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Manipulated by words, a man is punished by the false deity created by misperception.

Computer graphics, computer imaging, computer animation, digital image synthesis, digital scene simulation. These terms refer to one of the most profound developments in the history of human communication: the computer as a visual instrument that combines the objectivity of the photograph, the subjectivity of the painting and the gravity-free motion of hand-drawn animation. It is possible to view the entire career not only of the visual arts but of symbolic discourse in general as leading to this Promethean instrument of representation. Its aesthetic and philosophical implications are staggering, and they are ultimately of profound social and political consequence as well.

The villain plans to attack peaceful settlers. His first target is a child. As the arrow flies, the boy's entire life flashes before his eyes.

Replacing one death sentence with another.

Pieces of wood are captured by a crow and dance in celebration of spring in this animated short film.

After a brave young man disobeys the authorities by refusing to abandon his father, the old man covertly helps him by using his wisdom and wit.

Former Disney child star Hayley Mills returns to the Walt Disney Studio for a look at the techniques of animated film production, with various veteran Disney animators illustrating said techniques.

The story of the mysterious discovery of a cactus injured by a boy.

Arbitrary Logic, an interactive audio-visual synthesiser was first presented under the working title Osnabruk at the Osnabruk festival of 1987 and later as part of an improvised and computer music performance with Keith Rowe at the London Filmmakers Cooperative, December 1989.

A raindrop falls from a leaf and seeps into the earth. Within, it is permeated by beauty, cruelty, happiness and sadness.

The adventures of the water sprites, creatures living in Lake Goplo, whose fur is coveted by Goplana. The beavers come to the rescue of the water sprites, and Goplana and her henchmen receive their just punishment.

A young woman waits on the platform for the train to arrive. The first one doesn’t even stop. Another one carries luxury goods, another one is a train full of film stars and the last one carries vodka and it crashes against a wall. It turns out that the woman is not alone in the pursuit of goods, career and alcohol.

Long after debuting on British television in the 1980s, this popular cartoon series for kids -- narrated by the ghostly Willo (who is, in fact, a mere wisp) -- now enjoys a comfortable cult status among adults. Hounded by the meddlesome Evil Edna -- a wicked witch who inhabits a TV set -- Mavis, Carwash, Arthur and the other inhabitants of Doyley Woods (voiced by Carry On star Kenneth Williams) do their best to stay out of her way.

About how the Woodpecker and the Finch punished the elephant stubbornly and taught him kindness.

Animated adaptation of Kir Bulychyov's sci-fi short fiction.

An animated film for children about the revolutionary struggle of the working people of Uzbekistan. The old arba, symbolizing the past, is gradually turning into a wheelbarrow, rushing through the years and decades to the happy life of the Uzbek people.

How to get warm while camping

A cartoon based on the tales of the Bondarenko brothers about how the bear Heavy Paw took away the water lily from the hare, which he was carrying for his birthday.

The Miracles of Jesus is an exciting panorama of Jesus’ most touching miracles. Healing the sick and afflicted, raising Jairus’ dead daughter, casting out demons and calming the storm are attributed to the principle of faith.

A sanitized white kitchen, vegetables, a sharp blade. The slaughter is coming.

A mouse comes to visit and decides to stay, much to the dismay of the household's cat.

Two pieces of meat fall in love.

A story based on the fairy tale about Little Thumb.

A boy is pursued by a witch while taking a walk.

Based on the story of Helen Keller who at a very young age was left deaf and blinded by an illness. But she fought through the obstacles, trying to live a normal life as possible. She became on of the first disabled rights-pioneers.

The girl found a white rose that blushed when someone told her a lie. With the help of this rose, the girl managed to defeat the evil giant, and even later became friends with him...

Evocative images of ancient and modern art reflect the universal search for life on other planets. At the end of "Sky Dance," contact is made.

The plot from the newsreel "Wick" No. 220.

An author seeks fame and fortune in Hollywood.

