Body & Mind, Aligned

70 minutes
Body & Mind, Aligned

Daily bombardment of information? Check. Work stress? Check. Relationship worries? Check. Balance? Ch… aw shucks.

Living
in a state of perpetual overload gets to us all. In this program, we
deep-dive into the recesses of our minds, bodies and souls in exploring
the art of finding happiness, balance and relaxation – be it through
sports, yoga or mindfulness.

This program screened as part of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2018

Showing in this program

A Self-Compassion Exercise

A Self-Compassion Exercise

  • Joe Bichard
  • United Kingdom, 2016
  • 4 min.

A little film about the importance of self compassion.

Chest of Drawers

Chest of Drawers

  • Sanni Lahtinen
  • Finland, 2011
  • 7 min.

She finds everything she needs in her chest of drawers, until an uninvited guest comes and messes everything up. But where did the intruder come from?

Falling Down

Falling Down

  • Marion Auvin
  • France, 2017
  • 2 min.

A man struggles to get out of his repetitive daily life. He manages to get out of it and starts living like the first day.

Gadmusic – Day to Day

Gadmusic – Day to Day

  • Rachel Seropian
  • United States, 2018
  • 2 min.

The dreariness of his surroundings weighing heavily on him, a man escapes to an alternate world of his own creation.

Henry 9 ’til 5

Henry 9 ’til 5

  • Bob Godfrey
  • United Kingdom, 1970
  • 6 min.

A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.

How Are You Today?

How Are You Today?

  • Sophie Markatatos
  • United Kingdom, 2016
  • 7 min.

In a fucked up world, two opposite characters meet.

Manly Mountain of Men

Manly Mountain of Men

  • Karolin Twiddy
  • Germany, 2017
  • 3 min.

"Manly Mountain of Men" celebrates the body and movement of men. Three Characters are dancing proudly, enjoying their show, flirting with the audience and having fun being men. Dear men, we love you.

Orgesticulanismus

Orgesticulanismus

  • Mathieu Labaye
  • Belgium, 2008
  • 9 min.

« I think that, when moving, you take over your own life. When you're free to come and go, to have gestures of... love, tenderness, anger, no matter. So when you are deprived of the ability to move, as I am, as many others are... in order to survive you need to reinvent movement. What goes on in my mind is not just intellectual. It's a way of re-creating an inner space which sets me free » Benoît Labaye

The Monk and the Fish

The Monk and the Fish

  • Michael Dudok de Wit
  • France, 1994
  • 6 min.

A monk discovers a fish in a water reservoir near a monastery. He becomes obsessed with the fish and tries everything to catch it. Gradually the story becomes more symbolic.

The Sense of touch

The Sense of touch

  • Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
  • France / Switzerland, 2014
  • 14 min.

Chloé and Louis are secretly in love with each other. Every word is a move, every sentence is a choreography. Louis finally invites Chloé at his place for dinner, and let her in with kittens she found on the way, despite he is allergic to fur. Throughout the dinner, Louis’s dark side starts to show...