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Confrontation between creation and intolerance

Short stop motion animation film based upon the work of Pierre Corneille.

The protagonist of the film is the Bat living in an old mill and fighting rats and crows. It’s the war fought by disproportioned forces, where the battle is won by cleverness, skill and cunning. Somewhere outside the mill another war is fought.

In a dystopian society where the only acceptable behaviour is unquestioning conformity, for those unable to adhere to this, there is a specialist rehabilitation centre. Here compliance is the only option. Here begins The Process.

A chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After performing many unique tricks they disappear into space, and are replaced by a group of knives and forks, pans, kettles and spoons. (Moving Picture World)

A jazzy riff on 'Fantasia' from the creator of Gumby.

On the background of a room rebuilt in every detail, a man is suspended in the emptiness of his memories, without dialog, speaking only through the notes of Satie. And his other self (his youth) who appears suddenly to remind us of the past, and of the fleeting nature of life.

For years, Alba, Maydis and Judae have served a terrible Beast without ever thinking of opposing him, until now... Will Amanita give them back their hope for freedom?

A documentary on the work of experimental British animator David Anderson.