to destroy the country, can Juki save Indonesia?

Dead Line

Ethan is electrocuted in the lift of his building. The Reaper comes to get his soul, but it is without taking into account madam Bompas's intervention, sparkling neighbor of Ethan.

Echoes

Strange places take shape in a torch’s beam of light and the sound of water droplets hitting the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the distance, we hear muffled music, where does it come from?

La Vie

Franck is an astrophysicist. His job is to perform laser drillings with the Lynx, an exploration rover on Mars. Assisted by his collegues, he spends the night looking for traces of organic life by examining rocks. In the morning, he will meet with his son who has been traveling around the world after staying with his mother.

BlackFace: The Sacred Legend

In the depths of an Indian forest, an English colonist decides to hunt a supposedly sacred monkey. The rumor says that this monkey is eternal but is it really the true?

In a Cage

It’s the story of an encounter: a caged bear who can’t sing meets a little bird who can’t fly but who can sing beautifully. Their friendship will be mutually beneficial and together they will overcome their disabilities.

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The Dam Keeper

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.

The Overcoat

An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghostly hand.

Hey, It's Me

A selfish man tries to alter his destiny when he receives an ominous phone call from his future self.

Meow or Never

In a madcap musical, a catstronaut travels the galaxy looking for the meaning of life when she encounters a space pup eager to help - but only gets them into trouble at every turn!

Sound of the Sea

A poor Sicilian family of moles has to emigrate to the United States. On their journey, they meet a fox who offers to help them.

Eye Contact

In the future you’ll still be able to meet someone in a bar, but will you be able to connect? A tale about our barriers to connection and technology addiction.

The Noah's Ark Principle

The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.

Superman 75

An animated short about the 75 years of Superman.

The Hunter

In this stop motion sand animation, a lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow covered mountains. THE HUNTER premiered at SXSW in 2012, has featured in competition at over 50 international festivals and won several awards including the AFI/ AACTA in 2013.

On Your Mark

Set in the future: Two men learn that a mysterious winged girl has been taken prisoner, and then decide that they must free her at any cost.

Beachworld

Federation Officer Shapiro crash-lands on a desert planet with no sign of water, life, or a way off. Her crew-mate Rand is no help, resigned to his fate on the hypnotic alien dunes. Locating the ship's emergency beacon is their only hope, but when a salvage crew answers their distress signal, it's already too late.

Almost Home

A group of aliens searching for a new planet on which to make home, with little success. Promotional short for Dreamworks Animation's forthcoming feature, Home.

Pincée d'amour

This short tells the story of one crab who became a jilted lover. Even among crustaceans, love stories can end badly.

Groovity

Bobby, a young space guardian is finally assigned to an exceptional mission. This clumsy hero is going to have to face his fears in order to avoid catastrophe.

The Snowman

It is winter and a snowman comes alive. On his adventure he will find a calendar that will make him wish to know the spring.

Implant

In a world where the technology exists to hack into peoples’ memories, a traditional housewife colludes with her close friend to expose her husband, who she suspects is unfaithful. A film about love, betrayal and technology.

Zombie Door

Psychedelic Hanna-Barbera anti-drug PSA, ca. 1970. Created by Art Babbitt - he'd developed Goofy during his time at Disney.

The Second Hearing

The cold-hearted AI that runs a futuristic prison summons a prisoner to face his second parole hearing. Can he re-enact his crime without offending again?

Chou Deneiban SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors

A Romance of the Three Kingdoms retelling using SD Gundams. (Source: Myanimelist.net)

Big Underground Ball

A 20 minute masterpiece with no dialogue necessary. A King of the Forest gathers elves, sprites, and other assorted woodland spirits for a night of festivities. The spirits frolic, dance, drink, and romance. Conflicts arise and are resolved. The puppetry here is top-notch, and the rear-projections of fire and water add an extra depth to the magical world. A trip to a mysterious and happy world.

La Projectionniste

In 1930, Suzanne, a 7-year-old girl, had the gift of projecting her memories through her eyes. Helped by her grandfather Lucien, she tries to master it.

The Quiet Earth

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

Made in Spain

An absent-minded traveler arrives at a Spanish beach where chaos is about to break out. (Followed by Mad in Xpain, 2020.)

Children's Toys

The third installment in David James Armsby’s dystopia short film series.

Being Pretty

Hello, citizens of Autodale! You are pretty. Your neighbours, friends and family are also pretty. But sadly, not everyone is pretty. Some are ugly… We, here at Autodale, do not want “uglies”.

No Monsters

Welcome back to Autodale, children. Today’s programming is nearly done, which means it is time for bed. But sadly, not all dreams are sweet, some are scary and full of monsters. If any night terrors haunt your sleep, children; always remember that you’re safe in Autodale. There are no monsters here. This film is a sequel to animated short “Being Pretty”.

Sweet Dreams

Late at night, Natt walks around his house with his flashlight. Frightened but amused by what he meets, his journey will lead him to something weird that he could not have imagined.

In The Tall Grass

Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind.

Dueling Dumplings

Po and Zhen battle over whose dumplings reign supreme.

Tomorrow

When more than one million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction... there is no TOMORROW.

Chronopath

To protect a mother and son fleeing a murderous husband in a polluted future LA, Detective Inés Nieblas must use the ability to alter past events.

Beautiful Bunkers

Artemis has lived 15 years in a Cold War Bunker living on food pills and working on paper work that is delivered through a pneumatic tube. Her only communication with the outside world is through a CB radio. Her daily routine is interrupted by her fear of what may have happened to her childhood friend Linda, who has ceased communication for the last several days.

Memio

When a grandmother hesitates to try a new product designed to combat the effects of her dementia, her grandson must help her overcome her fears to improve both their lives.

Andromeda

In a near future when androids are the new working class, one 'Andromeda' will be the breakthrough for human-level artificial intelligence. Through the love and care of a child, this android is given the gift of a heart and the promise that one day she will become real. But her transformation is dangerous, and there are those who will do anything to have her destroyed.

Le Mans 1955

The 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1955. 300.000 spectators are watching from the sidelines. It is 6:00 PM when Pierre Levegh's car ploughs into the spectator stands, scattering the crowd with his car engine's hot debris.

The Passenger

A man wakes up to find himself alone in a train carriage. During his train journey, unexpected events will lead him through to finally discover his lost memories.

Mésozoïque Alternatif

Dinosaurs and humans evolve and live together throughout history. However, the annoying and invasive behavior of humans begins to annoy Rex, a peaceful dinosaur.