Perpetual Spawning (2018)

Last Days in a Lonely Place

The virtual landscapes of a video game are transformed into an existential tale of solemn beauty.

Shenmue: The Movie

Ryo Hazuki finds himself seeing his father Iwao die at the hands of a mysterious Chinese man named Lan Di, who also steals an item Iwao had called the "Dragon Mirror". Ryo makes it his mission to get revenge on Lan Di, but first he has to find out how to find him, with the warhouse docks & the Mad Angels gang being his best leads.

The Outsider

Machinima-adaptation of Albert Camus book "L'étranger", done in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Drained

Truck driver Teddy's late night stop at a gas station takes a dark turn when he meets the mysterious hooker Katerina, leading to unexpected consequences.

Bone-Skinny

Desperate to lose weight, Chloe stumbles upon an infomercial for "MagicSlim," an all natural herbal supplement that promises effortless weight loss. Ignoring the strange warning about lighting accompanying candles, she eagerly drinks the smoothies, only to wake up dramatically thinner overnight. As the pounds melt away at an alarming rate, an eerie presence begins lurking in the shadows, growing closer each night. Unaware that she is being devoured by a sinister force, Chloe soon realizes too late that her dream body has come at the ultimate price.

Little Red Riding Hood

10-year-old Danny can’t believe how naive and dumb Little Red Riding Hood from Grimm’s fairy tale is. Determined to save the girl and her grandmother from the evil wolf, he decides to travel through time and change history. But Little Red Riding Hood is not stupid at all. And she certainly doesn’t need to be saved …

Grand Theft Hamlet

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.

Red Dead Redemption: The Man from Blackwater

A slice-in-time of John Marston as he tracks down his former fellow outlaw and friend, Bill Williamson. Along the way, Marston encounters many of Red Dead Redemption’s eclectic cast of dreamers, misfits and liars.

The Zone

In times of conflict, a companion can be the final thread linking one to human connection. In Call of Duty: Warzone, communication is fractured, making it even harder to truly know those you play with. Dialogue is just a series of terse exchanges of orders and instructions; everything revolves around the game, everything is subsumed by war. Forming a meaningful connection with an anonymous player seems nearly impossible. In The Zone, the protagonists confront this challenge, pushing beyond the fleeting interactions dictated by random matchmaking. They seek to reclaim their humanity, engaging with pressing themes — religion, terrorism, and representation — subtly embedded in the game’s mechanics and geography.

Goodbye Mommy

This horror machinima short by Alvin Soprano tells the story of little Lucy walking in on her recently deceased mother crossing over to the light.

Outrun

After a tragic kidnapping leaves him broken and alone, a former criminal "fixer" must journey into the sinister underbelly of Los Angeles in order to rescue his lover and find answers. It isn't long before he finds himself submerged and lost in a surreal odyssey of murder, deception, and unforgiving brutality.

Chain-Link

In order to escape a prison under constant and total surveillance, a jaded clone and a sensitive art forger must strike an uneasy alliance with their malevolent AI surveiller. Along the way they encounter a sentient program enslaved in the prison’s lab-grown meat farm, a tormented being who may hold the key to their escape.

This is Not a Game

Angela Su’s fictional artist Rosie Leavers is the last remaining person to upload her consciousness to a video game. Contemplating during a pandemic year which also saw people’s resistance movements in many parts of the world, the work pinpoints the uncanny affinities between gaming and warfare strategies. They have mutually informed the infrastructure of both worlds since time immemorial when diplomatic conflicts played out on the battlefield of the 64 squares of a chess board to flight simulation technologies which were adapted to shape gaming experiences as we know it now. When the conflict is between the state and its people, she speculates that gaming strategies empower civilians in resistance movements to counter imperialism through its own operative logic. But once we upload our consciousness, are we able to return to the sensibilities and political motivation that inspired the revolution to begin with?

Operation: Jane Walk

The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever possible, as peaceful observers, inhabitants of a digital world, which is a detailed replica of Midtown Manhattan.

The Death of Father Men

Alexander V. Men was a Russian Orthodox priest, theologian and writer, whose influence is felt among Christians, both in Russia and abroad. He was murdered on September 9th, 1990.

I don't know what nostalgia is anymore

With mixed techniques, the short film "I don't know what nostalgia is anymore" brings a gameplay recording of the game "project zomboid" as the basis for a film that seeks to represent what loneliness means to human beings and how much we can find ourselves even without any help.

THE NOTHING

Jason Brooks must keep his sanity intact after being confronted and tormented by the presence of a dark, malicious entity that wishes to torment and kill him, while uncovering its involvement in a recent family tragedy.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

Mufaro's daughters are tested unknowingly to reveal which one is worthy enough to marry the king in this award-winning production, lush with Steptoe's magnificent paintings and a rich musical score.