One morning a small pretty duckling Krya-Krya went for a walk. He was still very stupid, but because he was friends only with his own shadow, he decided that no one needed him anymore. Humming a merry song, the duckling played with a ball, and it seemed to him that the shadow from the wall perfectly discards the ball. The chicken was so eager to play with the duckling too, but he roughly pushed him away. The same fate befell the sweet little goat. And then, having plenty of fun, the duckling ran through the meadow and accidentally fell into a deep dark pit. Oh God. It was so scary and damp, and most importantly, his best friend - a shadow was not going to help him out. It was simply not here.

Animated version of the Ogden Nash poem.

Experimental computer imagery

An animated holiday film from Sweden, based on a song composed by Anders F. Rönnblom.

Based on A. H. Tammsaare´s short story "The Fly, the Cockroach and the Spider" this animation weights the problem ethics in human relationships.

This short animation film is based on a Tove Jansson picture book. It tells of the little knytt (“knytt” is a non-existing word signifying something tiny like a crumb) who is ever so lonely, but so shy that he is afraid to approach others. The story follows the trials and tribulations of the little knytt and how he finally finds company.

Everything is sunny, everything is colorful, but the most colorful is the flag of Veselyaka, with which he happily goes against the current, storms, and crowds. However, fate prepares trials for him, and each of them tears a piece of cloth from the waving flag, until in the end only the handle of the flag remains. Carrying this stick, the Jolly One joins the crowd. There are thousands like him, ferocious people with sticks.

Josko Marusic's comical muse about a cat who takes over a man's household.

Scott is furious after being falsely accused of peeping into the bedrooms of Claire, Maki, and Katue, and gets into a small craft to run away from home. In the end, he returns to the Janus, but immediately afterwards the computer indicates phantom images inside the ship, and one by one people start to disappear...

The Defenders discover part of Morocco has vanished and fight to bring it back. But what is the connection to the book Kshin is reading for school?

A young boy named Takeshi steals an origami crane from his friend Nobu. To Takeshi's surprise the crane begins talking to him and offers to take him and his friends to an amusement park in space where children from many planets play. While riding an attraction designed to test the children's courage, Akiko is sucked into a black hole, leaving Takeshi and his friends to save her.

Enter the bizarre world of Strangers in Paradise: a felt animation that takes place in a strange aquatic world - a surreal and loose take on Adam and Eve - if their sin was a shopping centre.

Silas Rand and Charles Leland first wrote down the legends of the great spirit Glooscap before the turn of the century. Since then, Summer Legend has been retold many times, but never more beautifully than in this colourful animated interpretation. It tells of the Mi’kmaq people in the cold white dawning of their world, and of how Glooscap battled with the giant Winter in order to bring Summer to the North.

A poor African tribe gradually turned into monkeys. In order to become human again, they had to find the person who would lead them to the spirit, to the dream, to climb to the top of the tree of life.

Short animation made by anno in his uni days

A cowboy seeks to rescue, then woo, a damsel in distress. But he is constantly thwarted by the scratches, breaks, and other imperfections present in the film print itself.

Louis Vincent is found unconscious in a city park. He claims to a policewoman that he has been kidnapped. In addition to narrating the judicial investigation, the film becomes an open reflection on the power of the imagination.

Animation short.

The struggle of a man and animals against predators.

A comedy cartoon that shows in a funny manner that rudeness is a vice that needs to be combated immediately...

Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirement community. She meets Jack Pumpkinhead, The Hungry Tiger, and Tic Toc (sic), and must stop the evil Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (looking suspiciously like John R. Neil's depiction of the Nome King), who brings the balloon to life.

After writing to Santa, Arthur, Pom, Flora and Alexander carefully monitor the mailbox, but in vain. Finding their excellent idea of wanting to bring Santa home, Babar sets out on a long journey to find him and convince him to include elephant country on his gift giving tour.

Short experimental computer animation by Jules Engel