The Night Doctor (2021), a Cannes Hidden Gem
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.

The film follows Max, a troubled yet curious kid who daringly steals a book from a mystical, ancient shop. Upon eagerly reading it at home, he unwittingly unleashes The Tickle Monster, a sinister creature bent on causing chaotic havoc by tickling people...to death.
The Night Doctor achieves telling an original story in which the pace accelerates progressively while supported by dark aesthetics.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the most human movie of the year. It is based on the 2010 short of the same name that follows a big-hearted, little shell named Marcel as he navigates through life in a human-sized world.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
Every movement becomes a question of identity. To become who we are meant to be. In order to reach that we often have to shed who we once were, and that shedding can sometimes be so brutal it’s ungraceful.
Viewers get a glimpse of life of mediocrity in a world where humans and cartoon characters live together in this comeback.
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.