The Bigger Picture
May 21, 2014 | IMDB 6.6
8 min Watch NowDrama, Animation
'You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!' hisses one brother to the other. But Mother won't go, and their own lives quickly unravel as she clings to life. Director Daisy Jacobs uses two-metre-high painted characters in full-size sets to tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly relative. The Bigger Picture is quite simply the most innovative animated short you will see this year.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Spheres
A Snow Globe Christmas
Christmas on the Bayou
Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers
Lamp Life
Cockroach
The Businessman
My Life Without Me
Heis (chronicles)
Helium
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?
Throat Song
Physique
Self Destructive Boys
Hollow
Mom, What’s Up With the Dog?
Streif
Kanarí
The Glassblower
Boys Don't Cry
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Spheres
IMDB 5.7 | Jan , 1969
This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.A Snow Globe Christmas
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 2013
In a temper, Meg, a cynical, overworked TV executive, rants about how the movies she produces lie, making you think dreams can come true, and tries to smash her favorite snow globe. Instead, it hits her on the head and knocks her out. When she comes to, she finds herself magically transported to a perfect snow-covered town like the one in her globe, married to a handsome woodworker and mother to two young children.Christmas on the Bayou
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2013
When successful New York marketing executive Katherine discovers her workaholic ways are taking a toll on her eight-year-old son, Zac, she decides to spend Christmas with him and her mother, Lilly in her home town on the bayou. When Caleb tries to rekindle a childhood romance and convince her to move back home, Katherine is torn between the bright lights of the big city and the quiet, gentler rhythms of her Southern roots. Only a Christmas miracle orchestrated by Papa Noel can steer her heart to her true home.Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers
IMDB 7.7 | Feb , 2020
Ingmar Bergman's "Cries and Whispers" retold in a single minute.Lamp Life
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2020
Bo Peep explains what happened to herself and her sheep between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4.Cockroach
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2010
My name is a “cockroach”. I was called that from childhood.The Businessman
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2014
The story is about a businessman who is on his way to see the woman he is having an affair with when he gets stuck in an elevator with a little girl. Through their interaction the man realizes he is still in love with his wife and comes out with a new perspective on life.My Life Without Me
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 2003
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.Heis (chronicles)
IMDB 5 | Oct , 2016
Pia is coming back to her mediterranean family to annonce that she wants to emancipate herself.Helium
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2014
A young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about Helium, a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital's eccentric janitor, Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 2012
A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.Throat Song
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2011
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2020
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IMDB 4.3 | Apr , 2018
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IMDB 0 | May , 2016
Love can't fill every need, and love can't make problems vanish. Struggling with her own image and self worth, Esther's secret daily struggle with Anorexia reaches a breaking point.Mom, What’s Up With the Dog?
IMDB 6.4 | May , 2022
Gwen is 11 years old. As she experiences her first excitements, she catches her dog laughing.Streif
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2023
Jesper’s partner and daughter are away for the weekend. His plan to be alone is disrupted by an unknown call. Can meaning and hope arise in a conversation with a stranger?Kanarí
IMDB 5.7 | May , 2018
Vala and Benni are on the road and struggle to find a mutual purpose in their new destination.The Glassblower
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2016
Marie violates tradition in a small German town of Lauscha, to become the first female glassblower in in 1890. Her glass ball decorations find a new market in America.Boys Don't Cry
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.