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Ant Hill is the story of the end of humanity from the perspective of ants. Rebellious female K99980335 longs for a different future, as she loathes the monotonous, machine-like nature of the colony and its rules. But when her wish is suddenly and cruelly fulfilled it is too late to take it back. A cruelly humorous film with Marek Náprstek’s unmistakeable artistic style.

Once upon a time there was a kingdom where only the slenderest of bottoms in the world lived. They had their own social system and even a deity they worshipped. This kingdom is where the protagonist of the film happened to find herself after being unable to zip up her own jeans. The film is a scary yet playful story about her relationship with her own body.

Oscar and his two brothers skip the Sunday mass celebrated by their father in the local church and delve into the world of games. But the villains of their imagination appear to be more real than the overgrown monsters from TV. Will Oscar overcome this challenge? And how will his parents fare in the eyes of God?

Aline and her mother were born in Cambodia and life in France isn’t particularly easy for them. While Aline has to face xenophobia from her classmates, her mother struggles with the language and needs her daughter’s help to get through common life situations. Plus, the parent-teacher meeting is coming.

The emotional tone of this gentle film is brilliantly reflected in its poetic, artistic style created using watercolours. The film’s author says: ‛It’s like having a dog who decides that someone else is its master. As soon as the dog hears the sound of the person’s bike bell, he decides to run after it. And you need to follow him.’

An excursion to a strange theatre is a dreamlike experience. Figures in fish costumes march on the stage and are replaced by static props as if taken from a storage room of theatre props and masks. The spectators of this piece (and the film’s viewers) find themselves in a space somewhere between reality and veiled memories.

This graduate film by students of Israel’s Bezalel Academy explores the serious theme of a death in the family. But it comes to terms with the death in a livelier way than one would expect. Each family member confronts the situation in their own way, but one thing connects them all – very original musical performances.