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Terror at sea befalls a lonely sailor caught in the fatal grip of treacherous storm.

The Magic Riddle is a 1991 Australian animated feature film directed and written by Yoram Gross. The film's plot features elements of famous fairytales including Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio. Robyn Moore provides the voice of Cindy and various other characters.

A composite portrait of the human body assembled from details captured by close-up photography of over five hundred men and women of all ages and from all over the world.

Cartoon about a music hall entertainer who takes the old showbiz adage "the show must go on" to ridiculous extremes.

A woman travelling on the underground is bedeviled with images of desire. What She Wants – wholly created on an Amiga 1500 home computer – is a film about sex and shopping, the social deployment of sexuality, and capitalism in detumescence.

12-year-old Sira lives in a hidden home in Barcelona's urban park. After finding an enchanted necklace, she discovers a magical realm mirroring her emotions and must balance both worlds to restore harmony.

A precious animated short from the pioneer of Italian animation Liberio Pensuti, commissioned by the Italian National Fascist Federation against Tuberculosis (Federazione Italiana Nazionale fascista per la lotta contro la tubercolosi), part of a massive awareness campaign enacted from 1930 to 1940.

Agathe, aged 90, lives as a recluse in a snow-covered cabin. Frede, her daughter, visits her with the intention of bringing her closer to her in a nursing home in town. But between the disembowelled fox on the doorstep and her mother's disturbing behaviour, the visit takes a different turn.

Identity theft isn't all bad. Right?

A penguin tries to save his family from the damage that global warming has caused to their habitat.

On Christmas Eve, two completely different neighbours want the same thing.

Back stroke butterfly, front crawl and bras, we are awash in an ocean of bubbles. Meanwhile Captain Ahab sets sail on his magic carpet in search of the whale. All is not well in the world but Eden is there, fresh from her garden, tuning into “The Far Away Land”. We are deep in the cloud of our own making but help is at hand, and everything might yet be alright.

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by Prince Charles.

Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.

A researcher discovers the key to immortality: beet! Those who surround themselves with its scent will live forever. An impenetrable magenta atmosphere envelops the planet. Immortality spreads like a virus, death is impossible.

What was it like, before the birth of the universe? Does reality exists just because we are able to perceive it ? A girl tries to answer the big questions.

Bloom is back home on her first school break, but the weird dreams she was having at Alfea have come with her. These dreams are trying to tell her something important.

A crane, a high-rise building and a water house meet on the Main.

A young lonely lion crosses an arid and desert Savannah. He discovers that the only source of water is kept by a tyrannical buffalo.

A very short story about a rat.

Lye created a series of scratched images in the 1950s – more regular or geometric than his usual style – to accompany Rock ‘n’ Rye, a track by jazz guitarist Tal Farlow, but he did not get far with the editing. He returned to the material in 1980 but died before it was completed. His assistant Steven Jones finished the film under the supervision of Lye’s widow Ann, who had been closely involved with all of Lye’s American films. - Harvard Film Archive

In the Bavarian village of Schladerbach, the kobold Hatschipuh and his comrades live, of whose existence only Grandpa Reiter is aware. When the building constructor Lederer builds himself a new mansion, the subterranean settlement of the kobolds gets destroyed, and Grandpa Reiter sees himself forced to move them into his barn. But this abode as well is soon threatened: Since the farm is no longer profitable, Father Reiter plans to sell it…

King Edward I has launched a full invasion of Scotland. His next move is a siege of the Urquhart Castle, by Loch Ness. Scottish Governor Alexander De Forbes must defend the castle from the invaders. But the commotion of war will come to a halt when a slumbering ancient power is disturbed: the Loch Ness Monster.

Angelina shines brighter than ever in this all-new movie! Ms. Mimi announces that there’s going to be a big talent show at Camembert Academy – and the winner will walk away with the Shining Star Trophy. With celebrity guest judge Perry Parmesan deciding the winner, every minute of practice counts. But when Angelina goes out of her way to help her friends find their special talents, she has little time to work on her own routine. Who will take center stage and win the Shining Star Trophy? Watch as Angelina follows her heart to become a true shining star!

A blond guy runs his business by polishing his nails and transforming the customers.

June 2013, it’s time for the eagerly-awaited event at the Youth Cultural Center in city Brique-sur-mer: the end-of-year drama class show. Through a chain of untimely events, the two stars of the play find themselves stuck outside the theatre hall.

In an animal school in the heart of Africa a giraffe wonders about the trip to Paris.

