Daniel Suter

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.

A series of photographs of a tree illustrates the passing of the seasons of the year.

The “king” secretly dreams of showing his ass to his subjects, and they do just that. Dominant and dominated share the same fantasy of social rites. A carnivalesque temptation whose hallmark is not to touch the reality of social relations, but only to play on their reversal.

The day begins. Characters live their lives, animals theirs, a gentleman takes off his hat, a lady smokes a cigarette and the sun sets.

A young girl, cutting her bread, cuts herself. She runs to the chemist but he has just been murdered.

A woman is ironing a man's shirt. The man and woman begin dancing to a tango rhythm. A seductive scene plays out between the shirt and iron that are left alone. Love, desertion, and then everything ends up in smoke and wastes away.

"The idea of a composite work, a puzzle and the ideal solution for clear minded lovers of parallel worlds that complement each other." (Robert Benayoun)