wake yourself, goldfish (2022)

모든 스케줄을 PDA로 관리하는 새침한 ‘샐리’와 인생자체가 불만이며 산만하기 그지없는 ‘콘래드’. 엄마 앞에서는 친한 ‘척’(!) 행동하지만 사사건건 서로 부딪히는 앙숙관계의 남매이다. 어느 날 오후, 회사의 급한 호출을 받은 엄마는 집안의 어떤 것도 어지르지 말라고 신신당부한 후 집을 나서고, 빈 집에 둘만 남게 된 ‘샐리’와 ‘콘래드’ 남매, 밖에는 비까지 내리고 집안에서 외롭고 따분한 하루를 보내는 이들은 밀려오는 지루함을 주체하지 못하는데….

터키의 침공으로 유럽이 위기에 몰리자 드라큘라 왕자는 십자군을 일으킨다. 드라큘라는 피비린내 나는 아비규환 속에서 목숨을 건지고 귀향하지만 아내인 엘리자벳은 남편이 전사했다는 잘못된 전갈에 이미 자살한 후였다. 드라큘라는 추기경으로부터 자살한 영혼은 구원받지 못한다는 말을 듣고 신을 저주하며 복수를 결심한다. 400년이 지난 1897년 런던, 젊고 유능한 변호사 조나단에게 영국에 땅을 사고 싶다는 트란실바니아 영주 드라큘라로의 편지가 전달된다. 드라큘라는 트란실바니아에 도착한 조나단의 책상 위에서 엘리자벳의 환생한 미나의 사진을 발견하고는 눈물을 흘리는데...

Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy janitor and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.

이란 사람들은 새해가 다가오면 금붕어를 산다. 설날 장을 보러간 엄마 손에 이끌려 집에 돌아온 라지에는 시장에서 봐놨던 크고 이쁜 금붕어를 사고 싶어서 안달이다. 하지만 엄마는 들은 척도 않고 콧방귀만 뀌는데. 결국 라지에는 오빠의 지원 사격으로 금붕어 값을 타내 단숨에 시장으로 뛰어 나간다. 라지에의 돈을 노리는 시장 어귀의 뱀 마술사. 자칭 탁발승이라 하는 이 두 할아범은 라지에의 어항속 돈을 순식간에 홀리듯 빼앗는다. 엉엉 우는 라지에를 측은히 여긴 한 마술사가 돈을 돌려주지만, 소녀는 금붕어 가게로 가는 도중 하수구에 돈을 빠뜨린다. 안절부절 못하는 라지에. 도와 주겠다는 양복점 아저씨는 계속 손님과 싸우고만 있고, 하수구를 열 수 있는 가게집 주인은 문을 닫고 돌아올 줄을 모른다. 한 시간이 넘도록 라지에가 집에 돌아오지 않자, 동생을 찾아나선 오빠는 결국 라지에를 찾아내지만 그 역시 돈을 끄집어 낼 묘안은 없다. 그러던 중 그곳을 지나가던 풍선팔이 소년의 막대가 눈에 들어오고. 껌을 묻혀 돈을 건져 올린 라지에 오누이는 금붕어를 사러간다. 그리고 그 자리에는 팔다남은 하얀 풍선을 들고 있는 소년만이 남는다.

Manchester is a struggling photographer with charm to spare who falls for Noon, a sweet but spunky woman who works as a taxidermist. Noon is also drawn to Manchester, and together they enjoy a wildly enthusiastic sexual relationship that reflects their innocent but deeply passionate love for one another.

예르지와 아르투르 형제는 아버지가 돌아가신 후 우표 컬렉션을 유산으로 받는다. 이후 이 우표들이 기대 이상의 가치를 가진 물건이란 사실을 알게 된 형제는 무리를 해서라도 컬렉션을 마저 완성시키려 한다.

A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.

Sophie is far from being the model little girl one would like her to be, unlike her friends Camille and Madeleine. She always insists on having her own way, often getting into trouble, to the despair of one and all. But her mother is unbending and otherwise inclined. She will not let her get away with anything, and poor Sophie will often have to live with the consequences of her bad behaviour and learn her lesson.

a reflection of Syarif Husain’s past and future life*

Friends and family of Cory, a young man who has died of an overdose, gather at a Baltimore-area karaoke bar for his wake and compare stories about him. Gradually, as it becomes clear that there are many holes in their recollections about Cory, they fill in the blanks by talking about things that reveal aspects of their own lives. Among those mourning him and searching for meaning are his cousin Jenny, his sister Zoe and his brother James.

[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of cinema has witnessed a struggle between the objective and subjective camera and the optically distorting lenses like the fisheye lens has been a powerful tool for the subjective camera. Here it is at the start. (from IMDB)

A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the streets of modern Tokyo, the man and the young woman gradually speak of a past they both share, and ultimately a painful love triangle that continues to haunt them. A poetic rumination in love, memories and loss told almost entirely with split screens.

Two couples, in the same room, try to keep it together. The human couple fare differently to the pair of Goldfish in their fish tank. An artful piece exploring choice in life and love. The humour is derived from the wistful musings, in Cantonese, of the male fish and narrator.

A goldfish dreams of living in the ocean, and ends up getting there after being accidentally washed down the drain, then finds that it’s too scary.

Olive brings her new goldfish onto Popeye's ship, but the fish jumps out of its bowl and into the sea. Olive convinces Popeye to go after it, but the fish wants to play and manages to avoid Popeye until both get trapped inside a jellyfish. After taking a severe pounding from the jellyfish, Popeye eats his spinach, takes on various other marine life, and returns the goldfish to its bowl. But Olive can see the fish is unhappy in the bowl, and sets it free again, which is more than Popeye can stand.

A fight to get through the gridlock becomes a fight for survival for Amanda as her body comes to a standstill.

Aspiring cartoonist and middle-aged gumbuster Cliff Morelli (Jeremy Koerner, Black Cat Whiskey, New York Lately) spends his days at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk performing minimum wage janitorial duties. When he is put on suspension after harassing a teenager and his parents threaten to throw him out of the house, Cliff decides to actively pursue his lifelong animation dreams by reconnecting with his rich brother Jack. After a failed attempt and a string of bad luck, Cliff finds himself at the mercy of the animated characters he has created, and together, they form a devilish plan to exact revenge on all those that have wronged him.

An very very old man lives with his very old cat, his old old goldfish and his old dog on a houseboat, until one day the wolf Cuthbert Q Divine knocks on the door...

Two third graders embark on a mission to save their classes goldfish.