Il Luster

In 1995, during the Angolan civil war, Nayola sets out in search of her missing husband.

A team of three pets, a playful ferret, a sweet canary bird and a know-it-all stick insect, head out to ask Saint Nicolas presents for their animal friends and themselves. The journey is filled with adventures and their friendship is severely tested.

A man is being robbed and stabbed by a junkie and in the last second before he dies, a youth friendship flashes before his eyes

A play of light and shadow in a virtual world.

With the help of their animal friends, puppies Woozle and Pip go on a search for the mysterious thief who stole Wise Fern's birthday present.

Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.

“Psychoanalysis is, in it’s entire spectre, an eminently POP discipline: anybody can relate to it without having studied and/or understood it. Cinema, an art for the age of self-reflection par excellence, is nothing less.” Fernando de Felipe departs from this premise to tell us the story of Duffy, a seven year-old boy who decides to settle accounts with his parents one dinner time. A black comedy retelling of the myth that became a complex without becoming complicated.

An anthropomorphic cat and dog, their images divided over 4 panels, receive an invitation for a romantic rendez­vous. When they eventually arrive at their destination after multiple moments of near-­interaction the lovers don’t turn out to be whom we thought they were. At the end it’s their abandoned spouses who meet and reveal the naked truth.

A humoristic turbo drama. Floyd, after being dumped by his girlfriend, suffers from psychological problems manifested as a little demon who disrupts his everyday life. Floyd has to go through great depths before he can continue his life.

The Idalecio family is close to imploding emotionally. During the weekly Sunday drive all falls apart. It starts with a claustrophobic car trip through town. Nagging children, football on the radio, a mother in law with a sharp tongue, a new pregnancy. It is a day of unhappiness, a day that will turn around their lives. An anti-Sunday.

This film was developed with the support from The Netherlands Film Fund

A dangerous intruder gives Pilar the chance to discover the wild animal within and the means to escape the post-apocalyptic village she lives in.

Mac 'n Cheese try to realize their dream vacation by working in a local supermarket. Things go awry when new opportunities arise to make a buck. This short was shown theatrically before World War Z in the Netherlands.

Burning in the desert sun, Eduardo - a lemonade seller - is fighting the urge to drink his last and final bottle of refreshing lemonade. When a thirsty client comes crawling to his stand, Eduardo comes into conflict with his own moral code.

When a man is the accidental witness of a murder and takes pictures of it, he has to run for his life. During the pursuit, a tussle takes place and he manages to turn the tables. Now, he is the pursuer. This leads to a dramatic end.

In this short a tram ride through Amsterdam in the 1930's shows how close but yet separated the rich and very poor live in the metropole.

Abstract Day is a semi-abstract animation film by Oerd van Cuijlenborg based on a story which is told in sound. We witness a day in the life of a couple, who fight, make love and escape the hot and crowded city. It is a simple story in which the visuals and sound are produced together to merge into a unique world.

Paul & The Dragon is a short animated film about a nine-year old who is diagnosed with cancer. His doctor explains him that the cancer is like a dragon in his body that needs to be faught. As a true hero, Paultje, fights the dragon and wins. The film is for children with cancer and their parents. The movie gives support to the children and their parents in their battle with the disease. The film portrays children with cancer as a heros, whom have to battle an evil dragon that lives inside of them. In this exciting humorous metaphor, children can also learn about what kind of problems and issues can arise when a child has cancer. This visual representation of cancer may also help alleviate the fears a child may have, and help talk about what is going on inside their bodies.

Get acquainted with an alternative universe, where everyone has been animated and people share the world with gnomes and other characters. In this compilation of their social media posts, you share in the magic of this dimension. Like in our world, these users sympathise with animal rights and funny animal videos, but these animals are far more absurd than in our non-animated life.

A turtle is the reason that Adam and Eve - already quite old - find a book in their paradise. By tearing the blank pages from the book, they unleash forces that they can initially play with, but which soon grow beyond their heads. The three-dimensional animated film starts as an innocent comedy, but when paradise is taken over in a spectacular way, it takes on an increasingly grim character.