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Curious and intrigued by technological advances, Fischinger here also experiments with "synthetic sound" (he would not be the only one: later Norman McLaren played a lot with it). Thus he contructed the optical sound track directly onto the film. But beyond identifying harmonics and noises, he sought to understand to what sound emissions corresponded the geometrical and regular designs which, visibly, appear in their turn synchronously on the screen as true and proper "ornaments" of the sound which is being produced.

A 1986 set of three French clay animation shorts: The Multi-Coloured Little Circus and The Two Little Nightwalkers, both by Jacques Remy-Girerd, and The Baby Seal by Pierre Veck.

It is a very stormy day today. Nevertheless Teddy is visiting his friends. Grummel, the old grumpy bear gives him his umbrella, because on such a stormy day it will probably begin to rain. So thinks Mo, the Kangaroo, and gives an umbrella to her daughter Mi, who wants to go with Teddy. But the umbrella disturbs Mi when jumping. Thus she stretches it - and was carried off by the wind. First Mi enjoyed the situation, but after a short while she wants to come back to the ground. Teddy called all his friends. And together they have an idea.

Festive children's animation following the adventures of a young elf who graduates to Santa's workshop. Unfortunately, as hard as Spike tries, he struggles to adapt to life in the workshop and cause no end of trouble. From the award winning producer of Jungle Bunch, Spike is the amazing story of how a little elf save Christmas.

Aghilas, a young Algerian, is consumed by a life that offers him nothing in his native country. The prospect of an elsewhere will push him and a group of harraga to accomplish a dangerous crossing.

'For the Love of God' is the wickedly irreverent tale of Graham (Coogan); an over-grown man-child still living at home under the suffocating glare of his elderly Mother, in her dusty and forgotten Christian bookshop. Graham has a terrible secret - an unholy fantasy - which only he and his Mother's pet Jackdaw (McKellen) know about. Spurred on by the sinister bird and the possibility of consummating his perverse desire, will Graham do the deed before his Mother uncovers the awful truth?

The family Pintín: Ada, Bepo and grandfather Fierro must rescue Luna, the youngest daughter of the family, who was kidnapped by humans and taken to an island that functions as a private zoo.

Afrobeat emerged in Lagos, Nigeria in the 1970s. The film follows an Afrobeat tube broadcast, from its early morning studio recording, to selling vinyl records and cassette tapes in town, into the evening where people dance feverishly to the music.

This is a super short visualisation of the heart breaking tale of Echo and Narcissus. The animation is a segment for a film commissioned by the Science Museum for a new permanent exhibition about the Echo satellite.

The Marshalls seem like they live an idyllic life, but all is not what it seems. Mrs Marshall is hiding a dark secret in the depths of the house

Born from the steam of a cloud, Tukuy is a wind spirit destined to endless transformation. On her final day before becoming a volcano, she embarks on a journey beyond the rainbow that trembles between the mountains. Along the way, she discovers that the true miracle is not what lasts forever, but learning how to exist — to embrace the present before it dissolves into the air. A poetic fable about change, memory, and the fleeting beauty of the world.

At the beginning of autumn, a squirrel prepares its reserves for winter, harvesting acorns, chestnuts and hazelnuts. As he finishes his inventory, he realizes that he is missing one nut. When he finds it, a crow flies at him, triggering a frantic chase through the branches in the forest.

Does life, perhaps, consist in being in the right place at the right time? Could it consist in interpreting and following the signs?

The tragic story of the encounter between the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and the emperor Moctezuma, lord of the Mexica Empire, through the words and mediation of a woman called Malinche.

An old man remembers his brother from photographs, whom he only meets again in a late rubble world. This brother is a bomber pilot. The old man drives a wheelchair through a landscape that resembles the end of time.

Toby is selling his childhood home. Walking through empty rooms, he is assailed by memories of happiness unravelling, break-down, and the helplessness and rage of being child. Why do close ties break and loved ones leave? Can we ever know the full story? And what do you do when your family's gone?

A humorous description of how a human baby is conceived and develops in the womb, from fertilization to birth.

Through an animated conversation, scientists explore if everyone can live well without harming the environment and reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.

The entrepreneurial turning point of one of the most heinous and powerful criminal organizations on the planet: the 'Ndrangheta, told through the life and death of an ordinary man.

Pig lives at the top of a hill in a town surrounded by a destructive, dark cloud. Before Pig’s father leaves to find a solution to the cloud, he builds Pig a small wooden dam to protect him and the town. The dam’s windmill keeps the cloud at bay, and Pig now has the responsibility to care for the dam. Young and alone, Pig finds love and family through his friendship with Fox, and continues to care for the townsfolk in a variety of ways. However, Pig struggles with the absence of his father, and his desire to search for his father competes with his need to keep the town safe.

Director Zlata Potancokova Belli is behind this engaging, colorful animated tale. The story follows young Ali Baba who, with his little sister, embarks on a seafaring journey in search of his missing father and brother. Aboard a huge ship owned by the Sultan, they are hit by a tremendous and violent storm, and end up shipwrecked on a desert island.

Under the shadow of a mysterious Mountain in a remote part of South Africa, where legends of the local Bapedi people say that those who go there never come back, Thato has to face her fears in order to save her sick brother.

Inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe story "The Tell-Tale Heart," this is the story of Ed, a middle-aged nervous-laughing insane man who lives in his family manor, and of his plans to murder his elderly demented father and dispose of the corpse.

The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their everlasting lives on top of their mountain. Therefore they're only mildly amazed by the ongoings in the valley below, they've got their own little problems to deal with - But all of a sudden, Mankind is discovering and inventing, instead of just woozeling, and this new behavior starts to threaten Hew's and Kew's stoic peacefulness...

