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.
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A naive international student struggling to make ends meet decides to try webcam modeling to support...
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down...
A collection of Winnie the Pooh's memorable holiday adventures, as Winnie, Piglet, and Tigger set ou...
An attention-craving mother nearing 50, unemployed and living with her pregnant daughter and son-in-...
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Three Afghan women from different social background, living in Kabul, are facing a big challenge in ...
Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner...
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicki...
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Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exas...
It took a lot of cajoling to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirk...
Researcher Mutsugoro takes his family to a remote and uninhabited island near Hokkaido, to study the...
A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and sin...
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Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small tow...
It’s minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees F) and 20 y/o Conny walks around like a restless cri...
In the Tuscan countryside, a family of traditional honey farmers struggles to make ends meet. The ho...
Fueled by love, rebellion, and rock 'n' roll, Radit and Jani live fast and free—until reality hits, ...
Scene 23, Slow pan The wind whistles over the dykes of the Willebroek Canal. Armand sighs. The viewe...