Journey with Tarsilinha

Manhattan Undying

May 2016 •English

A vampire seeks out an artist to paint her a portrait so that she can see her image for the first time.

Visiting Van Gogh

October 1985 •German

The Ride to the Abyss

January 1992 •French

‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.

The Spring of Huang Jueping

March 2017 •Chinese

An artist looks back on his younger years at the Chongqing Art Academy in the turbulent 1990s. The selection and demands used to be killing. He was close friends with two boys and a girl. They fought with local youngsters and tried to give each other pep talks. Parallels with the childhood years of his parents, during the Cultural Revolution, also show violence and gun battles. Semi-autobiographical, with motion capture.

Splash

September 2014 •English

Michmich lives in a sad and dull suburb. After a bad day, he finds himself in a bar, alone, him and his drink. He will plunge into a wonderful world where we will find that all isn't as it seems.

The Last Warrior: Emissary of Darkness

December 2021 •Russian

Now that Ivan is about to turn 21, he is now grown up and finally old enough to marry the beautiful Vasilisa. But when Vasilisa is kidnapped and trapped in modern Moscow, Ivan and his friends must travel to the present day to rescue her.

OPIAH

June 2022 •English

Archibald, an astronaut painter is on a mission to paint his magnum opus, the solar system. Driven by obsession, he is faced with his final piece, which will guide him to his doom, The Sun.

Rainy Season

October 2019 •German

A couple rents a summer house in a small village. Residents ignore all warnings from local people about upcoming mysterious things and are drawn into a story that repeats itself every seven years, claiming its victims.

Canvas

October 2020 •English

After a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.

Frog's Legs

August 2014 •English

A dopey frog must escape from a crazy, one-eyed witch who wants to cut off his legs for a beauty potion.

Artistic Vision

January 1987 •English

It is a 1987 independent animated film about a painter struggling to reconcile the vision in his head to the reality on his canvas.

Frog

June 2005 •English

It's scorching hot, and a breathless frog is delighted at finding a pond where to cool down. Its joy is short-lived as the pond happens to be a family pool, and the family happens to be super-scared of frogs.

A Sunday in the Country

April 1984 •French

In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague, coming with his wife and his three children. Then his daugther Irene arrives. She is always in a hurry, she lives alone and does not come so often... An intimist chronicle in which what is not shown, what is guessed, is more important than how it looks, dealing with what each character expects of life.

Out of Frame

May 2023 •English

Trapped in their frames and monitored by a menacing curator, two paintings long to escape from the art gallery's white walls. As the paintings lock eyes across the room, an unspoken connection between them sets the stage for revolution. With a distinctive blend of live-action and animation, this short film by Evan Bode employs surreal metaphor to explore ideas about power, resistance, queer identity, visibility, and liberation from constructed borders.

The Devil Plays the Flute

May 1954 •Spanish

When the pieces of a singular figure are unearthed and then joined together, a devil of the lowest category breaks into a small Mediterranean village. From that moment on, the demon will enter the life of a painter named Bernardino, in the affairs of a "modern" marriage, in the existence of a frightened gardener and, finally, in the day-to-day life of the Great Momo.

Three Friends

November 2024 •French

Joan, no longer in love, leaves her partner Victor, the father of her daughter. Joan is convinced her decision is morally justified, but it comes back to bite her when Victor subsequently disappears, leaving her overwhelmed with guilt. Her best friend Alice, for her part, is an advocate for marriages of convenience, relationships devoid of love but built upon affection, which she finds more bearable than passionate love. But Joan’s friend Rebecca sees love as an adventure, and is involved in a secret relationship with Alice’s partner. These are three close women who are light years apart in their attitudes and moral beliefs. Three women who try to defend their ideas and assert their choices.

Felting Friends

November 2022 •English

Melvin gets ready for his birthday. he visits his friends to see if they want to go to his birthday picnic, however when things don’t go as planned Melvin has to make the most of his birthday. This stop-motion animated short film explores the relationship between Melvin and his friends.

Frogman

September 2024 •English

An amateur filmmaker, struggling to turn his passion into a career, returns with friends to Loveland, Ohio, the location of his first, notorious sighting of the Frogman, determined to obtain irrefutable proof that the cryptid legend exists.

Garden Party

January 2017 •French

In a deserted rich house, a couple of amphibians explore their surroundings and follow their primal instincts.

Croak x Croak

January 1990 •Russian