The House Of Small Cubes
Like the end of the world, the floods swept the earth and the world became a vast ocean, spacious and loneliness. An old man lives alone in this world, Sometimes leaning on the railings, looking into the distance, sometimes watching television, used to kill time, almost no people can communicate. As the water level keeps rising, the elderly can only keep building the house. Just like stacking blocks, the house is like a giant tower standing in the deep sea. When carrying the furniture, the old man’s tobacco pipe accidentally fell into the water and fell down the channel between the layers. The pipe has memories shared with his wife. The old man is determined to dive and get back the pipe. But this move seems to have opened the gate of memory. The memories of the past are constantly emerging. The old man could not control himself and kept sinking to find precious memories that have already sunk to the bottom of the sea… This film won the best animated short film award of the 2009 Oscar awards.
You Are Umasou
Hart is a Tyrannosaurus raised by a herbivorous dinosaur. In fact, as early as when it was born, the leader of the herbivorous dinosaur had ordered Hart’s mother to abandon it. But the mother eventually secretly kept him. As he grew older, Hart, who only ate wild fruits every day, was hungry every day, and eventually, he could not resist the instinctive drive and began his brutal career of eating meat. However, due to the influence of the mother, in the heart of Hart, there is always a kind heart. One day, occasionally encounter a newborn herbivorous dinosaur baby. Hart’s dinosaur baby was mistaken for “dad” and named it “very delicious” for this little dinosaur. Since then began a strange dinosaur father and son feelings. However, with the deterioration of the living environment, the survival of the dinosaurs has been unprecedentedly damaged, and Hart and its relatives will eventually be able to withstand the test…
The Secret World of Arrietty
Although he suffers from heart problems, the boy’s parents still don’t care about him. In order to prepare for the upcoming surgery, the boy came to the house of aunts in remote villages to have a good rest. The aunt’s family is located in a secluded jungle. This is a European villa with a history of more than 100 years. Apart from living with aunts and maids, there is also a strange family of three: little dwarf Alietta and Her Mom and Dad. They live under the villa’s floor, only a few centimeters tall, living a life that is not perceived by humans. When they meet the daily necessities they need, they will sneak into the kitchen and borrow it in the dead of night. The boy undoubtedly saw the presence of Alietta. He was want to be close to these legendary dwarfs but unwittingly interrupted their lives… The film is based on the British author Mary Norton’s original “The Borrowers” adaptation and won the 2011 Japan Film Academy Award for Best Cartoon Award.
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