Corridor is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of vocalist and bassist Dominic Berthiaume, guitarist Julian Perreault, guitarist and vocalist Jonathan Robert and drummer Julien Bakvis.
Jump Cut is available on their new album, Mimi.
Directed by Winston Hacking. Animated by Philippe Tardif.
Release date: May 23, 2024 on Netflix.
Synopsis: On the run from a past crime, Juzo Fujimaki is blackmailed into joining an illicit tournament and has to face top martial artists in deadly match-ups.
Cast: Ryota Takeuchi (as Juzo Fujimaki), Tetsu Inada, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Rintaro Nishi, Tessho Genda, Aya Endo, Ryota Suzuki, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Junya Enoki, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Junichi Suwabe, Kenjiro Tsuda, Shiro Saito, Maki Izawa, Yume Miyamoto and Yuhko Kaida.
Directed by Atsushi Ikariya. Aimated by NAZ.
Release date: July 26, 2024 in Pakistan. A North American release will follow at a later date.
Original story and directed by Usman Riaz. Screenplay by Moya O’Shea.
Synopsis: Young Vincent and his father, Tomas, run the finest glass workshop in the country and find their lives upended by an impending war in which they want no part. The arrival in their town of an army colonel and his young, talented violinist daughter, Alliz, shakes their reality and tests the relationship between father and son.
The English version cast includes Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Anjli Mohindra, Tony Jayawardena, Teresa Gallagher, Maya Soraya, Sham Ali and Mina Anwar.
Directed by Claude Cloutier.
Synopsis: Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colors. Cloutier connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.
North American release date: May 31, 2024.
Written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the comic by Sara Varon.
Synopsis: Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Written and directed by Janet Perlman.
Synopsis: A girl takes a wild ride on the metro in Montreal. Travelling from station to station, she encounters an array of colorful characters in a bizarre musical journey that’s peppered with hilarious and unexpected incidents.
This joyful, heartwarming animated film portrays Montreal in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, with plenty of humor and good cheer, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.
The Girl with the Red Beret has won numerous awards, including Best International Short Film at the Los Angeles Animation Festival and Best Canadian Short at FIFEM Montreal Children’s Film Festival.
Written and directed by Julien Regnard, whose credits as a storyboard artist include Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner and My Father’s Dragon.
Synopsis: A couple rushes out of a glamorous party. On their way home, an argument leads to a brutal car accident. When George regains consciousness, Christina has disappeared. He will then experience a real descent into hell.
U.S. release dates:
April 26, 2024 – Metrograph in New York, NY
May 3, 2024 – Cinestudio in Hartford, CT
May 3, 2024 – Laemmle in North Hollywood, CA
Directed by Liu Jian. Written by Liu Jian and Lin Shan. Starring Dong Zijian, Chizi, Zhou Dongyu, Jia Zhangke and Bi Gan.
Synopsis: 1990s, China. A motley gang of Chinese art students fill their languid days with inchoate musings about aesthetics, philosophy and the promised ‘good’ life after graduation.
A portrait of youth, the students live in full swing as they take their first steps into adulthood, where love and friendships are intertwined with artistic pursuits, ideals and ambitions.
Caught between tradition and modernity, they now have to choose who they want to become.
Written and directed by Eoin Duffy.
Regular Rabbit screened at over 60 international film festivals and was handpicked by Whoopi Goldberg for the Tribeca Film Festival. The film won top honors at the Portland and Oxford International Film Festivals and received nominations at others.
The filmmaker says, “Regular Rabbit challenges our readiness to believe absurd misinformation by deliberately separating visuals from narrative. One does not match the other. It prompts us to question our own gullibility in the face of even the most outrageous claims, i.e. a mass murdering rabbit.”
A surreal journey through the interconnections between all things.
Directed and animated by Duncan Hatch, a Boston based artist, animator, and illustrator.
He has illustrated posters and ad materials for bands and has animated television commercials, educational media, music videos and short films.
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