Chimeric Desire to Belong to Another World

Em direção à Ítaca

Invalid date •Portuguese

Indo...

Invalid date •Portuguese

Fire and Ice

March 1983 •English

In this animated tale, a tiny village is destroyed by a surging glacier, which serves as the deadly domain for the evil Ice Lord, Nekron. The only survivor is a young warrior, Larn, who vows to avenge this act of destruction. The evil continues, however, as Nekron's palace of ice heads straight towards Fire Keep, the great fortress ruled by the good King Jarol. When Jarol's beautiful daughter, Teegra, is abducted by Nekron's sub-human ape-like creatures, Larn begins a daring search for her. What results is a tense battle between good and evil, surrounded by the mystical elements of the ancient past.

Heavy Metal

August 1981 •English

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Radio RCA

January 1935 •Spanish

Broadcast music evokes erotic and racial fantasies in this commercial.

Coma

November 2022 •French

Amidst a period of unprecedented world events, an eighteen-year-old girl’s life is placed on hold. Isolated in her bedroom, she falls under the spell of the mysterious vlogger Patricia Coma. As time carries on, the lines between her dreams, fears, hopes, and reality begin to blur into one another.

Wizards

February 1977 •English

After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf claims his mother's throne, assembles an army and sets out to brainwash and conquer Earth. Meanwhile, Blackwolf's gentle twin brother, the bearded and sage Avatar, calls upon his own magical abilities to foil Blackwolf's plans for world domination -- even if it means destroying his own flesh and blood.

Heavy Metal 2000

April 2000 •English

Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a beautiful young woman. His only mistake is that he doesn't kill her sister, Julie, who then sets out on a mission of rescue and revenge.

Spectrum

May 2022 •Italian

Alex and Mr Fluffkins

May 2020 •English

With quarantine loosening and lifting in places, Alex and his cat Mr Fluffkins have been having a pretty chilled time, but life is about to change for these two... or is it?

YLLI

December 2022 •Spanish

The argument with the soul becomes a crucial phase of the individuation process, since, after all, it is our most personal ambiguity that, with cunning and delusion, drags incredible things into life, as the desire of an inert body, convincing us of moving, touching the earth, getting tangled up and staying.

Out of the Inkwell

April 1919 •English

Directed by Dave Fleischer.

Eyes Wide Open

January 2021 •French

During a very hot summer, Emma (15) is doomed to boredom at her grandparents's house. She's dying for something to happen. At the edge of a pond, she hides to observe The Young Man. She develops a brief but intense obsession for this fantasized stranger.

Commuter

January 1981 •English

This animated short film portrays a man's commute into the city. Director Michael Patterson employs a combination of pencils and rotoscoping, similar to his work in the music video "Take On Me."

5000 Space Aliens

November 2023 •English

Meet 5000 space aliens in 5000 seconds in this bonkers animated film.

The Circus

May 1920 •English

One of the "Out of the Inkwell" series of silent short films featuring a combination of live action and hand-drawn animation.

Balloons

September 1923 •English

The Inkwell Clown goes for a balloon ride. Later, Max's studio is filled with so many balloons that it floats away.

Quantum Cowboys

October 2023 •English

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!

SUPERDOSE

January 2021 •Portuguese

Welcome to Jamaica

December 2021 •English

Inspired by Rachel Moseley-Wood’s essay “The Other Jamaica”, Damian Marley’s controversial song “Welcome to Jamrock”, and juxtaposed views of Jamaica via tourism and marginalized Jamaicans. This short animation uses found film of Jamaica in the 1930s-60s to manipulate the camera’s ethnographic points of view.