Loud, shiny, explodey and nonsensical (and I thought the last one was a lot of fun).

Endlessly inventive and playful. Almost too much so, scarcely pausing to allow for breath or reflection before dementedly charging on with the next bit of stop motion animation or puppetry. In fact, there are so many ideas and so much visual wit repeat viewings are probably required to appreciate it fully. A fascinating film.

Even better on re-watch. Claustrophobic setting, film about film-making, comedy of manners and painful english-ness, analogue tape and fader pornography, mind-bending dissociation, exquisite soundtrack and sound design... Hits all my pleasure centres. Top tier 2012, no doubt.

Utterly bizarre animated violent, gory neo-noir/horror. With cats. I have no idea quite what audience this is aimed at but I loved it. Available in full on YouTube (though sadly in very low quality).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqZwCxk_vk