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A young couple finds themselves in difficult financial straits. The man is out of work and spends his days walking the streets, without so much as a cent in his pocket to buy food. He’s so weak that he collapses in front of a store window. The store’s owner, an elderly man, comes to the man’s aid and offers him a job. His new job requires him to spend all day sitting and keeping watch on the small room at the end of a corridor.
WillShake is a boy with a trunk of theatrical tricks who likes to tell stories. He embarks on his first journey to share the story of Henry V.
An early stop motion animated short film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With puppets by Marc Caro.
Quebec, 1956. The impulsive and headstrong Nelly Maloye, a novice private eye, joins the methodical and pragmatic Simon Picard, a research scientist in a dubious quest to prove the existence of the elusive Yeti. The brave-hearted heroes come face-to-face with countless dangers during their trek through the heart of the Himalayas.
Basking in a theatres lights, a realm of dust particles dances in unison. One sprite suddenly gets the chance to be centre stage…
Documentary about human hair, including its political significance.
In the year 1512, two insects embark on an expedition that becomes the adventure of their lives.
A stop motion film about an oddball felted character who slips through floors into the past and the deepest parts of his psyche in his pursuit of self-understanding.
A woman is forced to leave Venezuela, where she has lived for 28 years. She wonders what to pack in her suitcase.
"Girl and Wolf" is an animated feature film for a young adult public based on the Roc Espinet's homonymous graphic novel. It tells the story of Paula, an innocent girl who lives in a medieval village attacked by wolves. Paula will have to face dark childhood traumas, soulless hunters, magical wild spirits and an ancient pack of wolves.
The no-ear bunny can do everything just as well as the other bunnies. But because he has no ears, nobody wants to play with him. When one day an egg is left on his doorstep, he has no idea that this is the start of a wonderful friendship. He experiences many exciting adventures with the two-eared bunny, right up to the fulfillment of their greatest wishes. Because if you have a real friend, you can do anything. And have a lot of fun doing it.
Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.
During a hunting day in rural Spain, a father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.
Mortadelo (Mort) and Filemón (Phil) are visited by Professor Chiflágoras, Filemón's crazy cousin, who has invented a time travel machine in the shape of a closet. (Seven animated shorts with a common narrative: The Time Closet; In Waterloo; The Yeti; Incredible Mission; The Impostors; Count Macula; Maxi-adventure at Sea.)
Sketches of a Spanish circus made by Richard Williams in 1953 come to life. Williams began the project at the age of 20 and finished it when he was 77. It premiered at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2010.
A poor miller gets tricked by the Devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold. But Satan can't take her because she's too pure and has wept on her hands. So Satan orders the miller to cut her hands off. It's the beginning of the young girl's journey towards freedom.
The son of Zeus must face a series of challenges.
Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment in the afterlife, the cruel and greedy Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him how the course of his life led him to where he is - and where it will lead if he doesn't change his ways.
Laura sees a shooting star falling to earth and finds it in a park, down on the floor and with a broken point. The star is a living being, and Laura takes her home to reattach its point with a band-aid. The little star has special powers and can make people fly, or bring inanimate objects to life. But the more she stays on Earth, the weaker she becomes and her colors fade away and her powers start to fail. Laura must find a way to send the little star back into outer space.
The black forest in the 19th century. A magic place with ghosts, good and bad, living in it. Peter Munk is a poor but goodhearted young man, desperately wishing to be rich. Tempted by the evil ghost of the woods, he trades his warm heart for a heart of stone. He becomes rich but turns into a merciless and cruel man. Is there still hope for him?!
Monsieur Tête, an ordinary bureaucrat, rebels against the world and the ideas of the people around him. Because of his marginal behavior, his head is broken, like everyone else.
After Sumsemann the beetle loses one of his arms to a troll, he invites brother and sister Peterchen and Annaliese to join him on a journey to the moon in a quest to retrieve his lost arm.
On the lookout for polar bears in the Arctic, a wildlife photographer realizes she may have missed more than a shot.
