The Great Escape

The Moon’s Milk

At a time when the moon could be reached by ladder, Captain Millipede, his daughter, a deaf milk miner, a beautiful accordionist, and a wannabe pole dancer make their final expedition unaware of what they had, blind to what they'd lose.

The Box with Eight Eyes

The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes with magnifying lenses. The showmen organised a real spectacle, with a barker, music and sound effects. The views played with light (transparencies, perforations). A series of engravings shows the public's enthusiasm for these shows. The second part of the film is a reconstruction of such a show. First, there are views of Paris, Venice, Constantinople and Versailles, followed by various disasters: plague, floods, fires and shipwrecks.

How To Make A Friend

Moo mourns her deceased friend, so Yuu decides to create a new companion for her. Their adventure fails, but they discover they have built a new friendship during the journey.

Tower Bawher

This animated short by Theodore Ushev is like a whirlwind tour of Russian constructivist art and is filled with visual references to artists of the era, including Vertov, Stenberg, Rodchenko, Lissitsky and Popova.

Bad Seeds

Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colours. The veteran director of deftly connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.

Wolves at the Table

A disturbing look at the consequences of guilt, paranoia, and sexual vice. Wolves at the Table reveals the grotesque truth about Katerina Bogatova. Trapped inside of a macabre existence, punctuated by violent, chilling encounters. Katerina isolates herself from the world, and confines the one man that could unravel the respectability of her aristocratic facade.

Egret and Turtle

Birdsong

Based on late field biologist John Sincock's experiences in Kauai.

Quiet Swamp

About the protection of nature, about the inhabitants of protected swamps.

Don't Be Afraid of Me

A fairy tale about how the little hunter Nikita and the puppy Bobik helped Zubrenok find his mother.

Red Ball Express

A drawn-on-film train builds itself and takes a trip, set to the bluegrass standard Orange Blossom Special.

How the Fox Judged the Wolf

About a wolf who gate crashes a wedding. Based on a Belorusian folk tale, although the decay of the Soviet Union at the time show through the pores of the depiction of the tale.

Pinscher Bob and the Seven Bluebells

The story is about a puppy named Bob, who loved to listen to music, turning on the tape recorder at full volume. All the forest inhabitants’ ears were already ringing from Bob’s music, and the bluebells had even withered. And then the puppy’s friends decided to teach Bob a lesson.

Christmas Stories

Two Christmas-themed stories: about the night of Christ's birth, and about a good deed that is remembered many decades later. Adapted from texts by Sasha Chyornyy and Archpriest Dimitriy Gavrilovich Bulgakovskiy.

Vento

Vento evolves around an F1 Rookie who needs to win a race for his father who had died not long before the race.

Strangers in the Alley

Deep down the alley the black cat has entered is a town where nonhuman beings live in peace. The cat returns to his home to rest when suddenly he hears a strange sound coming from next door.

The Light Eater

Today is Al's first day of school. He packed his bag and prepared his lunch. Ever since his Dad died he has had to take care of himself and his Mother in mourning. Since that day Al has been burdened with a curse: something dark happens every time he tries to speak. Nonetheless, Al sets off to school all alone with his trusty crayon and pages of his favorite drawings. Hoping to somehow make friends.