by Elie Chapuis

In a city at night, a human-shaped deer tries to steal a man’s identity by taking his head off.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental

by Daria Kashcheeva

A short story about saying goodbye.

In this MasterClass, the artist Aurora Gasull discussed her fascinating journey through what became known as Visual Music, abstract cinema, absolute cinema…; her personal motivations and tools at the beginning of this path, and their development until today, in chronological order.

• Documentary
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Making of
• Non-narrative

by Fokion Xenos

In the midst of a heatwave of insanity, two children find a way to cool everyone down!I A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid techique between cut out, claynimation and thousands of replacements pieces.

• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Abstract
• Experimental

by Sarah Koppel

“Serious Deadly Silence” is a one minute moment of 60 endangered species.

• Documentary

by Daniel Šuljić

Oil on glass, short animated film about changes in life, 2000.

• Drama
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Nadezhda Shibalova

Sasha is a little boy who loves airplanes and dreams to learn how to fly. After the death of his father, pilot Sasha has to go to his dream himself. It’s hard for him but there’s someone who always tries to help Sasha…

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Non-narrative

by Diana Cam Van Nguyen

This short film about life after the loss of a loved one deals with a difficult topic, using techniques of both live-action and animated film. Real experiences of the narrators are combined with animated sequences reconstructing painful situations, looking into the thoughts of three young people untimely exposed to death.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Tragedy

by Bety Suchanová

Animated essay about global situation of our society living in neoliberalism which tends to constant need of growth and increases inequality. Film is pointing out problems most of the people face in their everyday life without noticing it, and encourages us for seeking brighter prospects for the future and break through.

by Diego Nurse, Diëgo Nurse

A poetic portrait about how Beyong, a 30-year-old transgender who was forced to suppress her true self growing up, gives in to her subconsciousness and starts her transformation to the woman she is today.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Coming-of-Age

by Stelios Polychronakis

A doctor mysteriously discovers that he is required urgently at the village. He arrives there after a long and difficult journey, only to discover that the village is deserted.

• Drama
• Tragedy
• Experimental

by Anna Ginsburg

Talking genitals discuss masturbation, sexuality and vaginas in this intimate documentary. The film explores the insecurities and desires of a range of real people, with each voice visualized by a different animator: a collaboration of self-expression.

• Documentary
• Comedy
• Experimental

by Pauline Kortmann

Once upon a time, when the Wild West was still wild, a Cowgirl and a Werewolf travel the hostile land. As a chicken walks their way a fight about the appropriate use of it makes them forget the danger around, until it seems to be too late.

• Comedy
• Western
• Adventure

by David Bickerstaff

Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art – ranging from the delicate woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, to Pop Art posters, contemporary photography, Manga, film, and brand-new artworks that were created on the streets. The exhibition was a smash-hit five-star success and brought a younger and more diverse audience to the museum. The film uses the exhibition as a launchpad to travel to Tokyo itself, and explore the art and artists of the city more fully.

• Making of

by Lotte Reiniger

The classic story of a poor young tailor who comes into possession of a lamp containing a wish-granting genie is brought to life through Lotte Reiniger’s enchanting silhouette animation.

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Adventure
• Family

by Makoto Shinkai

A lonely young woman adopts a cat on a rainy day.

• Teenage

by Marina Karpova

A merry shape-shifter based on the famous fairy tale “The Wolf and the Seven Kids”.

• Comedy
• Family
• Fantasy

by Joanna Kożuch, Filip Pošivač, Barbora Valecká

This short, silent animated pilot for an upcoming children’s series plays with the canonical story of Noah’s Ark, in which Noah was tasked with saving pairs of animals from extinction. The creators, however, add a small but clever twist – a pair of creatures that Noah would definitely not have wanted to save.

• Comedy
• Family
• Adventure

by Géraldine Charpentier

Lou tells their story, the way they feel about gender. Girl or boy, he/she chose not to choose, for now.

• Drama
• Documentary
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental
• Making of

by Boris Šima

Pleasant film about unforgettable adventure with mammoth, experienced by troublesome schoolboy Jakub in museum.

