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An animated musical love story about a young man who lives inside a billboard and is charged with updating the advertisements. When he falls in love with a beautiful lady living across the highway, he has to use the only method he knows to get his message across - advertising
A raindrop falls from a leaf and seeps into the earth. Within, it is permeated by beauty, cruelty, happiness and sadness.
In this short educational animation film a gunslinger who cries at the funeral of his victims is arrested by the sheriff.He sneezes, the pathogens are spread and there is a chain reaction among the inhabitants of the town.
A poetic animation about friendship, valediction and death.
Bear meets woman. Nature versus human.
Mr. Ham decides to have his heart removed to free himself from his complicated emotions. The doctor assures him that, in this day and age, this procedure no longer poses a problem.
Betti’s date with Tom seems perfect—until her bowels stage a rebellion, turning the evening into a battle against her own body.
The polar bear and the brown bear are playing hide and seek in the snow.
A crane, a high-rise building and a water house meet on the Main.
It is Christmas Eve. Max is excited. Because he has wished for something very special – but only quietly – he did not dare to wish aloud. At last, it is time for the presents. Max is overjoyed. How did his parents know what he had wished for? And the present is even better than he imagined. The craziest adventures can be experienced with it. And what he does experience, how he makes Kimba the lion his friend, or why he gets splashed soaking wet by Dicki the elephant, you can witness in the animated story of “Max and his wonderous present”. Do you already know what kind of present it is?
Sisyphus has been condemned by Zeus to roll a stone up the mountain. With difficulty he moves it upwards, the colossus regularly rolls back. Sisyphus ages, the stone weathers. They are attuned to each other. Sisyphus accidentally pushes too hard and the stone rolls over the hilltop into the abyss. Sisyphus misses the stone.
Oil, gold and fire are the treasures inside the proud giant mountains. For the little mountain it's impossible to keep up with that. He's just in possession of this tiny, strange and useless SOME THING.
A documentary about Tama, a female calico cat who gained fame for being a station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama, Japan.
Two thousand years into the future, the battlefleet from Earth is still searching for the Planet Zog. Those on board are irreconcilably divided between those that believe the Planet Zog exists, and those that don't. Caught between these warring factions Ade and Eva Hokum are determined to find happiness with each other. Will the Planet Zog be a paradise for them?
A circus portal takes us to a dreamlike world of colorful clowns and trapeze artists.
A daughter gradually realizes that her father suffers from a mental illness. Isolated and rejected by society, he lives alone in a dark apartment, drifting like a balloon. She searches for a way to reconnect and bring him back down to earth.
Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some pointed, others rounded. The abstract shapes move into or across the screen in harmony with the musical score.
In a makeshift boat, a GDR refugee escapes to West Germany. His newfound freedom is disorienting, and it is only later, with a growing nationalist movement, that he begins to feel at home.
An attempt to visualize a secret knowledge about the nature of man —a philo-clip—, through the use of structures of dissociated geometry and laser beams, with direct references to the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci and the work of Agrippa von Nettesheim.
The general outline of the plot is of a bee that finds an abandoned phonograph in a meadow. The record, however, is jazz, and the interaction of different species of bugs makes this a subtle criticism of the Nazi ideals.
Seasonal animation in which a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig embark on a journey to deliver a Christmas present lost by Santa Claus
In a large building full of sounds, people are waiting for a new melody that will change their lives. No one has realised that it has already begun to play.
Felix is a flea raised by a family of rhinoceros beetles who believes he is one of them. When a feared stag beetle army threatens his village, Felix embarks on a dangerous journey to find the mythical Beetle Queen, who is said to bring peace. Alongside Missy, a sharp-tongued dung beetle, and Toni, a quirky bombardier beetle veteran, Felix faces challenges that force him to question his identity, loyalty and courage. As the trio quarrels, bonds and ventures through the wild unknown, Felix discovers that true bravery may change not only his own destiny, but also the future of his home.
Paluten and Edgar encounter an old enemy in a new world. If they want to defeat him, they need a great plan, loyal friends... and a lot of luck!
A vain emperor is constantly preoccupied with his appearance. Three swindlers promise to make him extraordinary clothes that can only be seen by people who are honest and clever. The emperor provides the three fashion designers with expensive material and expects to make a grand entrance in his new costumes.
The proverbial "black sheep" will be bullied out of the herd and only the brave outsider can protect them from harm.
The original nativity story animated silent film by Lotte Reiniger.
