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This award-winning collection features six animated short films:
Abductees (Paul Vester, 1995)
Five true tales of alien abduction told using a wide range of animated techniques.
Ape (Julie Zammarchi, 1992)
A darkly comic animation, Ape features a grouchy, married couple who battle
daily over their nightly dinner - a cooked, whole monkey!
Club of the Discarded (Jiri Barta, 1989)
In this Svankmajer-inspired Czech film, a family of discarded mannequins enjoys
a quiet life in an abandoned warehouse until a group of hipster mannequins move
in - and ruin the neighborhood!
Gentle Spirit (Piotr Dumala, 1987)
Derived from a Dostoyevsky story, this Polish film depicts the psychological
landscape - fraught with entrapment and violence - between a young woman and
an ominous male figure.
Joy Street (Suzan Pitt, 1996)
An ambitious, astonishing story of a woman's journey from suicidal despair
to personal renewal, with the help of an unlikely spirit guide.
The Story of the Cat and the Moon (Pedro Serrazina, 1995)
Internationally celebrated, this Portuguese mini-epic of unrequited love follows
a cat who is beguiled by an always out-of-reach moon.
Please note: these animations are not appropriate for children.
"Rich and moving...explores the ambiguity, mystery and dark corners of human nature."
-San Francisco Chronicle
"Inventive, astonishing and visually lush." -The New York Times
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