The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.

Juliette is a young woman who has grown up on a farm that is now under economic siege. In order to s...

Across a language barrier, a Turkish groom-to-be on an engagement party in Kyiv meets a Ukrainian th...

A young boy grapples with first love and his ambitions as a drummer during an eventful summer holida...

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reali...

While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly at...

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into...

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

Rahul Seth is a dashing young millionaire who believes he is "western" enough to rebel against his m...

An average, everyday metalworker and volunteer firefighter content in his marriage to his childhood ...

The hero of Wansa-kun was Wansa, a husky puppy who is sold for a pittance, then escapes, and spends ...

A historical film depicting the youth of Saint Shinran, founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, during the...

The main character is a modern girl named Rise. One day, she wanders into Wonderland, and when she m...

The Battle of Peleliu was fought on the lovely Pacific island of that name by Japanese and American ...

Modern version of The Frog King. Out of an impulse, 15-year-old Anna kisses a frog which then turns ...

A new kid in town tests the limits at the high school basketball tryouts.

Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, ...

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a m...

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the su...

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up ...

Set in the year 2060, it follows a love story as Tokyo's third Olympics draws near. Takeru Oosawa, w...