The sudden death of his father will take Macius the enormous responsibility that comes with being king, despite having only nine years. After being introduced as the new king, he will have the power to change the world and the things he does not like. Although his main enemy, General, will try by all means to avoid Macius performing a good job as sovereign, the young king has some good friends to help him in everything he needs. Animated feature, as the German animated series of the same name, is based on the book "King Matt the First" by Janusz Korczak', a famous doctor and teacher of children.
Frederick Baer spent over a decade on death row in Indiana State Prison. He is still waiting for his death penalty to be executed. Hand-drawn animated Documentary about a murderers time on death row and the conflicts about his guilt and destiny.
Brother and sister Paul and Kat are shipped off to spend four months with their super-strict grandmother. They don’t expect to discover their Granny was once a world-class secret agent. But when her old friend turned nemesis has her kidnapped, it’s up to Paul and Kat to team up, gear up, and save the day … spy-style. They’ll have to train like agents, chase down villains, and stop a satellite-powered vaporizer before it destroys their mom’s space station, all before bedtime.
Short stop motion animation by Maurice Hübner
The song of the sirens, sitting on the rocks, attracts to her kingdom sailors from beyond: Greeks, Vikings, Pirates ...
A shopping center on the outskirts of town. In the parking lot, Mr. Bergmann conscientiously pushes the shopping carts back together. When he loses his job due to a technical innovation, he shows everyone what he's really made of.
A mouse from the city invites a country mouse to the cellar where it lives to show how much food they have there. But soon the country mouse realizes that there is also a vicious cat sneaking around in this cellar. The lesson of the story: Wealth doesn't mean that you live without worries.
A father and daughter have lost touch. They used to take trips to the cinema, discuss music and politics. Until her interests began to change; then her looks; then her way of speaking. And one day she told him she was going to a wedding party in Denmark. Instead she started a new life. As the wife of a jihadist living in Syria.
A Berlinale Generation 14plus short film nominated animation.
An idyll, "for GAL": a pond, a desk, a farm, a kitchen—and storks, lots of them. Colored, which brings to mind "coloratura." An idyll? Isn't something missing?
The animated short film tells the moving story of the resistance and bravery of Alfreda Noncia Markowska, a young Roma woman from Poland who saved the lives of around fifty children and young adults during the Second World War.
Before going to bed, Jana plays a lullaby on her violin for the little star. In the girl's imagination, the star dances happily and falls from the sky. The star has to be back in its place before sunrise otherwise it will become blind. Jana is not able to help with the star's return. The birds are also not successful. However, a cosmonaut brings the star home.
A visual allegory connecting polynesian mythology with the notorious atom bomb testing.
A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.
The Titanic is heading for the infamous iceberg, but everything turns out differently than expected.
After the death of his beloved grandfather, young Vincent is all alone in the world. But one day he gets the opportunity to relive the most perfect day of his life, his eleventh birthday, over and over again.
The cock wakes the sun every morning. His hens are loyal to him in return. When he oversleeps the sun's wake-up call, it rises anyway. The hens realize the deception and a fierce battle for power begins.
Inspired by Noah’s Ark, three penguins attempt to board the historical ship when they discover that only two creatures from each species are allowed.
A diary-like collection of short film clips lasting two to three minutes, created using single-frame recording techniques at the animation table using various techniques, some of which involve phase animation.
When an offensive passage in the lyrics causes a stir during choir practice, the snowmen engage in a fundamental discussion: suddenly, the connection between body odor and winning the 1974 World Cup becomes clear.
Stop motion extravaganza of a motorcycle made of fruit, two lovers riding in the night.
Webern's “Opus 5” comments through three very different translations: an abstract image sequence of moving lights and shadows, an almost abstract image sequence of a lava landscape and a monochrome film section that forces the viewer to bring in their own associations.
Visual patterns are tied up in hierarchical behaviour that restrains the full potential and mobility of each individual element until the matrix collapses.
LICHTMOND's second multimedia album "Universe of Light", had the collaboration of the music legend Alan Parsons. The resulting award-winning animation music project will have its world premiere at the Planetarium Hamburg, in September 2012. This unique 360° show will be distributed subsequently worldwide.
A story about a building with an inner courtyard an its inhabitants. While the different character follow their everyday routines, trash slowly begins to pile up in the courtyard.
What would happen if Hitler came back to West Germany after passing the statute of limitations for Nazi crimes on January 1, 1965? Based on West German laws, he would not only be able to reclaim his private property, but also a restitution. In addition, he could demand to get his power back and the reintegration of German areas into the Reich.
If an airplane encounters birds, the birds normally are on the losing end. But what if the airplane is smaller than the bird?
A bunch of round, moist creatures slather each other with an oozy juice. They share their world with pesky little bugs, but one day they squash them all. In response, the creatures start to run dry.