Comedian Louie Anderson tells a story of one Christmas when he was a kid, growing up in Wisconsin, and how he and his dad brought Christmas cheer to a woman who appeared to have none.
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Comedian Louie Anderson tells a story of one Christmas when he was a kid, growing up in Wisconsin, and how he and his dad brought Christmas cheer to a woman who appeared to have none.
Humorous cut-out animation based around the mysterious designer of the Soviet Space Programme during the 1950s and 60s - Sergei Korolev.
A compilation of animator Bill Plympton's classic shorts, including "Your Face", "How to Kiss", "One of Those Days", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", "Plymptoons", "Nosehair" and "How to Make Love to a Woman". In between, an animated version of Bill answers questions about his life and career.
About young ruffians who intend to be helpful.
Guido Manuli reveals to us a secret tape from Disney's off-limits archive: the casting of characters for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves".
About how a brave, courageous general guides soldiers on the right path. He talks about his courageous and heroic fate. And young soldiers, hanging their ears, begin to dream of exploits and medals, and of a personal tank.
Waves on the sea, waves in the air. The ambient strandline experience. Super 8 time-lapse and stop-motion animation above and below water. The cycles and rhythms of the seashore - a place where elemental forces meet.
The children become so exited of the play with typing-machine and paper that they don’t notice how evening comes. In the apple-tree behind the Grandpa’s barn there is a bird-nest. We understand how everything circulates harmoniously in Nature, how evening-peace and dream arrive.
A computer-animated homecoming for kids of all ages!
"Un bel dì vedremo", from Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, sung by Felicia Weathers. The story of Cio-Cio-San's tragedy is rendered through animation in the style of traditional Japanese watercolors.
Healthy eating for children is explained and how children can help themselves to improve their well-being, health and performance by eating properly.
This 30-minute, animated Bible video recounts the traumatic early years of Moses’ life, his privileged youth in Pharaoh’s household, and his dreary days of tending sheep in the Midian desert. Watch God’s awesome hand as He moves a tiny baby from a papyrus basket coated with tar and pitch to become the eventual deliverer of Israel!
The delirium of a neurotic advertising executive dissatisfied with life turns into a hallucinatory nightmare.
The history through a repressed Estonia. An experimental animation about a "Humanoid", a man who becomes "Humanchinoid" because of society's impact. He can manage to survive in the consumer's world, and maybe even in other infinities.
Fantasies of a little boy admiring a blooming flax field.
A lyrical sketch about how dreams can lead to the land of dreams and fairy tales.
Don't miss out on turning Radioactive Crotch Man into the explosive hilarious cinematic juggernaut that he was always meant to be!!!!!
A music clip OVA using full versions of songs from the anime.
Based on three classic Norwegian folk tales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe: The Little Boys Who Met the Trolls in Hedal Forest, Three Lemons and The Twelve Wild Ducks.
When his cat proves too lazy to lift a paw, a man resorts to setting mousetraps in order to catch an elusive, annoying critter.
Nanna and Lil' Puss Puss are in Egypt.
Follows the life of the people of Saratov in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In this original story by Hoshiyama Hiroyuki, Kitty White hears from friends about recent UFO sightings and goes to inspect one of the UFO crash sites, to learn more about it and the aliens that came with it.
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.
While playing in the jungle, Salam and his friend Mahmood the elephant find Hudhud, a talking hoopoe bird. Salam befriends Hudhud and decides to take care of him - and so begins the adventure of the trio! A fictional account of Surat Al Fil from the Quran, where Salam and his courageous friends are abducted by a wicked king who wants to destroy the Kaaba. Islamic values of faith, courage, friendship and family are emphasized throughout.
It's not easy to understand how children are born. There was something about a man and a woman. In this cartoon, four children talk freely in the way of men and women, sex, pregnancy and birth. They also come across something that is more difficult to understand: Sexual abuse to children committed by adults. This educational cartoon tells openly and humorously about a subject that all children should get proper information about.
Recap of the second season of Sailor Moon. Narrated by Usagi and Chibiusa.
When a South American fetish is stolen and then reappears the next morning, Tintin investigates.
The Last Elk re-imagines the story of the last of the wild Irish elk. Each animal is represented by a different musical sound; the elk experience peace, alongside harshness and strife, but always remain harmonious.
Based on a manga by Chuusonji Yutsuko, it tells the story of OL (office lady) extraordinaire and golf fanatic Oyamada Non. She is 23 and works at Major Products in Tokyo's commercial district, Marunouchi. Between bossing her bosses and managing her managers, she finds time to golf, shop, party, and pursue the important things in life, i.e., marriageable men.
Pumuckl meets the blue Klabauter to learn magic. But he has bad intentions for the little goblin. Nevertheless, Pumuckl still finds enough time for his funny pranks. Will he survive his new adventures?
