The librarian of the town of New Penzance introduces six animated segments illustrating Suzy's favorite books.
Bob Balaban
as The Narrator
Kara Hayward
as Suzy Bishop
Blind man and apple pie connoisseur Walter Cookeventures to his neighborhood corner store to buy milk and apples. When mafia thugs try to shake down the storeowner, Walter shows them what a blind martial artist is capable of!
Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family business.
Shy teenage monster making new friends in a new place. In a world where humans live alongside monsters, Martha finds herself stuck with a major identity crisis.
In a clearing amongst a forest of pines lives a reclusive old man who struggles to keep himself warm in an unrelenting winter, though help comes from an unexpected friend.
Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.
A short story about a boy who hurts himself and impresses a girl, all with the same shovel.
The End of Stories is an animated documentary dome film about our inability to understand the present or imagine the future. The 4th installment in the “Corona Voicemails” series, the film showcases a collage of 37 perspectives from around the world of people coping with the turbulence of pandemic life.
A couple's morning is interrupted when a witch moves in next-door during a solar eclipse.
A strange bug-like creature spins a human’s negative thoughts into a golden thread–until its spinning wheel breaks.
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
A story about a boy who signs up for drum lessons, not knowing that his teacher turns out to be an amateur and becomes jealous of her own student's drumming skills.
This short re-tells the real life tale of the director as an exchange student in Rotterdam. Upon his arrival, he quickly develops a rivalry with his roommate's cat. This coupled with the trials of the city and art school will prove this exchange to be tougher than expected.
A short comedy about infidelity, drinking too much at parties, and letting go.
“A minor accident sets two men on a collision course, where justice leads to temptation and moral peril.”
The ponies are about to perform a magical musical on stage and everyone is practicing but no one is playing together.
Award-winning cut-out animation making a full statement on bravado by using two empty words. Available in full at -- https://youtu.be/zJiyvyskYmQ
Destiny is a fickle bastard who drives a cheap car.
Lisbon, Portugal, 1927. The writer and journalist Fernando Pessoa accepts from his boss the commission to create an advertising slogan for the drink Coca-Louca; but conservative government authorities consider the new drink as revolutionary as it is diabolical.
Jimena's ex-boyfriend now lives in their old place with his new girlfriend. She still has the keys and things to tell him. She goes in when no one is there because it just feels normal. Mariana Sanguinetti creates an ode to intimacy and closure, with humour and a big heart.