| The Films Within Metronomic & Co: French Animated Shorts | |||
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Revolutions of the Crabs, The
directed by Arthur de Pins France, Animation, 2004, Computer graphics, Photographs, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:50 In the muddy waters of the Gironde, between the rocks repainted by oil spills and the vast sands that harbor the world’s finest oysters, nobody questions the tragedy that has inflicted us for over 125 million years, we the Pachygrapsus Marmoratus, commonly known as the ‘soft crabs’ or ‘depressed crabs’…... more info | ||
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Caged Birds Cannot Fly
directed by Luis Briceno France, Animation, 1999, 35mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:18 To answer the question “can caged birds fly?“, Luis Briceno offers a series of scenes in which the heroes are strange birds indeed... ... more info | ||
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Space on Earth
directed by Patrick Volve France, Animation, 2001, BetaSP, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:47 Mister Pod and Ginger Follow are two gay extra-terrestrials that live together in a space ship and dream of making a big egg on Earth. On March 3rd 2007, Mister Pod arrives in Paris… A wacky animated short film that parodies science fiction shot in Super 8 with charactes made of modeled clay.... more info | ||
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From Dusk to Dawn
directed by Mathieu Agnus France, Animation, 2002, Beta SP, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:00 When you have an erotic dream involving a work colleague and the next day you see her, well then you don’t know exactly how to act. You don’t know if she knows that you had this dream, maybe something in her attitude reveals this... Maybe she also had a dream? Sometime in life crazy ideas cross your mind. ... more info | ||
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Donky Toys
directed by Olivier Lefou France, Animation, 2003, 35mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:30 In an underground parking lot, a Porsche 356 begins to chase a Ford Galaxy… ... more info | ||
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Wilde Kartoffel
directed by Luis Briceno France, Animation, 2000, BetaSP, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:10 Wilde Kartoffel, the wild potato. One potato. One potato walks. Eh? Another potato? Another potato! …. Potato. Potato. Potato. Potato. Potato. Potato… there are two times in life when a potato gains respect: his birth and his agony…... more info | ||
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La Danse Des Asperges Sarrasine
directed by Christophe Le Borgne France, Animation, 2001, BetaSP, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:00 Robert doesn’t look good in his prisoner outfit. But careful! When he needs to, Robert can transform himself into a prince. Who else would want to fight a horde of Moorish Asparagus?... more info | ||
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Who Wants Some Pate?
directed by Anne-Laure Bizot and Amelie Graux France, Animation, 2002, BetaSP, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:30 WHO WANTS SOME PATÉ is about a skinny little boy and his overweight family who spend all their free time eating pork chops, cow tongue, headcheese, goose liver pâté, sweetbread, and basically anything they can get their hands on. The boy is so disgusted by his family’s grotesque eating habits that he hides himself in the fridge. It’s the tragic destiny of a boy surrounded by ogres. ... more info | ||
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Gloria
directed by Elena Tesei France, Animation, 2003, 2D and video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:07:00 “Class, that’s all that matters. If you have class then people will respect you. If you stand up straight you’ve won…” This film is about the moments of glory and humiliation in the life of a man obsessed by others, appearances, and sunshine.... more info | ||
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Mr. Moth
directed by Arnaud Delord France, Animation, 2002, Beta SP, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:09:00 When I was a little boy, Miss Marple would say if I don’t stop torturing insects, Mr Moth will come and get me in the middle of the night… ... more info | ||
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Geraldine
directed by Arthur de Pins France, Animation, 2001, BetaSP, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:09:00 One day, Gerald wakes up as a woman… The adventures of a man transformed into woman and who discovers a new life in a new body. ... more info | ||