Elisabeth aka "Sissi", dazzles Franz. Her mother wishes to marry him to her sister. Torn between her house and palaces, she does not follow court rules. She wants to win over her future mother-in-law. She always has the support of Franz.

Alexandre Alexeieff and wife Claire Parker demonstrate and comment on animation techniques used to create illustrations for books like Zhivago and films such as The Nose and Night on Bald Mountain.

When she saw Francois Truffaut's Day For Night, Angelique discovered that it was possible to dream up her life.

A budgie finds itself in a luxurious wellness hotel that promises stressed birds peace and relaxation. But between the lulling sound of the fountains and soothing massages, it longs only to return to the safety of its cage.

A young pangolin is brought up in a family of hedgehogs. Feeling like an outsider, his hedgehog mother confesses to him that he has been adopted. He leaves in search of answers. He begins a journey to find himself but he will end up finding his real family...

The tale of a black cat who gets caught up in a Halloween battle between an army of good pumpkins and a hoard of evil witches and their spells. Set in America mid-west in the 1950’s, it’s a classic story of regeneration and the triumph of good over evil, and at its centre is the special relationship between the cat and one of the pumpkins.

In Aix-en-Provence, feminist slogans dot the walls of the city. This is the work of "Les colleuses". Their goal: to claim their place in the public space, and to denounce patriarchal violences. For a month, we follow young Ameline and her friends. They tell us about their process, the reasons for their commitment, their doubts and their hopes.

Battling against the wilderness and his own ego, Bill struggles to impress Deb with below-par outdoor skills and shocking behaviour, until their last-ditch camping trip takes a sinister turn.

Nik gets distracted during a game of dodgeball.

Since many years the jungle-animals have been living together peacefully. Of course there had been fights, but the strong and intelligent Lion King always managed to settle them. The Panther however had been envious on the power of the king for a long time. When the lioness got a baby and the lion did not worry so much about the animals, the Panther instigated the animals against their king. The Lion and his family were brought out of the jungle and the Panther ruled like a tyrant. The lion baby grew up far away from his homeland. One day he heard from the birds, how much the animals in the jungle had suffered from the Panther’s cruelty. He started thinking, how to help the animals.

Short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

In a land far away and full of ancient marvels, the battles of the young prince Ali, fighting for the succession of his land and the freedom of his people, take place at the hands of a terrible tyrant.

This is the morning of a young Nigerian woman's wedding preparations. As she gets ready surrounded by the women of her family, she questions her life choices.

A lonely woman sends off for a special mail-order package.

Passengers on a cruise ship are forced to come to terms with their inevitable doom. The female captain looks for the right words, and a group of children wants to do something nice for an animal that has died.

Never-released early experiments, animation drawings and tests from Oskar Fishcinger.

An excellent example of how sometimes dialogue is not necessary, Totems is a visual display of our inner animal disposition. A lumberjack is working in a forest when a tree falls down and his leg gets stuck. As he is trapped in a beautiful but cruel environment, the despair awakens his primal instincts.

A German Film Award winning spsatirical animation looking at modern day attitudes to “specialists”.

The story of Lupe & Bruno, she is in love and he doesn't seem interested. The story unfolds at the public transport stop as they grow up.

An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger

It's March 21, 1945. You’re a young navigator in the Royal Air Force. You’re flying in formation all headed for the same target: the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen. But in the critical minutes leading up to the planned attack, a sudden explosion wreaks havoc and disorients you. Should you drop the bombs? And where should you drop them?

Early in the morning in the square of a small Swiss village, preparations are underway for a big celebration. Volunteers are busy getting everything ready... and the first musicians are arriving.

Sydney, Australia, 1920. A burnt female body is discovered. There is almost no evidence at the crime scene, but Commissioner Dick thinks that a homicide has been committed. Meanwhile, Eugène, a sailor, alone at his hotel room, immerses himself in his memories: the disappearance of his wife Annie is one of them.

Softly, slugs trace their way across wet lips. Snakes glide gently through fingers, while a bear embraces a woman's body with a loving hug. “Sensual” offers an unusual, subjective, and deeply intimate perspective on the feeling of physical closeness and tenderness.

A very tiny fish sails in a vast underwater city. Is he too small to see the world?

Kiki the canary only knows his cage and the old lady who feeds him. He dreams of flying with the free birds from outside. When at last the door of the cage stays open, he escapes and discovers the big outside where it’s necessary to know how to fly. Finally, being a free bird, it’s scary.