The Impossible Journey

The Imaginary

December 2023 •Japanese

Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat.

Nuts & Robbers

January 2011 •English

This short was created as a teaser for the feature film The Nut Job. Surly Squirrel plans a heist from the nut store, however inadvertently gets caught up in a bank robbery.

Bogus

September 1996 •English

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

When Marnie Was There

July 2014 •Japanese

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

She's Out of His Mind

March 2022 •English

On the eve of the wedding of an old flame, a young man must come to terms with every woman he has ever loved and lost. No sleep tonight.

Everything You Want

April 2005 •English

A visionary and artistic young woman finds her love torn between her imaginary boyfriend and a real boy from one of her classes.

Son of Dragon

September 2010 •Vietnamese

The childhood of Ly Thai To, a Vietnamese monarch.

Mon Ami Charly

September 2008 •French

A ten-year-old girl disobeys her mother to join her friend Charly.

Heart and Souls

August 1993 •English

A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.

The Enigma of the Croquette Boy

June 2004 •Spanish

Alex García, a TV star of yesteryears, is fodder for some of the most cruel reality TV, but, his life takes an unexpected turn when a secret organization interrogates him about mysterious matters, revealing to him the truth about his failure, and that some martian invaders are following him with sinister intentions...

Blossom

September 2022 •English

A young girl grows up in the company of her imaginary friend, a silent and friendly monster. As she matures and experiences all the joy and tragedy that life has to offer, she is forced to confront the truth about her companion.

The Return Of Zappy

January 2024 •English

Friends are like stars; you don’t have to see them to know they’re there. But when the star of Fraser’s childhood adventures suddenly returns after years away, can things really be as they were? Or will Zappy’s return only mean trouble for Fraser?

Caveman

January 2023 •German

Robert Müller has wanted to be a comedian since he was a kid, but he's only made it as a car salesman so far. This is about to change when he takes part in an open-mic show. He puts the program together with his imaginary friend, the stone-age Caveman. Then his girlfriend Claudia breaks up with him...

Opal Dream

July 2006 •English

Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.

The Peak

October 2020 •English

In the middle of the night, Sarah wakes up because she needs to go to the bathroom, an apparently simple task that will become in a great adventure.

The Gnomes - Amazing Journeys

March 1997 •Spanish

Blue & Malone: Impossible Cases

December 2019 •Spanish

On the eve of its demolition, Berta visits the old theater where her grandmother used to work. She finds out that it's not completely abandoned - Mortando Malone and Big Blue Cat, her old imaginary friends, are there to help her solve an impossible case: recapture her capacity to dream.

Drop Dead Fred

April 1991 •English

When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

June 2021 •Spanish

France, 17th century, under the reign of Louis XIII. Dogtanian is an impetuous and innocent peasant from Gascony, as well as a skilled swordsman, who travels to Paris with the purpose of making his dream come true: to join the Corps of Muskehounds of the Royal Guard.

Paper Man

June 2009 •English

A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.