Anna Samo

The Wild-Tempered Clavier

Despite the world's disasters, an artist insists on playing. A story inspired by Bach's immortal music and painted onto toilet paper rolls as a tribute to the tradition of painting directly on 35mm film.

The Wild-Tempered Clavier

Despite the world's disasters, an artist insists on playing. A story inspired by Bach's immortal music and painted onto toilet paper rolls as a tribute to the tradition of painting directly on 35mm film.

The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon

On the dusty roads of a small village, a traveling salesman was having difficulty selling his wares. As he wandered the outskirts of town in the hopes of finding some new customers, he heard a high-pitched yelp coming from the edge of the forest. Following the screams to their source, he discovered a trapped tanuki. Iseult Gillespie details the Japanese myth of the shape-shifting creature.

Conversations with a Whale

In this love letter to artists, their art and its audience, one filmmaker is trying to absorb rejection after rejection untill at last a beautiful fig tree nourished by the presumable failure bears sweet fruits.

The Opposites Game

A stop motion animation that reveals the bare bones of violence by attempting to define its other.

Obon

Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the Hiroshima bomb. During Obon, she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories. Finally Akiko experiences paternal love in the middle of the ruins of Hiroshima.

The Man is Big

The story about a man, who lost his dreams and a whale, who kept them safe. But the world turned upside down and the sea became a desert. And the whale had to go to sleep in the sky. Would the man be able to find his dreams again? Would he ever feel the joy of being one with the world? The philosophical tale of someone, who like Jonah, lost his way and was rescued by a whale.

Fish

Animated film by Anna Samo

Eyes Closed

We don´t often talk about death with children. And still they know that everyone can die. Their parents can die and even they themselves. What do children think about death and how do their ideas change as the time passes?

Little Plastic Figure

Even heroes are sometimes hungry. But what can you do. The moon is full tonight and there is somebody, who really needs your help!

White no White

A story about two people, one little animal and a flock of birds in a world of contrasts.

Hokus-Pokus

A film about a lonely circus- magician, who tries to turn his rabbit into a woman and by accident he creates a monster.

Hello Antenna

The story about Susie, her mother, the Royal Family and shopping. Animated music video with lots of airplanes, antennas and a big explosion.