Animals 2012

Animals 2012

Animals 2012
Not Rated | 1h 34min | Drama, Fantasy | 26 October 2012 (Spain)

Storyline:

Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life. He lives with his brother, and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around, and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. An inexplicable death and a series of strange events will transform the meek student’s routine into a fantastic adventure, which will take over their lives.

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Kocicí princ 1979

Kocicí princ 1979

Kocicí princ 1979
1h 19min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | September 1979 (Czechoslovakia)

Storyline:

The castle custodian Král is moving to a new place of work with his wife, son Radek and a five – years old daughter Terezka. Radek takes his cat Líza with him. A fully loaded truck moves through the country which is in spring blossoms, gradually changing into a snow-covered land. Children’s imagination creates from real experiences magic stories – a fairy-tale grandpa takes them to a new castle, the children fear a black-horse rider who – as the grandpa and the cleaning lady assert she hates cats.

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Islands 2017

Islands 2017

Islands (2017)
Les îles (original title)
23min | Short, Drama, Fantasy | 15 August 2018 (France)

Storyline:

A melancholy reflection on the power of desire, suspended between the dream and urgency of the flesh, in which attraction is also horror. A mysterious and retro-technical nightmare at Leos Carax, where the fiction is reality and only those who love can get out of it.

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Long Live Ghosts 1977

Long Live Ghosts 1977

Long Live Ghosts 1977
At zijí duchové! (original title)
1h 25min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 12 April 1979 (Hungary)

Storyline:

Trespassing gang of boys encounter a ghost in the ruins of a castle. When they rescue the ghost who is caught in a trapset, they become allies in a fight to prevent ruins from being turned into mushroom farm by the city authorities.

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Down Down the Deep River 2014

Down Down the Deep River 2014

Down Down the Deep River 2014
41min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

Storyline:

A poetic, abstract tribute to classic children’s fantasy films, “Down Down the Deep River” was conceived as a visual song and written and directed by Will Sheff, lead singer and writer for Okkervil River. The film was shot in Sheff’s hometown in rural New Hampshire and stars local actors.

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A Wrinkle in Time 2018

A Wrinkle in Time 2018

A Wrinkle in Time 2018
PG | 1h 49min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 9 March 2018 (USA)

Storyline:

Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg’s father’s disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings – Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which – to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil.

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Medusa 1998

Medusa 1998

Medusa 1998

Medusa 1998
Medousa (original title)
1h 27min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 16 November 1998 (Greece)

Storyline:

In this wry retelling of the ancient Medusa myth, strange, clothed statues of men are appearing all over Greece. Only Perseus, a leader of a gang of modern Athenian thieves, with a strange childhood, holds the answer to the mystery–and it has something to do with beautiful, long-haired women in black. One night his group breaks into the house of one such creature. Filled with low-key humor and suspense, Medusa unfolds in a simple and tantalizing way.

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Nico the Unicorn 1998

Nico the Unicorn 1998
Not Rated | 1h 30min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 14 August 2001 (USA)

Storyline:

Based on the popular novel for young adults by Frank Sacks, this heart-warming drama concerns Billy Hastings, an 11-year-old boy whose life is shattered after his leg is permanently damaged by a drunk driver. Billy and his mother Julie move to a new town in hopes of escaping the bad memories of the accident. Not long after they arrive, they visit a threadbare circus, where they discover a neglected horse. Feeling sorry for the animal, they arrange to take it home, only to discover that the horse is pregnant. That’s the least of their surprises, though; the horse shortly gives birth to a unicorn, which appears to have magical powers.

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The Tenants Downstairs 2016

The Tenants Downstairs 2016

The Tenants Downstairs 2016
Lou xia de fang ke (original title)
1h 50min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | 12 August 2016 (Taiwan)

Storyline:

A loafer inherits an apartment block and lets out the place to a group of tenants, including a lusty gymnastics teacher, a geeky college student, a single father with his young daughter, a gay couple, a writer and a sexy female office worker. An incredible story is about to unfold as they start their lives in the same building.

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