What better time than the holiday season to dive into the wonderful world of toys? Cinema has always loved to use its magic to fulfill an eternal childhood dream: seeing toys come to life. Naturally showcasing animated films, this series takes us at the frontiers of imagination, fantasy, and dreams through movies where toys are very well alive, albeit in different ways. By turns strange, amusing, wonderful, or unsettling, these toy stories inevitably lead us to reflect on our own humanity, while always managing to strike a chord deep within us.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell in 2024
In the idyllic world of Barbie Land, Barbie lives a perfect life until one day she is overcome by dark thoughts. With the help of her sidekick Ken, who is madly in love with her, she must venture into the real world in hopes of setting things right.
Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She first garnered attention after working on various mumblecore films, including Noah Baumbach's Greenberg (2010). She also had the titular role in the filmmaker's following project, Frances Ha (2013), which she co-wrote with him. In the late-2010s, she represented a certain renewal of sorts for women filmmakers in Hollywood, and became a major figure of the post-MeToo era. Lady Bird (2017), her first feature film as a solo filmmaker, made her a key figure of American cinema. She was even nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for the film. She then cemented her status with two major productions: the Little Women (2019) adaptation, starring her go-to actress Saoirse Ronan, and Barbie (2023), starring Margot Robbie. The film was a major success internationally, making Greta Gerwig the first solo female filmmaker to direct a film that grossed over a billion dollars at the box office.