4 Family Tales
Transferred to a new job, the Peoples family arrive on the planet Bolognia. Feeling very insecure about the move, they become even more intimidated by the sight of their hosts who are green, spotted and have antennae! Their new Bolognian neighbors, Charlick and Mavo Zox, find the look of the Earth family just as shocking. However, when little Benny Peoples gets "lost", he unwittingly brings the two families together and life on this new planet begins to look promising.
Can she get to the wedding in time in this claymation short?
Story of a sleepy alligator-taxi names Monty who has an important job. Each day Arthur the frog, Doris the duck, and Tom the rabbit ride on Monty's back across the river to and from school. The three friends complain about Monty's wobbling his speed, and anything else they can think of all the way there and all the way back. One day, Monty decides to take an alligator vacation from his three friends who are left to find their own way across the river
A young boy's games lead him into an uncanny dreamworld. This film uses intricate digital effects to create Chinese boxes; worlds within worlds.
A clay model animation, this story focuses on Yvonne, a teenage girl, growing up in Northern Ireland, who sees herself as overweight.
This was created by John Kay in 1992 using CGAL programming (no interface!) as his final term project at university. A very early all CG cartoon which was shown on TV in England on CH4 and ITV, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Premiere TV and many festivals worldwide including the London Film Festival.
Little Gloria is the worst witch-in-training ever to attend Madame Pestilence's Academy of Young Goblins and Witches. All the other students are busy learning their wicked magic spells and practicing flying broom drills, but Gloria can't seem to get it right. She's always getting in trouble for smiling too much and muddling her magic! But when Gloria hears about a wonderful holiday called Christmas from an enchanting storyteller, she is determined to become a Christmas Witch. First, however, she must prove herself worthy by ending the long and bitter feud between the Pepperwills and Valdoons. It won't be easy, but with the help of her newly found Christmas friends and a lot of love and generosity, Gloria is determined to bring peace and the spirit of Christmas to their planet.. even if Madame Pestilence tries to stop her.
In a house on a cliff by the sea, a man and a woman live together and eventually have children. When the mother disappears and the father goes for a swim in the sea, the baby is left to be raised by the twin brothers and the cruel, older sister. When they grow up secrets can only be kept for so long.
Hans Christian Andersen, from early age, regards himself as being different. Soon he discovers he has a shadow which takes over and behaves differently from it's master?
A rich American comes to Russia with a task from the government to convert some Russians to the "American faith". The American finds a ragged man named Pronka in the marketplace and makes a bet with him: he gives Pronka money and the opportunity to trade, and if he does not wash for 15 years, Pronka can take all the income for himself.
Two indigent street children in a developing country become the target of an HIV positive pedophile who attempts to lure them in with money.
The two twins, Jacek and Placek, start out as cruel and lazy boys whose main interest is eating, eating anything, including chalk and a sponge in school. One day they have the idea of stealing the moon; after all, it is made of gold.
Nightmarish pilot about Robert Potemkin, a man with deformed back, who lives in the attic of his family's house. One night, his siamese sisters plan a prank on him, but sentient lizards send him to a parallel world to save photo-people.
A homeless boy roams the city streets on Christmas Eve. Your dreams in shock with the harsh reality.
A Norwegian filmmaker applies for support from the public culture authority. The project is called "Historien om Terje Vigen" - an epic poem by Henrik Ibsen. A story about a sailor who suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. The applicant is turned down by an almost unanimous board. Arild Kristo reports the events through sketchy animations.
The story of a young deer deceived by appearances, or how a good deed in haste can be the cause of a tragedy.
Hasse is 8 years old. His parents are drinking and arguing. Every day Hasse picks up his diary from the hideout behind the radiator to write down his thoughts.
While working, Krteček discovers a spring. He finds out that the spring is a singing X factor and shares it with his friends. Suddenly, all you can hear in Krteček's world is lalálalá...
In this charming animated short, a musician drops his son off at day care and returns home to work. Suddenly, the telephone rings. His son leaves a message on the answering machine, "I love you, Daddy." The father tries to concentrate on his composition, but the telephone rings throughout the day, the messages becoming more poignant. Touched by his child's love, the musician, at last, begins to play a beautiful melody on his clarinet. His imagination soars into the clouds and beyond, eventually gliding down to Earth on the beam of a spotlight, where he performs before a full audience. Every seat is occupied by his son, who sings along, "La, la, la, la..."
Through a series of family snapshots, we are introduced to a family. The accompanying captions comment on everyday scenes featuring uncles, aunts and in-laws.
Short animated film by Tomoyasu Murata.
Animation created and premiered during the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 1998 at the National Gallery of Canada
The West. A prospector is awakened by the sound of music outside his cave to see an animal band and a chorus line of dancing cacti.
The film consists of three novels: the first novel about Gobustan, an ancient human settlement. The second novel deals with the theme of the East and women. The third novel tells about January 20, 1990 and the Khojaly tragedy.
Two bored gay lovers, one urban legend and a pet smaller than a hamster lead to this twisted film.
An angel named Timmy with help of a dog and mouse tries to give a less fortunate Boy and Girl A Teddy bear and doll for Christmas.