Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.
An animated film drawn entirely in pastels. Various fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, eventually launching five spheres. The spheres drift in space while changing shapes and come back down to another setting, which eventually becomes more fantastical and symbolic than the opening one. The soundtrack has a jazz slant, with an ensemble of four saxophones and synthetic sound (i.e. sound created by drawing directly on the soundtrack).
The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen, real-life sequences of fleeing animals and a sound collage running contrary to what is seen on the screen. This also extends to the protagonist of the film, a head on a foot without a body or arms who pads wearily through the depressing surroundings. Upon seeing various figures in the sky, he begins to copy their movements. To his surprise, he himself manages to grow wings and takes to the skies. But his attempt at flight ends in a sobering manner however, as it is revealed that flying creatures are just restricted in their range.
1,000年に1度のすい星来訪が、1か月後に迫る日本。山々に囲まれた田舎町に住む女子高生の三葉は、町長である父の選挙運動や、家系の神社の風習などに鬱屈（うっくつ）していた。それゆえに都会への憧れを強く持っていたが、ある日彼女は自分が都会に暮らしている少年になった夢を見る。夢では東京での生活を楽しみながらも、その不思議な感覚に困惑する三葉。一方、東京在住の男子高校生・瀧も自分が田舎町に生活する少女になった夢を見る。やがて、その奇妙な夢を通じて彼らは引き合うようになっていくが……。
The man in the sand distributes dreams to a group of strange characters.
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.
After his wife Amelia suffers an aneurysm that leaves her bedridden and slowly dying, police officer Carter Summerland searches for a way to revive her. He's approached by Wesley Enterprises pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human’s relationship with technology and her right to exist.
The story of a lonely man who is caught in a perpetual cycle of time. He hangs in limbo, between reality and dreams. His only companions are a maid, a cat, and a grandfather clock. The same things are happening in his life and he becomes increasingly frustrated.
An abstract narrative, exploring the landscape/architecture of the body as a container of memories. Layers of stories, dreams and memory fragments are interconnected like muscle fibers
On the eve of the wedding of an old flame, a young man must come to terms with every woman he has ever loved and lost. No sleep tonight.
Violet, a piano player with rising anxiety and insomnia, finds herself struggling to distinguish her vivid dreams from reality.
Lola's dream of escaping her father's Sunnyside motel seems closer to reality when a young stranger checks in.
A batch of mushy sourdough. Two radioactive lizards. Three cans of Campbell’s tomato soup. When COVID-19 lockdowns began in 2020, people around the world began reporting more vivid dreams.
The aviation company for which Ricardo works gives a secretary a trip to Peru.
Past/present story of a young man who lives in a fantasy world of aeronautics to escape a more challenging reality.
When the sun goes down DREAMS wake up. Three creatures dare to judge a mysterious DREAMER. They judge his existence and motivations as long as they question their own fears and cravings by playing to be creators.
A couple wake from sleep and discuss their dreams but the more they talk, the more reality starts to skew around them.
