Best of Animation 8 (11 Films) ( Romance / Swarming (Kuhina) / Luminaris / Natasha / The Wonder Hospital / The Sardine Tin (La boîte de sardines) / Shattered Past / Flamingo Pride / Homeland (Heimatland) / Love and Theft / Pixels )

Best of Animation 8 (11 Films) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Romance / Swarming (Kuhina) / Luminaris / Natasha / The Wonder Hospital / The Sardine Tin (La boîte de sardines) / Shattered Past / Flamingo Pride / Homeland (Heimatland) / Love and Theft / Pixels
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 - 2012 and produced in:
Argentina ( Latin America, Mexico )
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Canada ( USA, Canada )
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Georges Schwizgebel
Louise-Marie Colon
Boris Sverlow
Joni Männistö
Tomer Eshed
Juan Pablo Zaramella
Roman Klochkov
Beomsik Shim
Andrea Schneider
Andreas Hykade
Chris Columbus

Written By:
Georges Schwizgebel
Louise-Marie Colon
Boris Sverlow
Joni Männistö
Tristian Taylor
Tomer Eshed
Gustavo Cornillón
Juan Pablo Zaramella
Roman Klochkov
Beomsik Shim
Loretta Arnold
Andreas Hykade
Timothy Dowling
Adam Sandler

Actors:
Georges Schwizgebel
Louise-Marie Colon
Boris Sverlow
Julius Långbacka ..... (voice)
Nadine Boske ..... (voice)
Sebastian Schulz ..... (voice)
Gustavo Cornillón ..... Man
María Alche ..... Woman
Luis Rial ..... Chief
Roman Klochkov
Winona Regan
Marius Portmann

Synopsis:

Romance (2011)
While on an airplane, a traveller's spirit plunges into a dream world.

Swarming / Kuhina (2011)
A child discovers life inside a dead bird and starts to play with it.

Luminaris (2011)
In a world controlled and timed by the light, a common man has a plan that could change the destiny.

Natasha (2012)
Russian bear Nicolaï emigrates to Europe to prove to the love of his life (his beautiful ex-wife Natasha) that he's not a loser.

The Wonder Hospital (2010)
A surreal journey through a mysterious hospital that alters the perception of physical beauties.

The Sardine Tin / La boîte de sardines (2011)
Eva is a tiny little mermaid. One day she has a crush on Emile, a single fisherman, and jumps in his fishing net.

Shattered Past (2011)
A man is writing down his memoirs. In the middle of this he suddenly suffers a stroke.

Flamingo Pride (2011)
A dazzling, animated rendering of a very special day for a giant flock of flamingoes...

Homeland / Heimatland (2010)
Hausi, a Swiss patriot, leads an ordered and happy life in his humble home.

Love and Theft (2010)
And I ?m still carrying the gift you gave - it ?s part of me now...

Pixels (2010)
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Romance (2011)
While on an airplane, a traveller's spirit plunges into a dream world. Here, under the influence of the unknown, the logic of his desires prevails, and a romantic saga takes shape. This animated film by Georges Schwizgebel masterfully transports us into a swirling world. Set to the twists and turns of a Rachmaninoff scherzo, Romance exuberantly marries music and movement, erasing the boundary between dreams and reality.

Swarming / Kuhina (2011)
A child discovers life inside a dead bird and starts to play with it.

Luminaris (2011)
In a world controlled and timed by the light, a common man has a plan that could change the destiny.

Natasha (2012)
Russian bear Nicolaï emigrates to Europe to prove to the love of his life (his beautiful ex-wife Natasha) that he's not a loser. To convince Natasha that he's the one and only for her, he wants to get his 'Official European ID card' as soon as possible. But this is not easy as he lives and works in a zoo inside the fridge in which he was smuggled into Europe. During the day he works as a bear; in the evening he tries to forget his problems by playing the piano. Immigrants come and go, and one day a certain Gennady arrives at the zoo. He turns out to be Natasha's new husband…

The Wonder Hospital (2010)
A surreal journey through a mysterious hospital that alters the perception of physical beauties.

The Sardine Tin / La boîte de sardines (2011)
Eva is a tiny little mermaid. One day she has a crush on Emile, a single fisherman, and jumps in his fishing net. Emile finds Eva in a sardines tin.

Shattered Past (2011)
A man is writing down his memoirs. In the middle of this he suddenly suffers a stroke. This catapults him back to his childhood during the Russian revolution and his family's ensuing escape.

Flamingo Pride (2011)
A dazzling, animated rendering of a very special day for a giant flock of flamingoes, this very funny short tells the tale of one particular flamingo who thinks he might fit in better with the other side.

Homeland / Heimatland (2010)
Hausi, a Swiss patriot, leads an ordered and happy life in his humble home. Everything seems to be peaceful until the day a foreigner moves in next door and turns his world upside down.
Love and Theft (2010)
And I ?m still carrying the gift you gave - it ?s part of me now it ?s been cherished and saved and it ?ll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity.

Pixels (2010)
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

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