SCALA!!! Programmes

The Wonderland Stalker

2025 · ★ 9

Alice gets lost in the woods and has a conversation with the Cheshire Cat.

火藥, burn my eyes

In 1967, Beulah struck Reynosa. Family survives through images from memory circling the wreck. Rituals of celebration and violence like hurricane, shift between dancing, cyanotypes, blue fire and lost family archive. We have come to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail. Thus invent colors that burn the eyelid like 火藥.

A Few Words of Introduction

1963 · ★ 9

Pojar’s wickedly humourous satire pokes gentle fun at a speechmaker so enamoured with the sound of his own voice, he is oblivious to the effect he is having on his audience. Pojar details their bafflement, fidgets, whispers and snores with great imagination.

God is a Pelican

“God is a Pelican” follows two queer middle-school girls, Madi and Josie, who both recognize they are different from other students, and don’t fit into the religious white suburbia around them. They decide to create their own religion, a religion for the weirdos and “others” of the world.

Where Memories Live

2025

A cardboard house is built as refuge for the remains of a family's home video archives. Memories of maternal guidance, tenderness, and reunion are brought to life by following a child's early years.

Metamorphism

2021 · ★ 8

Under great pressure, humans undergo similar steps of metamorphism.

With a Smile

1983

An old circus clown has an unpleasant problem-even when he washes off his clown makeup, he still has a big red smile.

Mycardiumopathy

2026

An experimental documentary that explores heart muscle disease and the impact a diagnosis can have on a young person’s outlook on life.

Scala!!! Tentacles

2023

Tentacles is a 90 second animated short that brings a magic mushroom trip by a staff member at the Scala vividly to life. Inspired by classic Sci-Fi, Horror and B-movies, Tentacles is crafted in-camera using real Octopus tentacles, objects and cut-out photographs in stop-motion. The film is an experimental and playful attempt to explore how animation, particularly mixed media animation can be used to communicate narratives in unexpected and exciting ways that enhance the original story.

The Old Man Movie

2019 · ★ 6.5

An outrageous road movie about The Old Man and his grandkids in a 24 hour race against time to stop a milky madman hell bent on killing his prized cow to save the world.

We Drink Too Much

2017

An unapologetic take on the vicious cycle of earning too little and consuming too much.

Siena

1999 · ★ 8

Opening with dreamlike images of the city of Siena at night, this short sand animation evolves into a symphony of waving banners, distant voices and galloping horses. Created especially for Italy’s Siena International Short Film Festival.