A little boy on vacation at the seaside meets an invisible girl who takes him to her world.

Vulvina has just separated from her ex, but a strange encounter will change her love life forever and perhaps even endanger her kingdom.

2030. After years of chaos, a ruined Paris is plunged into the Long Night. Life has returned to normal, but since ME came to power, the demons within the people have never been more ferocious. They hunt down FAUNA, a huge luminescent creature that tries to preserve the fragile life of this world. The destinies of RED, a rebellious teenager, PAUL, a former star singer, but also of YASS, MAGDA and GEORGE will gather them around the same objective on the evening of the solstice of the Long Night. Will they be able to find the resources to save the FAUNA, the spirit of life, while ME is preparing to announce the dawn of a new era that could well lead humanity to its doom?

In a dystopian society where the only acceptable behaviour is unquestioning conformity, for those unable to adhere to this, there is a specialist rehabilitation centre. Here compliance is the only option. Here begins The Process.

The body of a young woman is slowly consumed by insects.

Encircling its central square, a new town emerges in all its diversity. A crossroad of stories, edifications, hopes, and conflicts altogether. Social ties and cultures take root. People nurture sympathy and care for their equals, but also animosity towards those who are different. It does not take long for an ‘us versus them’ atmosphere to take over. From the Main Square is an interactive VR experience that invites the viewer to witness the rise and fall of a divided society. A civilization blossoms, with all its contradictions, only to become a danger to itself.

A British clown invents a device which shows all people in grotesque sizes.

What's there after death? Is there life on the other side or maybe just silence? The story follows the protagonist, Martin, who after losing his life in his bathroom by accident, finds himself in an dreamlike and surrealist world where his memories intersect without any apparent order or meaning. The experiences play out at the same time and from the perception that he maintains of these memories that were, in the end, lived by him. This is the reality where he will live forever.

AMILA is a 9 year old girl who was born with health problems, and lately has dizziness and headache, so it has to go to the hospital. With his friends Fede and Mai, receives therapy sessions due to illness of the bones of glass. The days of hospitalization are long and annoying, but with the help of all the friends always becomes more pleasant and even fun.

A man whose physique forces him to look down tries to find love.

Dad Bear Teddy explains to the other side of the hill there is a forest where many animals live in the wild. In the stream, Teddy meets another bear as he called Cub and invites him to his home ...

The dread is laying there, a disembodied container carried by the wake. Its reconnection to its past, present and future vibrates as it hums into and through the distance forming its own Space Time as it hears its instructions. This is how to accommodate the ricochets - how to become bionic.

In a village on the edge of the desert, 12-year-old Ahmed is destined to take over his father’s forge but he dreams only of adventures, wilderness and freedom. With 2 young nomads that he befriends, Slimane and Mançoura, he will learn the secrets of the desert. Together they will discover the mine that just opened. Despite the gold that it seems to promise, they will face its darkness. Exhausted bodies, polluted springs, destruction of the village social structure. Confronted with the hopelessness of his own people, the hell of the mines and Mançoura’s forced marriage, Ahmed will work up the courage to assert himself. And as he struggles he will shape a future for his land and his people.

When a robotic rover starts drilling for signs of life on Mars, the race is on for one tiny rock-beast to save her native community from the invader from Earth.

A group of children are transported through a portal to another dimension where they are thrilled to discover a magical amusement park just for them.

Greta's grandma is so boring! When she falls asleep on the couch, Greta has the idea of playing out her funeral. This brings them face to face with a question they had never shared: what remains when you leave life behind you?

On a deserted beach, a little guy embarks on a mysterious ship. This is how his journey starts, a journey between dream and reality.

Two shoplifters recount the day they were caught and held in supermarket prison, and the lifelong ban which followed.

On an unknown planet, an old space farmer is working with his robot partner to move equipment around. From the outset, there is some obvious friction between the two characters, and a feeling of differing priorities. When the farmer makes an interesting discovery, will that clash of priorities push them into conflict with each other? What impact will the conflict have on the newly found object?

Life is sometimes a kiwi.

Animated adaptation of poetry by Sir Clement Markham.

A cheerful cloud made friends with a huge whale. But it turns out that in a difficult moment, even a very small cloud can become strong and save his friend.

Eight-year-old Imani is a spirited girl living with her grandmother in the village of Alkeboulane. Her greatest dream? To play the djembe, just like her late father— and her brother, who carries on his legacy. But in Alkeboulane, women are forbidden to touch the instrument— doing so would risk invoking a powerful curse. When a relentless drought strikes, Imani embarks on a perilous journey deep into the wild : she must seek Denga, the god of abundance, and uncover the truth hidden within the forest. Can Imani save her village— and break the ancient curse of the djembe? A heart-pounding tale of music, magic, and courage, where one girl’s rhythm could change the fate of her world.

A stop-motion animated short based on the misadventures of Aztrokitifk and Mario, two misfit characters from Ivan Manuppelli's comic strips. The two protagonists are unlikely criminals grappling with a kidnapping that will backfire and result in a total failure. The failed adventures of Aztrokitik and Mario take place inside their battered little theater, like in a grotesque vaudeville to the rhythm of Dixieland music.

At her father’s request, Coline returns to her childhood bedroom to sort through her belongings. The various objects she finds remind her of childhood memories that stick to her and that she will finally accept to leave behind…

During a family dinner, a young woman recounts her experience as a member of a humanitarian organization in Iraq.

Commissioned by Arthur.

The salutary tale of a genius mathematician who discovers that mankind is heading for environmental disaster. Ignored by all, he sets out to prove it — however the proof, represented by “a little black box”, is taken up by those previous doubters and exploited.