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A Merab Saralidze Cartoon

A sad little burro who feels that no one wants him and that he doesn't belong anywhere finds out differently when he is bought by Joseph to transport Mary on their travel to Jerusalem for the birth of Jesus.

Proud parents Poncho and Toro "adopt" Crazylegs Crane when they "find" his egg.

In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with change--change in the amount and color of light within an otherwise static screen. Normally, the animator combines such change with motion, but here it is studied in isolation.

A fox was famous in the forest for his cunning and wit. But a boastful rabbit once called himself more agile, which, of course, the fox did not like. And in order to protect himself from unpleasant situations, the rabbit tried to avoid meeting with the ginger rogue. But one day the fox’s funny trap worked...

Studio (in French: garçonnière - a place for a bachelor without partition walls). And in the horror of tomorrow's apocalypse and in the exhaustion of yesterday's love even in the fleeting moment of bliss beware of the like The man is a crowd.

An amusingly drawn cartoon about a highly proficient lady bricklayer, graduate of Specialists' School, whose work takes her high up in the world, and her erstwhile friend, whose equally dedicated professionalism brings him lower. She builds towers of bricks while he tunnels down below ground. What develops in the story involves other unlikely characters, plausible enough in this cartoon context.

A man constructs wooden wings enabling him to fly, but he is bounded by the giant wire cage encircling both the fliers and non-fliers.

Two plots: "Quarrel" and "Heroic Symphony".

Amateur animation by 20-year-old Hikeaki Anno while he was studying at Osaka University of Arts. The short is an animated form of the idiom "even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots".

Synthavision was an early computer CGI technology developed by MAGI (Mathematical Applications Group, Inc.), and one of the first systems to implement a ray-tracing algorithmic approach to hidden surface removal in rendering images, using solid primitives with combinatorial operators rather than the polygons or wireframe meshes that most CGI companies use today. This demo sampler was directed by golden age animator Jack Zander and designed by Joanne Mitchell, and showcases the technology and its capabilities through short segments of experimental animation and colorful compositions.

A cartoon adventure featuring Captain Goodvibes, the pig of steel, and his sidekick Astro.

The moon swirls happily around, watching strange animals enjoying themselves and dancing to gramophone music in its light. Then, suddenly, the moon falls out of the sky, and a greedy dragon drags it into his cave and forces it to give him light while he eats all the cakes. When the nights stay dark, the animals come up with a plan. Otto Sacher, East Germany’s legendary animation director and co-founder of the DEFA Studio for Animation Film, was the artistic advisor for this film, the first of Dammbeck’s animated works.

The Japanese Beetle goes to school to learn to be a photographer. The Blue Racer uses the opportunity to try and catch him.

From the 1960s, Antoniszczak devoted himself to perfecting the technique of non‑camera animation. This period saw the creation of the first animagraph‑pentagraphs — machines for transferring drawings onto film stock. Sun, an animation less than four minutes long, was the first film produced completely using this method. The black‑and‑white drawings were made in the technique of woodcut impressed directly onto the celluloid. The vibrating, jagged image reflects the flickering character of sunrays, and conveys a tale of the transience of human existence and the permanence of the universe.

Foma Zamykalkin reads a book with scary stories at night, but an imp constantly disturbs him. The angry main character decides to get even with the annoying disturber of his peace. But, trying to catch the imp, Foma Zamykalkin constantly disregards the rules of handling electrical appliances, exposing himself to danger. The animation won the Silver Medal at the International Security Film Festival in Czechoslovakia (1972).

Early work by Vince Collins, restored in 2021 by Mark Toscano at AMPAS.

Bulgarian animation film

Regarded as a creative extension of Stone (1975), animation unfolds on drawing paper placed on a field and farm.

Big Red is coming to Cactus Goat to give revenge on Hoot Kloot for sending him to the river. Hoot tried to get help from townsfolk, but everybody refuses, because they're afraid of Big Red.

On a festive day, all the little animals are happy with balloons — everyone except the hedgehog, because his needles make the balloons burst.

The hero is afraid of someone whose footsteps are swaying outside. The hero builds a huge tower around himself to protect himself. The footsteps roll outside again, but he laughs at them. When, however, he wants to get out, it turns out that this is not possible.

The girl Sarina lives in Tajikistan with her father. When her father becomes seriously ill, Sarina sets off on a dangerous journey to get herbs for him. Rare herbs that are guarded by a three-headed monster. And she manages to do what no one before her has managed!

an animated character of the superhero named Aardman going to the hole

Hijitus takes serious risks to help his friends.

The origin of the chair. Its different styles and uses throughout the centuries, culminating in the most important chair in the world: the school desk.

An animated lecture that gives young girls life advice when it comes to male conquerors and the like. Czech animated film for adults.

The dossier of an inveterate doodler, a man whose compulsion to put scrawls and squiggles on everything at hand brings him to no good end, according to the narrator, at least. The commentary, delivered with the perspicacity of a coroner's report, follows the development of the doodler's mania from boyhood through adolescence to manhood, when it suddenly breaks all bounds. An amusing "case history" that some of us might identify with.

Historical events are related through the medium of simulated news broadcasting in 1878.

A fable about a dragon mercilessly oppressing an unfortunate kingdom.

This short animation tells the familiar story of Christmas in an innovative and colourful way. Filmmaker Evelyn Lambart uses glowing zinc cut-outs to give this traditional tale a contemporary twist. Akin to a joyful medieval manuscript, the film is embellished by the artist's own whimsy—heraldic trumpet sounds, luminescent light, and wildflowers in every scene tell the message of rebirth. A film without dialogue.

An animated film by the South Shields film maker Sheila Graber in which the boy and his cat feature in a set of adventures inspired by the lyrics of some well-known songs the boy sings. This film is a follow up to her earlier film entitled the Boy and the Cat.

Dialogue between a man from Earth and an alien about the advantages and darker sides of earthly civilization.

A film about how smoking in public places inconveniences those around.

Psychedelic animated film follows a hip celebrity and his underworld lifestyle through casinos, hotel rooms, parties and odd characters.

A child's toy is transformed into a Golem that goes on a rampage

Cartoon about how Parasolka protected the girl from bullies, and showed himself a true knight.

An experimental film by Aardman's Nick Park which combines animated sketches and live-action footage of rain and hallways. Produced during his time at Sheffield Polytechnic.

The Pink Panther adopts a wind-up duck as a house pet.

An animated short by independent animator Sadao Tsukioka.

A sampling of abstract styles - black and white patterns, colorful flicker, and dancing line formations, interspersed with a strangely unnerving combination of organic and computer-generated sound effects.

Troops are stationed on both sides of the border. The soldiers both arm themselves and mask with greenery. It turns out that nature is stronger than the human tendency to wage wars.

A short film by Furukawa Taku.

Based on the tale of the same name by Karel Capek about postal gnomes.

A film based on his new film concept called anima veritae, and it was the first among his other tentative films.

Animated public information film. A Fairy Godmother grants a girl the man of her dreams – or is he? The girl’s thoughts are voiced by Carol Hawkins, and the voices of ‘Mike’, the fairy godmother, ‘Dave’ and the closing narration are all Peter Hawkins.

"In an effort to explore the flexibility of Telidon, Canada's videotex system, Pierre Moretti, animation artist from the National Film Board, used, in the graphic mode, the geometric figures which form the basis for Telidon's picture description instructions. Thus he created this short animated film."