"A lof of benches and a man."
A man whose job it is to inspect public benches gets several unexpected assignments that cause him to question his job.
Social & External
The people behind it
Martin Schmidl
Mark Schmitz
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Five short stories from five different directors set ten years in Japan's future.
A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.
Ona, a creative executive of a large company, is about to launch the latest technological revolution into the market: a device that allows listening to music directly inside the brain.
In a universe where the Cold War never ended and growing conflicts result in the rapid advancement of technological warfare, the cyborg spy Mylene Hoffman of the 00 Organization battles the agents of the Eastern block in a game of high tech espionage.
In a not so distant future, household Androids can be acquired to live together with certain people to rehabilitate them into society. Unit C.A.T 2538 (Also known as CAT) lives together with Will, a recovering alcoholic and addict, a self-proclaimed "trash of society." Tensions rise high as the line between goals, emotions, and who is actually trying to become a better version of themselves blurs to a thin, dangerous line.
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.
With only 24 hours left to live, a private investigator follows a trail of confounding clues to uncover the disappearance of his childhood friend.
Where do we go when everyone wants their country back? A film about collective guilt and what remains between two people when an entire nation looks away.
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.
In an alternate reality Sweden has become a nationalistic dictatorship and the citizens live in constant fear of being deported. In this dark time Jonna and Felx find each other - but can their love survive the stranglehold of the regime?
Queer twins of a deceased political figure become the unwanted face/scapegoat for a rebellion against a government that threatens to take their basic human rights to build their false utopia.
A group of students finds themselves in an academic environment, which hides a terrifiying danger. Should they stay? Where to expect a menace from? What would happen if they try to leave? Students are forced to find it all out by themselves, without getting any hints.
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Ivan has tested positive for perfection, but sadly in this world it's illegal and the law states he must attend a private clinic to be made imperfect.
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
A narrator explains the history of the Olympic Games while Goofy demonstrates events.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.
Taking all the places on both teams, Goofy demonstrates the game of football with varying results, having problems with the coach and the goal post.
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.