
Marc James Roels
Directing
Biography
Marc James Roels is an independent filmmaker and stop-motion animator based in Antwerp, Belgium. He creates films together with Emma De Swaef.
Known For

Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
The House

A stuffed rabbit leaves the care of a child to pursue an adventure.
Doudou

Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.
Oh Willy...

In 1885, Africa is a succulent cake destined to be wildly divided and everyone wants a piece. A disturbed European king, a Pygmy working in a luxury hotel, a successful but lonely businessman, an enslaved porter, a young army deserter, a ghostly clarinetist. Some benefit from colonialism and greed. Others suffer racism and violence.
This Magnificent Cake!

A man and his small, irascible puppet friend receive a parking ticket while shopping and must take the bus home.
Parking Ticket
In a clearing, within a community of hypersensitive gnomes, a gnome suddenly gives birth to a baby, but has no idea how to care for it...
Gnomes
A couple spends the night burning their daughter's posessions
A Gentle Creature

Mompelaar is a man who lives with his ever present and overbearing mother; he appears to be entirely introverted and have a speech impediment that sees him entirely incomprehensible. He heads out into the woods and finds himself at the place where several brutal murders appear to have occurred. He tidies up a bit and carries on, coming across a group out for a nature talk which descends quickly into horror and religion.
Mompelaar

Two friends fighting dirty
Fight!

The Garden Ape enthusiastically explores a wild city garden.
The Garden Ape

A man and his small, irascible puppet friend search for parking in a busy city.
Stress Man

A small creature made of sugar cubes awakens in a forest and wanders the world.
Sugarman

A young soldier's fear during an artillery attack becomes an unbearable wait followed by a swift, horrific end.