We all know that smoking is a dirty habit, but this cigarette is utter filth. Smoking kills. Smoking abducts babies. Smoking sucks the living soul from your urethra, spits hot ash in your ear and insists that you call it ““Daddy”“. Is this really what you want?
A terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
Cowboy and Indian's only wish was to come up with a brilliant idea for Mr Horse's birthday, but when their plan ends up in utter disaster, they'll need to travel the world and back to make things right again.
As flight 7836 reaches cruising speed above the Atlantic Ocean, the pilot, co-pilot and flight attendant are startled by an unexpected knock at the door! Should they open the door, or not?
In 18th-century Martinique, Mathieu, a slave working on a sugar cane plantation, is sentenced to death for trying to escape with his wife and child. However, the judge offers him a reprieve on condition that he agrees to leave for Canada to work as an executioner. With no other choice, the young man accepts.
A winter tale: the real experience of an imagined love.
Every night, when the museum closes its doors, the mironins, Blu, Low and Ro, three little drops of paint that live in the paintings created by the Spanish painter Joan Miró (1893-1983), come to life and immerse themselves in an inexhaustible universe where art and imagination reign.
New York City, October 10, 1965. A group of wooden giant figures from Pamplona, representing Basque culture and traditions, parade down the street; but the local authorities have not allowed the appearance of all of them: due to the racial prejudices that persist in many sectors of society, the participation of two black giants has been banned.
For over 500 years now, the castle ghost Hui Buh has been stirring things up at Castle Burgeck. His friend and owner of the castle, King Julius is not the only one who finds Hui Buh's poor attempts at scary hauntings terribly annoying. The chaotic atmosphere at the castle reaches an all-time high when the young witch Ophelia appears at the castle gates out of nowhere, claiming to be Hui Buh's long lost niece. Ophelia is in possession of the Necronomicon, an ancient book of spells that is as evil as it is powerful. Hui Buh, realizing the possibilities that the book would open up for him, is dying to get his hands on the book...
Uncle Wormsley is a grey, decaying old man with cobweb-like hair and rotten fingernails. A lone figure who keeps himself to himself, Wormsley's only friend is a monstrous crab called Crabsley, who lives in a dungeon under his house.
Jeunet and Caro capture the story of an attempted prison escape from the Prison de la Santé in Paris. As the escape artists travels through tunnels and squeeze his way through freshly cut bars, he finds himself in an endless labyrinth underneath the confining walls of solitude.
The salmon want to reproduce. While the salmon men swim upstream in a testosterone-driven race, the women indulge in a fertility dance at the source of the river. But the roles aren't as clearly defined as the men expect.
Coconut and his friend Oscar are outsiders on Dragon Island. Coconut is supposed to be a flying dragon but he can't fly and Oscar, a carnivore by nature, is a vegetarian bychoice. Together with the porcupine Matilda they go on fabulous adventures and meet dragons in all shapes and sizes.
In 1916, laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is in Paramaribo, Surinam visiting his mystic female friend Java. He helps a young heir haunted by voodoo spirits, delivers some weapons to rebels in Brazil and hunts for treasure with Rasputin.
A program of 4 short films to awaken nature and hearts! Spring is just around the corner. In the middle of the jungle or the forest, nature takes back its rights, encounters surprise more than one, feelings of love blossom and troubadours sing for the queen. Stories of great originality brought to life by young animation talents to celebrate this season full of promise.
Who is the clever mind behind “AIVA”, the absolutely incredible AI novelty that everyone talks about and wants to have? An avatar with a female voice, unfolding in two dimensions like a pattern, praises their successful multi-million-pound project. Answers are not provided, just another ghastly feedback loop of artificiality.
Princess Zeila, daughter of Caliph Oman III, is preparing to review the nobles who aspire to her hand. The sinister Prince Jafar plots in the shadows: the young musician Amin will see to it that love can triumph, with the help of the Genie of the Lamp.
