Nicolas Schmerkin

All Futures

Terrestrial life reached a very distant planet after a long odyssey through space, via microorganisms in meteorites. The night is eternal. Humans want to reproduce their past lives, but their baggage includes ancestral fears and absurd rules. The sky is falling.

The Goose

A young boy dreams of becoming a professional footballer and playing in the biggest stadiums, but before he can do this he has to win a match in a little yard, against a goose.

The World's After

Humanity no longer exists, only Fluor and Carlix, two ghosts in sportswear, remain. They wander among the remains of an extinct civilization, one in search of a Wi-Fi connection, the other in search of the head of a giant cetacean. A story of encounter and friendship, punctuated by an ultimate playlist : that of the end of the world.

Unicorn Wars

An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluey and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.

The Summer Holidays

School is out, and Indian and Cowboy are bored. Watching an old pirate film gets them out of their funk and they decide to build a ship and go off on an adventure. But their first try is a disaster. With the help of some animals, they finally manage to launch their proud vessel and everything is ready for their departure. But of course, nothing goes to plan... And the catastrophes come thick and fast.

Empty Places

An ode to the melancholy of machines.

Thee Wreckers Tetralogy

A band on a trip to nowhere, while music keeps the dream alive and revives memories.

Homeless Home

"No one can escape their roots, however rotten they may be"

X.Y.U.

A short animated visual madness, where body parts merge and transform through one continuous and strange metamorphosis.

Bavure

A humble paintbrush assumes unprecedented powers in this bravura display of eye-popping, mind-bending, and body-morphing ingenuity.

Bendito Machine VI: Carry On

An inevitable and enigmatic bio-technological interweaving is just around the corner. What could go wrong?

The Death, Dad & Son

Death is re-imagined as a devoted family man whose son doesn't entirely understand his family's role in the grand scheme of things. As Dad tends to his duties, the boy performs a series of well-meaning acts with hilariously disastrous consequences.

Animated Newspaper

An artistic improvisation in real time led day in and day out, inspired by international events as taken from the pages of the French daily newspaper Libération.

Scenery

The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.

Splintertime

A band of sleepy spirits in an ambulance runs out of road. The third in a series of musical short films featuring Thee Wreckers.

The Ringer

A son is reunited with his long lost father for the first time. You might imagine it's time to discover everything about where he's come from and where he's going. But he's about to get a surprise...

Lonely Bones

Nightmarish animation with a great soundtrack, about dreams and sacrifice. By well-known Dutch multitalented director Rosto. Made in France. Rosto, one of the most extravagant and famous animators from the Netherlands, had to finance this film in France. Lonely Bones is a hallucinogenic film about dreams and making sacrifices. 'Hail! To all the souls-oh. Hiding on rotting floors. Little did they know that they would make today.' (Rosto) Screened before Frankenstein's Army.

Aalterate

A body experiences extreme inner tension. Its slowly mutating silhouette gradually invades an empty space to a point of complete saturation.

Chase

An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

The Gloaming

A character creates a world that is beyond his control. Civilization and its accelerated evolution.

Capucine

An investigation between Alsace and Japan on capuchin monkeys and their incredible ability to communicate with humans.

Shadows

Fleeing their village, two children set out as their father did, to seek a better world. It is the beginning of a long journey for these two “migrants”. They will meet the capitalist ogre, the snake-smuggler, the treacherous sirens or the metal fortress. They also encounter other travelers, the Peacock or the Silent One. Together they will walk the long and steep road to the Promised Land, with the caring help of the Shadows.

Shadows

Fleeing their village, two children set out as their father did, to seek a better world. It is the beginning of a long journey for these two “migrants”. They will meet the capitalist ogre, the snake-smuggler, the treacherous sirens or the metal fortress. They also encounter other travelers, the Peacock or the Silent One. Together they will walk the long and steep road to the Promised Land, with the caring help of the Shadows.

Lazarov

A group of Russian scientists work on a top-secret program designed to resurrect Soviet power. A reanimated chicken is involved.

Spin

A complex choreography of re-animated miniature soldiers moving to the exquisitely synchronised command of a master manipulator. Toy soldiers against toy soldiers in the satirical animated short Spin

Logorama

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

Logorama

Two cops portrayed by Michelin Men chase an armed Ronald McDonald through the streets of a fictionalized, stylized city.

Lila

This must be the wood, she said thoughtfully to herself, where things have no names.

Silken

Inside the protective warmth of his mother's womb, a man experiences everyday life as eternal bliss.

No Place Like Home

There is no place like home, there is no place like hell. The first in Rosto AD's Thee Wreckers Tetralogy.

Empire

The Pax Americana takes care on our peace, ensures our comfort, guarantees our prosperity… An idyllic postcard of the new Empire.

Obras

In one single shot, Obras offers a poetic journey through time and space, exploring Barcelona's wild irreversible destruction.

Obsessions du deuxième étage

A portrait of the Swedish director Roy Andersson, dealing with obsessions of the film maker considered as the origins of his last incredible project : Songs from the Second Floor. 20 years of reflection and creation, 4 years to shoot a masterpiece with a unique way of filming. A meeting with the Nordic Kubrick, rebel with a cause : responsibility and humanity.