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Through the eyes of a woman, we experience the return of a young man after years of separation. What is their relationship? Why this absence? A short film written like a tragedy in three acts: expectation, confrontation and acceptance.
Yuku is a young mouse who lives with her family in the cellar of a castle. Her grandmother passes on the family values by telling her timeless folk tales. Injured in a tussle with a cat, the old mouse is bedridden and she tells her children that she will have to leave them to follow the little blind mole into the Earth’s tunnels. In one of her grandmother’s storybooks, Yuku learns that the flower of the Himalayas can bring her eternal light. She leaves on a journey of discovery to find the flower.
A Charles Bukowski poem is put to animation. Four kids who are friends are drawn to a strange house that their parents tell them to avoid. One day they see a man of about 30 step outside, cigar and whiskey bottle in hand. He becomes a symbol for them of all that is strong, natural, and beautiful. What happens later to this man with the beautiful eyes introduces the boys to the gray and uptight world of adulthood that awaits them.
Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.
Too much coffee can be dangerous!
Mowgli, a fearless boy raised by wolves, embarks on his most daring adventure yet when he discovers his tiger cub friends are in danger of being captured by evil poachers. Never one to back down from a challenge, Mowgli unites his animal friends to prevent harm to one of the jungle’s own.
Two of the models of Toulouse Lautrec take a happy break from their posing.
An inanimate body is touched by light, triggering an awakening, a sudden surge of life, fueled by a fantastical photosynthesis, lasting only for the span of a breath.
Bodney Brooks, a twelve year old master of computer controlled puppetry, decides to arrange a surprise birthday party for his Gran in an attempt to get back into his family’s good books. But, as ever in Bodney’s world, things don’t quite go to plan.
Joe was born from the (guilty?) love affair of an Amiga (from Commodore) and a Harry (from Quantel). He has a random physique and through that, he falls in love with a super random girl. He totally loses his temper and starts to get high on the computer-generated image, raving about glutes, or things that don't even exist.
Ladies in neighbouring toilet cubicles agonise over what their neighbour might be thinking about them.
A jeweler tells his children the story of diamond. An existential perspective of the history of the precious stone, supported by the voice of a storyteller prone to digress…
Quido, a boy made of acorns, appears in Resinland, a village hidden deep in the forest, created and ruled by children's imaginations. Everyone here seems to have a predefined purpose, except for Quido. Suddenly, the village's vital resource, resin, comes under attack from an unknown ring of thieves. So, Quido declares himself the hero and sets off on an epic mission to save the village.
In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances mean that she will be forced to wait for over 30 years. Using real-life testimonials this animated documentary raises issues of memory, repression and loss.
Amid David’s disbelief and stupefaction, 'Sandwich Cat' explains himself: he’s an alien who has swapped minds with his cat. He will spend a day with David and, depending on what he observes and hears, he will decide whether or not to destroy the human species. David, unsurprisingly, goes nuts.
Little Raven and his friends embark on a big treasure hunt. Competing against the beavers they have to solve riddles and navigate great dangers in order to finally find the most surprising of all treasures. Based on the books by Nele Moost and Annet Rudolph.
He was called "He Who Has Two Souls". He was beautiful as a woman. And handsome as a man. He hesitated.
A musical Grasshopper continues to play his violin while the Ant works hard to prepare for the winter. Later as winter arrives Grasshopper realizes he is not ready for winter and falls ill.
A fox has a strange encounter and makes a surprise in the dark of night in a forest.
Everyday, the main character, who is confined in a dark room, sees sunlight coming through the window: he flees from the closed place to an infinite one.
Camille's life is ruled by the ring of the alarm clock each morning. Her well-ordered life consists of preparing her cat's meals, and hearing the familiar sound of the automatic till in the store where she works as the cashier. But one day, a man enters her home without her knowing and starts living there during the day while she's at work. Little by little, he will free her from her chains.
Children's stories in cartoon, about adventures experienced by two children while looking for their kite.
A knight's quest to rescue a woman in peril, but reality proves far crueler than fantasy.
Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.
Alfonso, a young squirrel, always has his head in the clouds. He loves watching them and sometimes takes snapshots of them. But cloud-gazing is not always easy. Sometimes, he even has to be really brave.
a man is made redundant by computers taking over his job
Erwin the weasel lives in a street light and has to make sure that the right light comes on at the right time all day long. One day, a little carelessness throws him off his rhythm and his whole daily routine goes awry.