To fight crime, a new hero is created but there are a few small glitches to iron out.
A look back at the bloody origins of the iconic Iop turned legend. Banished from his village after killing a Taure, young Goultard faces Kriture, father of the beast, alone. He emerges victorious... and a hero. An adored monster hunter, he starts a family with a witch. But happiness is short-lived: Katar, a Sacrier in Djaul's pay, enters the scene... Goultard's destiny is about to change.
In a world that someone else has shaped for us, are we really in charge of our destiny?
Threatened by the growing desert, a young boy and his mother try to survive in a small oasis.
Noximilien is just a failed inventor in need of recognition, nevertheless a simple but happy clockmaker with a wife and three children. He is a good father and lucky enough to be loved by his wife Galanthe, who covers him with her affection. But one fine day, everything changes when he discovers a magic cube, the Eliacube, at the bottom of a cave. Intrigued by the artefact, Noximilien decides to study it, rushes into a downward spiral and becomes addicted to its power.
A man looks for refuge in a remote mountain's bath house. Surrounded with nudity, trapped and in a closed environment, he begins to lose his head.
Strange things are happening in the evening at the mansion. Glass things break without any apparent reason. The Professor, somewhat apathetic to the whole series of events, leaves the following day to attend a conference on nuclear physics in Geneva. Foreign powers get wind of the Professor's work and send their agents to investigate.
A Claymation version of the classic story of Don Quixote.
A small blue tick goes on a journey of discovery...
At a hospital in New York, Alex, a police officer, meets Leo, a boy who has the ability to get out of his body and pass through the walls like a ghost. Both team up with Mary, an intrepid journalist, to capture a disfigured villain who terrorizes the city.
Based on Eugene Ionesco’s play, this is an animated film warning that by conforming to patterns and living en masse, people will become rhinoceroses.
With his tribe's move to follow the migrating bison, Yakari, the little Sioux boy, sets out on his own to follow the trail of Little Thunder, a wild mustang said to be untameable. Travelling far from home and deep into the territory of the terrible cougarskins, Yakari and Little Thunder undertake a great adventure and find their way back home.
This year's story follows Nicole, the granddaughter from last year's ad, who is now all grown up with a family to make Christmas traditions with. We follow her and her two adorable children, Max and Ella, as their new stepdad Mike moves into their family home. At the heart of the story is a very special storybook – a precious item belonging to Max from his birth father. The book celebrates the power of storytelling and how it can deepen family bonds; as the family are shown delighting in the magic of Disney storytelling, beautiful animation springs off the pages, igniting the true spirit of Christmas. Follow their emotional journey as we see them combine existing festive traditions with wonderful new ones. In partnership with Make-A-Wish. Featuring "Love Runs Deeper" by Gregory Porter.
Evocative animation is used to tell the cycle of life through the experiences of its central characters, a boy and a girl. The film's score, which was composed by Linda McCartney, was the inspiration for director Grillo and collaborator Paul McCartney, who together drew on childhood memories and other sources for the film's themes.
On the paradise island of Kokomo, Nasha, an orphan and a genius mechanic, tries to survive alongside her friend Grey under the rule of B.L.A.Z.R., which governs the island with an iron fist. That evening, the resistance is preparing an assault on the submarine patrolling Kokomo, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tip the balance of power. What if the truth about Kokomo were far darker than anything Nasha could have imagined?
Romeo and Juliet in the microcosm of the human body... Forbidden love between the young Bacterium Micromeo and Antibody-girl Globia threatens the harmony of the immune system, leading to war between ambitious leaders, and finally awakening a genetic monster that is ready to exterminate them all. "Love is stronger than dirt!"
In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout animation, with black silhouetted characters performing the action against backlit backdrops in striking colors.
On her weekly trips to the swimming pool, Neema, a young immigrant to Iceland, stads out so much that she melts into a puddle. As she strives to stay solid, she realises that she is not the only one struggling with loneliness and grief.