• Comedy
• Experimental
• Adventure

by Timon Leder

A mouse gets trapped in a big truckle of cheese. Busy munching its soft core, he forgets about his famished friend outside. Meanwhile, the cat is waiting…

by Ruslan Synkevich

The little owl-splyushka really wants to sleep during the day, but she cannot sleep well because of her noisy neighbors.

by Nur Firdaus

It tells the story of four children who are very different in terms of physicality, where they live, the clothes they wear, the food they eat and the traditions they carry out, but the feelings such as happiness, sadness and affection they feel are the same thing, even though they live in different environments. .

• Family
• Coming-of-Age

by Milan Šebesta

Christmas Eve is a wonderful holiday. But you have to prepare for it properly. It’s worth buying some cake. Unless you sat on it.

• Comedy
• Family

by Pleix

• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Dance

by Raman Djafari

A music video.

by Chintis Lundgren

An introverted office worker daydreams of success.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Comedy
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Alec West

gggiiiiirrrrlllll by EDEN (Official Video)

• Music video

by Natalia Brożyńska, Tomasz-Jerzy Tumidajewicz

Rattlesnake Moan official music video from the debut live EP Rattlesnake Moan.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Tragedy
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Cyril Gfeller

More and more walls are springing up around the world. If they haven’t already been built, they’re being talked about and proudly championed like the idea of great wall of Calais or Trump’s even greater wall of Mexico.

• Music video
• Non-narrative
• Experimental

by Shynola

Queens of the Stone Age performs in the music video “Go with the Flow” from the album “Songs for the Deaf” recorded for Polydor Records. The features the band playing on the back of a Chevrolet pickup truck driving down a desert highway. Visually, the band is rendered in black and white against a red background.

• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Raoul Skinbeck

The Strobelite video is set in a vivid neon‑lit nightclub.

• Music video

by Simon Breeveld

An official music video for ECHT! – Permanent.

• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Abstract

by Mateusz Jarmulski

The sounds of women’s rights protests happening all around Poland turned into a dark revenge tale inspired by the slavic folk culture, a collaboration between director Mateusz Jarmulski and musician Resina.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Abstract
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Monika Kuczynieka

The music video that shows a woman from various perspectives – her caprices, inner and outside beauty, her shadows and demons.

• Music video
• Experimental
• Non-narrative

by Hoku Uchiyama

This was my first music video and to this day probably the hardest film I’ve ever made. I’m surprised and delighted that people still feature this in series and festivals. It’s dear to me, and I’m glad some folks get a kick out of it.

• Drama
• Music Videos
• Tragicomedy
• Experimental
• Musical

It is believed that art can touch upon things that are invisible or unspoken, engage a wide range of people in dialogue by analysing different experiences. One of such perspectives is represented by the artists with Down Syndrome, such as the Atelier Normalno community members. For some of them, video became a tool of emancipation. They use the aesthetics of advertising, television and cinema to create moving images art that is a sharp reaction to everyday topics. During the discussion, artist and co-curator of the Atelier Normalno Stanislav Turina and cinema historian and director Stanislav Menzelevskyi will reflect on how artists with disabilities convey modernity, what characters and issues they choose to convey their feelings, how inclusion can be present in culture and the role that video as an artistic instrument plays in it.

• Making of

Interview with juror of Animateka 2014 Andreas Hykade.

• Making of

by Sander Joon

• Making of

Join LALIFF and LatinX in Animation as we host LatinX short animation filmmakers from LALIFF Connect 2020. Moderated by Simón Wilches-Castro (Creative Director, Titmouse) and José Iñesta (CEO, Pixelatl), we will discuss the inspiration and structure behind the experimental animated shorts and explore the themes touched upon these shorts.

• Documentary
• Making of

• Drama
• Family
• Making of

Interview with Andrej Goričar at Animateka 2011.

• Making of

Aardman Animations is a legendary animation studio that has created classics like ‘Wallace & Gromit’ and ‘Chicken Run.’ See how they put together their latest move, ‘Early Man.’

