8 fps (2025)

After Landing

Jorge and Jeczebel left their four children behind in Venezuela, for what they hoped would be a better life in America. They didn’t expect a bus would bring them from Texas to New York. They also didn’t expect to encounter a city overwhelmed by one of the largest humanitarian crises in its history. The film explores the migrant experience from a deeply personal perspective as they struggle to live in the US and to support their children back home.

Land Without Bread

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

The Man Who Slept

A young woman lives with her sleeping husband. Prisoner of her loneliness, she refuses to accept that this man is only a memory.

Golden Bird

Whispered to by an ancient tree, a young shepherd dreams of more than his simple existence among grass and sheep. The journey he embarks on brings him into contact with golden birds, a dragon and a fair damsel.

The Presence

Two old men enter an abandoned synagogue, look at the decay around them, and pray.

The Presence II

An exploration of a decaying synagogue.

The Presence III

Two rabbis show the ruins of an abandoned synagogue to a group of primary school-age Jewish children, and stand by as the children dip bread in honey, drink wine, pray, and sing.

Where Is Amy Pressman

In 2007, a teen girl from a posh L.A. suburb must deal with the grizzly murder of her family while trapped in the company of their killers.

Les Contes de la rue Broca

Cartoon adaptation of tales written by Pierre Gripari.

Extinguished

In a world where flames represent love, it's easy to get your heart burned.

RED

Once a legend, hero, and leader of the pack, Rudoph now lives alone in a trailer on the outskirts of the North Pole. After watching a documentary charting his fall from grace, a fired up Red decides to make the ultimate comeback and reclaim his spot as the King of Deers.

Thunder

A woman’s face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty building full of dark hallways. Designs drawn in the air with light and long-exposure cinematography.

Spain '68

Spain, 1968. An analysis of the political and social situation of the country, suffocated by the boot of General Franco's tyrannical regime. (Filmed clandestinely in Madrid and Barcelona during the spring of 1968.)

A

A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking

Unnecessary Things

The film tells the story of a robot named Rob. One day he was walking around the city and saw an elderly man sitting in a chair inside the Store of Unwanted Things. Next to the man, there was a sign “For Sale.” The owner of the store said that the goods were up for sale. The man's name was Robert. Rob wanted to have a friend. He made a purchase and received a receipt. Robert explained that he was now Rob's pet and from now on Rob should provide him with a roof over his head, feed him, and make sure he doesn’t get bored. The robot and man started living together…

Doom Cruise

Passengers on a cruise ship are forced to come to terms with their inevitable doom. The female captain looks for the right words, and a group of children wants to do something nice for an animal that has died.

Jurassic Palco

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Proof of Us

"Proof of Us" is an original animation created to motivate all exam candidates in Japan.

Divisional Articulations

Repetition and distortion drive this audiovisual collaboration between composer Lux Prima and visual artist Max Hattler, where fuzzy analogue music and geometric digital animation collide in an electronic feedback loop, spawning arrays of divisional articulations in time and space.

Our Vanishing Americana: A South Carolina Portrait

Photographer Mike Lassiter journeys across South Carolina capturing the stories of historic, often family-run businesses that line main streets from the coast to the upstate.

Venezia - La più antica città del futuro

During the celebrations for the 1600th anniversary of the founding of Venice, Elena and her friend Alvise are drawn to a strange message under the Rialto Bridge, embarking on an adventure through time to discover historical figures who will open their eyes to the beauty and fragility of their city.

Leaf

A beautiful red leaf of a tree is the ticket of the girl who wants to board the big steamer. The scent of this leaf reminds the sailor of his homeland and finally leads him back there.

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022

This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

Alice: A Social Media Journey

A very sociable person, Alice has used her many social media accounts as a visual scrapbook of her life – the highs and lows, the happiness and heartache. But what do these collected words and images really say about Alice and her real life.

Kernel

When the world has been pushed past breaking point, an aging neurobotanist collects and preserves what little of value remains.

Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material and unpublished notebooks, the film weaves a complex and personal portrait of Margaret’s life, from the perspective of a fellow artist sensitive to the potential Margaret envisaged for film as a poetic medium.

CIUDAD FUTURO

Crossing the vast outskirts of the big city we can glimpse that after the great future catastrophes there will still be room for the promise of a new youth, perhaps the last one.

Spinning

Guido discovers he has a hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner.

Bugged

Red's peaceful morning routine is interrupted by a pesky visitor.

The Lighthouse

Father, son, the lighthouse as the center of their lives. Both grow up, the son leaving every day to pursue his studies, then returning to an increasingly elderly father who welcomes him with the same warmth, taking him, as he has always done over the years, to the piano to play together.

Witkin & Witkin

A pair of identical twins, one a photographer and the other a painter, have very little in common.

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

When Maggie Simpson is rescued by a cute young baby from playground peril, it's girl meets boy, girl loses boy, guess what happens next?

Show & Tell

A yeti-centric animation with several ties to the film (violin, basketball, pork buns).