El Carretón del Desierto

A couple of artists travels through the Mexico desert to present their puppet show.

The Little Players

We visit a magical repertory company with an absolutely unique group of five actors you’ve never seen before. Uniquely talented, they present a fresh perspective into the worlds of music, literature, and drama. Through the eyes of the actors, the works of William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and others known and unknown are revealed in a stunning new perspective. Brimming full of wit and humor, a visit to the Little Players is guaranteed to bring a well-needed dose of love, humor, and delight.

Worrywart

The narrator tells the tale of his grandmother's massive head trauma, dramatized through felt puppets.

Le théâtre magique d’Eliane

Eliane Walther's puppet theater has been presenting fairy tales for children since 2008. She creates a magical and poetic world with simple means. Everything is created by hand in miniature form, from the witch's house, the protagonists and the books to the vegetable garden. During theatrical performances, Eliane Walther varies her own voice for each character. This brings the wonders and adventures of the stories to life and delights her audience.

Wie der Maulwurf beinahe in der Lotterie gewann

The Pee-wee Herman Show

An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse and many of the characters of the later series, but with adult and sexual overtones and jokes including "mirror shoes" and others.

Необыкновенный концерт

An unusual concert is a puppet show that makes fun of pop genres, performers who spoil these genres due to poor performance and poor taste.

Coprnica Zofka

An educationalist - a 'thief of childhood' becomes alarmed over the inappropriateness of old, fairy tale stories for children. The old book like the one about witches and monsters in her hands suddenly springs to life. Out from it escape Sophie the Witch and her companions: Black Claw, Gray Nightmare and the Red Straw Monster, as well as the water-sprite Aquiline, the shy little dwarf Tiny Peat, and the enchantress Lady Spider. They scatter among the town and woods and performed all kinds of mischief. Sophie just can't get her broom to fly, because she became too fat. The monsters, disappointed over the century in which we live, return back into the book, the witch Sophie loses her magic power and becomes 'Aunt Sophie', and Tiny Peat has changed into a black cat.

Masový Kašpárek

Anima

A reporter doing a story on taxidermy discovers an odd older couple that he becomes convinced are ex-Nazi's. The chief item leading to this belief is an odd puppet theater the couple operate in their basement that re-creates the Nazi era using stuffed creatures.

Animating Principles

An experimental art space in the desert holds a board meeting which struggles to stay on track.

Komediantská princezna

Божественная комедия

God created Adam and Eve and placed them in Paradise. They lived well in Paradise, but that was boring. All birds, bees have children, but they do not, because they are sinless. So, they ate the forbidden apple, and God expelled them from Paradise. What if Adam and Eve had not tasted the forbidden fruit, if they had been afraid of God’s wrath?!

Ноев ковчег

A funny puppet show about the family of the righteous Noah and disagreements while traveling on the ark.

Budi and the Hornbill

Based on the Sumatran folk tale "An Honest Man", this shadowlight theatrical performance follows Budi, an earnest-to-a-fault fisherman, as he unwittingly ensnares a magical hornbill. What follows will test his honesty and resolve, with a chance at wealth and royalty on the other side.

Totò e il Principe De Curtis. L'uomo oltre la maschera

彩虹

Reflets

The poetry of the passage of time is seen on the faces of the elderly and in the voices of a youth choir.

Ethan Lim: Cambodian Futures

This short film follows a chef with a mission to share and elevate Cambodian food using his family’s recipes.

Connie

An intimate look at the life of Connie, following her adventures through the acting world, parenthood and the sheer anarchic joy of survival.