Gan Escapism is an experimental short film by Ukrainian-born artist Anna Malina. The film was crafted using a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to create a unique and captivating visual experience that blends abstract illustrations and evading sounds to create a surreal and thought-provoking piece of art.
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink, thinks, then draws a straight line down the page in front of him, out of which sprout six more quill pens, each held by a hand. The calligrapher moves all the hands and pens in unison, drawing an elaborate feathered wing, which comes to live, peeling off the page, and, now a quill pen, slips in to his hand. He tucks it behind his left ear.
Sophie guides visitors through the exclusion zone around the Golfech nuclear plant in southern France. Years after the disaster, she outfits tourists in protective suits and leads gyropod tours across irradiated land where decontamination teams still work.
Male life drawings secretly express themselves through dance.
Transmitted by Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, Tall Tales is a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. We wanted computers to do our accounting – instead, they try to paint our pictures and sing our songs.
The fantastical 'The Prince who Lost an Eye and Became a Beggar' (english title) is a version of a story from the anthology proper, and provides a great example of the timeless fascination of the stories from the 1001 Nights. A prince leaves his country on a boat in search of adventure, only to find himself plunged into a series of unlikely adventures involving everything from a magical bronze horse that transports our hero to a faraway land, to a gigantic monster holding a beautiful princess captive. The forces of lust and death are forever intertwined, leading the prince to his inevitable downfall.
On the terrace of a café, two friends meet to exchange ideas and remake the world. They are accompanied by a child who sips a grenadine. While the two adults discuss pseudo-solutions to resolve the ecological crisis over a pastis, the world around them, out of breath, falls into pieces. While enjoying his grenadine, the child watches helplessly as the collapse takes place, until the waiter arrives...
At the twilight of the Sengoku era, Hisashi, a former samurai warlord who has forsaken violence, seemingly leads a discreet life. But something could disturb this peace.
Mr. Bull and Mrs. Cow surprise everyone with their wedding announcement and everyone rallies around to make it memorable!
A dream to fly turns dangerous as our young heroine is dragged into a new world only to be saved by a kindly witch. One of the winners of the “Next Genius” promotional contest run by Studio 4°C on MySpace for the release of the anime compilation film, Genius Party (2007).
The uneasy stasis of a space-dwelling Monarchy is shaken by the arrival of a hypnotic, luminous dwarf planet. Caught between the authoritarian Duke and the impulsive Prince, all will come to light.
Armand works on the assembly-line of a tinned pasta factory. One evening he opens up a tin of ravioli for dinner. Much to his surprise, a Genie jumps forth, promising to fulfill any two wishes.
A team of scientists debate the nature of an unknown material in this animated fable, inspired by a tale from Rumi's Masnavi.
Orbitas is the story of an impossible love which revolves around a planet at war.
In 1900, a couple presents what they claim to be inventions from the year 2000 to the director of a cabaret.
Bob s building Fixham Harbour s new dinosaur-themed fun park with a giant roller coaster and fantastic rides. Everything is going to plan until the team begin unearth dinosaur bones on site! The machines can t contain their excitement and are eager to dig in and get mucky, but where are they going to put all the bones and who will be able to move them and will dinosaur hunter Scratch be lucky enough to find his own discovery? Fortunately Bob s got a plan and Rubble the new dumper truck can help!
Ascha, a little girl, is standing confused in front of the destroyed czar palace in Russia. None the Czar-Family seems to have survived. An old man has compassion on the little girl, who can remember nothing, not even her name. He decides to take Ascha with him to his home.
Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.
Through the presence of a shack, this animation refers to fundamental moments of Cuban history (colonization, wars of independence, Yankee intervention, an obstructed republic and the Revolution).
A pair of shipwrecked lovers are captured by a Prince who hopes to make the woman his bride.
There is a plot under way to change the course of history. Four kids are chosen to be the Freedom Force—a gang of unlikely heroes who travel through time to change the outcome of sacred stories.
A cut-out animation depicting the Twelve Labours of Hercules.
Tad, a foolish and stubborn adventurer, seeks for a disappeared cute dog and finds a mysterious basement where a terrible secret is hidden.
Chenghua is 9 years old and has to prepare a presentation on Space with her best friend. She can’t find the time she needs, as her parents are constantly asking her to translate for them. Chenghua’s parents don’t speak French and are so dependent on their child that they don’t realise they’re putting too much weight on her shoulders. Chenghua can’t take it anymore and is looking to break away from her family. Her desire for space and her natural enthusiasm will help her take the plunge.