Once I passed 0:10:00 Walt Whitman is one of the most important poets in American literature. His main work, Leaves of Grass, was written over a period of forty years, and describes human nature, society, and the natural world, both physically and philosophically. Many have speculated about Whitman's private life, to this day. Whitman never wrote publicly about his personal relationships. In 1860, he published his poem "Once I Passed Through a Populous City", an aphoristic account of a romantic relationship with an unknown woman. In 1925, the original handwritten copy of the poem was discovered, in which Whitman writes, however, not about a woman but about an affair with a man in an anonymous city, which may have been his first physical experience of love. Whitman did not dare to publish the original version of his poem, because of the social prejudices of his time. To this day, only the altered version is printed in most anthologies. "Once I passed" is dedicated, on the one hand, to the obviously autobiographical context with all its personal drama, and on the other hand to the content of the poem itself, the profoundly quiet, yet powerful story of two lovers.
Jaye 0:09:06 When the citizens of St Pettersburg find themselves struggling with their daily life challenges; a playful yet wise pup named Jaye, is there to help.
Little Hurts 0:10:30 An errand at the dry cleaners unleashes a free-for-all of fat-shaming, body image demons and family dieting obsessions.
Billy 0:12:56An obsessive professor experiences a series of tragic events after uncovering new information surrounding the subject of his latest research - Billy, the Pygmy Hippopotamus.
Feeling Special 0:04:36Animated film adaptation of the children's book, Feeling Special, about a Turtle who believes that all his friends are special, but that he is just ordinary, and finally realizes that he is special too.
Up in Smoke 0:05:02A zany character has his first day operating a mobile crematory service.
Hell 0:04:22“Hell” is a 2D animated short film that illustrates the impact of an overly controlled family on children. The film takes place in China about 20 years ago and follows the story of a little girl who has a dream that her spirit wanders into the Chinese Underworld and hell. The girl has fun and plays tricks on Yan , the master of the Underworld, freely inside her dream ; While in the real living world, she is constrained by her family environment. The fear brought upon the girl by her family outweighs the horrible folk mythology, making her real life out to be more of a real “hell” for her than the underworld in her dreams.
BACON 0:06:38BACON follows an old children’s television show where a strange host tells the classic tale of the Three Little Pigs. As the program progresses, the host decides to tell his own personal, twisted rendition.
A Boy of May 0:16:23Jeong Sae-nal, the young boy in Gwang-ju City, receives new sneakers as a 12th birthday gift, but he is shot by martial law forces while playing with his friends in a mountain reservoir in the back of the town. Sae-nal wakes up to the moonlight and the scent of wild roses, and flies to downtown of Gwang-ju City on a sneaker plane. He meets countless people who fought for democracy against the soldier's guns and flies high in a sneaker plane.
Luce and the Rock 0:12:59One day, out of nowhere, a giant Rock lays in the middle of the peaceful little village where Luce lives. The villagers can’t even open the door to their houses anymore! Luce is angry: go away Rock, you don’t belong here! And why are you here anyway?
Total Duration: 1:32:32