During China's takeover of Tibet, an Austrian mountain climber becomes friends with the Dalai Lama and witnesses the challenges faced by the Tibetan people under Chinese occupation.
When two children discover a mysterious box containing strange toys, they soon realize that the toys are giving them extraordinary powers. As they develop their newfound abilities, they attract the attention of the FBI and a neurologist who are determined to uncover the secrets behind the box. With the help of their parents and a compassionate schoolteacher, the children embark on a journey of courage and compassion as they try to protect the box from falling into the wrong hands.
Mandala delves into the hidden desires and conflicts within a utopian commune focused on agriculture. The film portrays the shocking realities of misogyny, rape, and cuckoldry, while also delving into philosophical themes of Buddhism and the human condition.
A story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea.
One of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage (1876-1954). Based on Lesage's painting A Symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World from 1923.
In this animated comedy, a motionless deity assigns a comical housefly the task of putting aside his arrogant nature and helping humanity. Through a series of comical and comical misadventures, the housefly learns the value of humility and the power of compassion.
A 20 year old girl, sick of being broke, begins work as a "fantasy girl" where she acts out any fantasy a guy wants as long as no sex is involved and is 100% legal.
Fantasy is a 1976 animated short film that explores avant-garde themes through a psychedelic journey of metamorphosis.
An animated riff on Melies wherein an animated face keeps transforming into different homages.
Struggling with AIDS, Aimée comes out of the hospital. Her friend Francine leads her to the Maison Bleue for her convalescence. But Aimee's state of health does not improve: she falls into mental confusion and must stay at the Blue House until her death.
Symbiofaerietaxiplasm is an experimental documentary on the beginnings of the radical faerie movement in Austria. It follows the appropriation of a queer subculture that emerged in the 1970s San Francisco gay scene in an contemporary austrian environment. The film team collaborated with the faeries from 2012 to 2014. During that time faeries found their place in Lower Austria, but also invited the international faerie community to the first international Faerie gathering "The Sound of Faeries" in the alps. The film shows the faeries at public events, their faerie shows, everyday live at their sanctuary, their gathering and various ceremonies. It also appropriates their artistic ways to express central issues of the movement in a cooperative manner. Taking the faerie idea of creative- and experimental spaces and their potential for self-development very serious the movie adopts open artistic forms, making experimental use of the cinematic space.
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