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Animalia
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Synopsis
Animalia is a fable about the relationship between humans and animals. Set in a future where nature has reclaimed the world, cities are overgrown, and humans have turned into animals – except for a few, sealed inside an airtight city. When Alm is sent to rescue newborns from the animal-like humans, she discovers the humanity in animals – and the animal within herself.
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No Free Brains
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Looking to replace his chewed up brain with a shiny new one, Lamb Chop ventures to the Brain Store where he tries on a series of 10 peculiar brains. Each one distorts his perception of the world in a uniquely twisted way. After it becomes clear that Lamb Chop is very picky, the store clerk pulls out a trick that only special customers get to see.
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Compost
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Synopsis
Months after the disappearance of his father, Leonard, 11 years old, discovers a living entity in the compost at the back of the garden. He secretly forms a bond with this thing, which is soon discovered by his little sister. Both start to believe it’s their father. When their mother protests against this idea, Léonard begins to have doubts about her.
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Arachnobody
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Arachnobody is a symbolically colored short film about a character who suddenly falls ill and isolates himself. Seeking to return to normal life, he turns to a doctor whose help comes at a cost, reflecting a society where kindness is often given only when there's something to gain.
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Viperine
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French countryside, 2025. Pierre discovers the petrified body of his friend Flint in the middle of a field. In his hands is a bottle containing homemade brandy with a macerated snake inside. Armed with a hunting rifle, Pierre sets out for revenge.
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Jealous People Are Ugly People
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Synopsis
Vasilly has become painfully jealous of his best friend, Luke. They both interviewed for the same career-making graphic design role, but Luke got the offer whilst Vasilly returned to his dead-end labouring job, drained of hope and creativity. However, things aren’t going so well for Luke. Every time he shares good news about his new role he suffers strange and violent repercussions. Disturbed by the uncanny timing, Vasilly recalls his Yiayia’s warnings about the Greek superstition of the evil eye - a 5,000-year-old belief that jealousy can manifest harm through a malevolent glare - and starts to believe his own envy might be to blame for Luke’s bad luck. As events escalate, Vasilly spirals into paranoia and guilt, confronting the possibility that the true danger lies not in superstition, but in himself. JEALOUS PEOPLE ARE UGLY PEOPLE is a darkly comic psychological thriller about male jealousy, inherited superstition, and the corrosive power of repressed ambition.