The Frog Princess

A tsar's youngest son, Ivan, is destined to marry a frog who turns out to be the enchanted Vasilisa the Beautiful. When he breaks her spell too soon and loses her to the immortal Koschei, Ivan sets out on a quest through dark forests and ancient magic to win her back.

Monty and the Street Party

'The Street Party' is an animated comedy for the whole family. The story is about the 10 year old kid, Mugge, who's parents are about to get a divorce. To recreate the balance and harmony that the adults are about to smash, the always optimistic and indomitable Mugge decides to put together the best street party ever - and in that way bring his mom and dad together again.

The Prince of Tennis: Showdown in England's Tennis Fortress

Seigaku travels to England to play a tournament representing Japan but they are attacked by a group of street tennis players who were banned from playing official tournaments because of their rough play.

The Sword in the Stone

Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one can go anywhere. Needless to say, it doesn't quite work out that way.

Waking Life

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.

The Little Polar Bear

This charming animated adventure follows a young polar bear, Lars, as he befriends Robbie, a seal. Together, these two form a friendship that proves different breeds of animals can get along perfectly well.

Monster House

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

Archipelago

A true animated film about invented islands. About an imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between. Archipelago is a film of drawings and speeches, that tells and dreams a place and its inhabitants, to tell and dream a little of our world and times.

Steamboy

After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis.

Felidae

A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood.

Das kleine Arschloch und der alte Sack - Sterben ist Scheiße

The little asshole's grandfather, the old bag, has fallen into the coffin at a funeral and been buried alive. It's no surprise that instead of going to heaven, the old sack goes straight to hell. The little asshole and his dog Peppi, whom he inherited from Mrs. Mövenpick, try everything in their power to snatch the old bag from the clutches of the devil and do not shy away from dubious cloning techniques and black magic.

Treasure Planet

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

Prince Moon and Princess Sun

Two Korean states, Goguryeo and Ranran, are on the brink of war. While the king of Goguryeo tries to keep peace at all costs, King Ranrana plans to take over Goguryeo with the help of foreign allies. Under these circumstances, Prince Huodong travels to Ranran to offer peace and falls in love with the beautiful princess.

Punk'd Pooch

After falling out years ago, Fifi, a guitarist poodle, has been invited to play at a venue with her old high school band— Punk’d Pooch. All is well until she reunites with her ex-friend and fellow guitar player, Tilly.

For Whom the Alchemist Exists

Set in the continent of Babel, where the Tower of Babel looms large over seven nations. After the invention of alchemy led to its use as a tool of war that brought humanity to the brink of extinction, the seven nations struck an uneasy peace that led to a prohibition on alchemy for hundreds of years since. In the Continental Year 911, the nation of Lustrice broke the pact by assembling an army bolstered by alchemy, with ambitions of conquest over the continent. Led by Envylia, the six nations allied and struck down the rogue nation, casting alchemy once again to darkness. But 20 years after the war, alchemy once again begins to cause chaos in the land.

Pussy

A young woman spends the evening alone at home. She decides to give herself a treat, but not everything works out as smoothly as she imagined.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.

Cedric

Death as a global service provider? Unthinkable! So far Death has thought that too. But then his nephew Cedric had the crazy idea of founding the company AFTER LIFE while his uncle was away. This company takes over the craft of death with the latest technology and markets it worldwide.

The Three Musketeers

Soviet animated story of The Three Musketeers by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.

Caminandes: Gran Dillama

A young llama named Koro discovers that the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence).

Caminandes: Llama Drama

Koro wants to get to the other side of the road.

Last Hijack

Documentary that follows the lives of two pirates and their community on the Somali coastline; what are the incentives of the pirates, why did they become pirates, how did they grow up in a country with political chaos, war and extreme poverty? The narrative structure is built around two interweaving story-lines; one depicting the "present", the daily lives of the pirates and their community, and the second in the "past", revealing through epic animation, the unfolding of a recent hijacking.

Space Jam

With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.

The Makeover

A mash-up of several classic Disney films, The Makeover is about a woman who spends all of her time cleaning up for her partner until a fairy intervenes.

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

A poor misunderstood wolf tells the real story of what happened

VeggieTales: Madame Blueberry

Let your kids spend a little time with Madame Blueberry and the rest of the Veggies and they'll learn that "being greedy makes you grumpy -- but a thankful heart is a happy heart!

Jasper's Derby

Jasper is attending the Kentucky Derby and befriends an old racehorse. During the race, Jasper plays a violin solo that inspires the horse to win the race. The finale finds the horse enjoying the fruit of his victory - a mint-julep.