Love and Theft

Film produced as an opening short for the 2009 Annecy International Animation Film Festival (FIFA).

A sci-fi, eco-conscious fantasy about a 14-year-old heroine, Suzu, a descendent of a distinguished shaman who saved people from catastrophe in the past. Suzu sets out on a journey, along with the spirit of nature, Coluboccoro, to regain peace and nature to the ruined villages.

On the night of a lunar eclipse a mysterious man finds a way to edit his own memories, by injecting secret fluids located in the brains of the recently deceased. While trying to erase his first memory of death he gets trapped inside the nightmare world of a dead prostitute that he shares a strange connection to.

A little kite breaks its tether, running away in its own odyssey of self-discovery.

A car crash test dummy makes a flipbook to express the existence of itself.

A young man with an ordinary life witnesses a murder. To survive, he will go through a lot of adventures that gather clichés from cinema.

Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in his cage. Once famous and adored by the crowds, he now performs alone.

An elderly man tells his granddaughter his personal story of the Second World War. His life as a child and all the strange characters he populates it with takes the little girl to a bizarre world she doesn't understand.

On Christmas night, Santa Claus makes his round as usual. But this night, he has to face an unusual household,one that does not seem to be waiting for any gifts.

A blue dwarf and a red dwarf get into a vicious argument. Each ultimately calls upon a matching giant to protect them, with unexpected results.

In a desolate future, one small town has survived because of a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to keep out pollution. The dam's operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the sails spinning and protect the town, despite abuse from classmates and an indifferent public. When a new student joins Pig's class, nothing will be the same again.