An action-packed sampler from Autour de Minuit, one of the most dynamic animation production houses in Europe whose eclectic stable of animators include the crew who put together this year’s Academy Award-winner, Logorama.
Films — by Country
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Norway
- Palestine
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Slovakia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
- Turkey
- UK
- USA
- Ukraine
Brazil
I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You
Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo
A road trip through the beautiful Brazilian North East takes on the trajectory of a journey through personal desolation in this exquisite, ultimately glorious film. “Utterly unpretentious and deeply touching.” — Variety
Secrets of the Tribe
Startling doco about academic views of tribal life in the Amazon. “The field of anthropology goes under the magnifying glass in this fiery investigation of the seminal research on Yanomami Indians.” — Sundance Film Festival
The Strange Case of Angelica
O estranho caso de Angélica
At 101 Manoel de Oliveira, the world’s oldest filmmaker, mixes up antique formality and the high visual style of the pre-sound era to rich and strange effect in a surreal tale of perverse love.
Waste Land
Brazilian art star Vik Muniz recycles garbage to make gigantic portraits of Rio’s amazingly upbeat garbage recyclers in this inspiring Sundance Audience Award-winning doco. Music by Moby. “A joy.” — Hollywood Reporter