• Documentary
• Comedy
• Family
• Making of

Priit talks on the creation of his film HOTEL E (1992). How he got the idea, the structure of the film, filling the basic structure with events, solutions for style of animation and visual design as well as describe the work process. The master class is moderated by Ukrainian animation director Mykyta Lyskov.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Non-narrative

Not a long time ago numerous animators all around the world have publicly endorsed Olga and Priit Pärns’ teaching methods. Indeed there is a lot to learn from them therefore we’re happy to share with you “Pilots on the Way Home” making of so you can find out about the secrets of Piusa Cave sand, home-made inventions such as vacuum cleaner made from children utensils that allows perfection in loose material animation as well as ways to get Belarusian filmmakers to Canada.

• Making of

by Bára Anna Stejskalová

A candid discussion between a director and a producer on the challenges and triumphs of creating a stop-motion musical. Featuring acclaimed director Bára Anna Stejskalová (Love Is Just a Death Away, 9 Million Colors) and Emmy Award-winning producer Jakub Košťál (Bionaut Animation, CZ), the session will dive into the intricacies of the genre, touching on topics like working with directors of photography, navigating budgets, overcoming production setbacks, and handling very tricky puppets. It’s an honest talk about the highs and lows of stop-motion filmmaking.

• Musical
• Fantasy
• Making of

Director interview with Ignas Meilunas at Animatricks 2021.

• Documentary
• Making of

Interview with Anu-Laura Tuttelberg at Animateka 2012.

• Making of

by Marcin Giżycki

A secret life of monumental sculptures from The Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.

• Documentary
• Making of
• Experimental

“Missing Link” is the latest feature from Laika Studios, which makes some of today’s biggest stop motion animated movies. Their latest stars Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, and Zoe Saldana. Director Chris Butler talked to us about all the work that went into bringing this movie to life. It involved years of work and over 100 handcrafted sets.

• Documentary
• Adventure
• Family
• Making of

by Flora Anna Buda

Flora Anna Buda, the director of 27, the multi-award-winning film, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. 27 won many awards including the Palme d’Or for a short film at the Festival de Cannes and the Cristal for best animated short at the Annecy Film Festival.

• Drama
• Coming-of-Age
• Experimental
• Making of

by Bettina Boros, Brigitta Boros

The experiences and thoughts of puppeteers and two animation students about how the dead material comes alive.

• Documentary
• Experimental
• Making of

You came for the zombies, but you stayed for the characters. ParaNorman, the second film from LAIKA Studios, is full of lovably unique characters whose distinctive stop-motion puppets were built by hand with belly-movers, metal armatures, guitar-tuning devices, and more.

• Documentary
• Making of

The talk focuses on the interdisciplinary relations between various areas of knowledge, that were the sources of inspiration for the creation of the final imagery, sound, and movement in the animated works of Miguel Pires de Matos. With a background in architecture, music and animated film, Miguel Pires de Matos will discusses some of the strategies and abstract operations behind his short film 4 Estados da Matéria (4 States of Matter, 2018) and the film he co-directed with other guest architects for MONSTRA Animation Festival in Lisbon, titled compositio III (2012).

• Making of

Interview with directors Ivana Bosnjak & Thomas Johnson.

• Documentary
• Making of

• Family
• Fantasy
• Making of

by Kayu Leung

The history of the Cultural Revolution in the 60s in China…from the perspective of a mango…from a factory.

• Documentary
• Tragedy
• Bio-pic
• Making of

Nikita Diakur on Ugly Aesthetics and Interactive Animation and his latest animated short Ugly.

• Making of

Director interview with Michaela Mihalyi & Carolina Sandvik.

• Documentary
• Making of

The fourth installment in the beloved “Toy Story” franchise achieves a level of detail and realism unseen in any Disney/Pixar project yet. See how it all came to life at the legendary Pixar studios, step by step: beginning with the story and artwork stage, onto 3D computer modeling, shading and surfacing, layout, voice acting, character animation, simulation, lighting, effects, scoring, sound mixing, and the final render.

• Documentary
• Family
• Making of
• Adventure

This clip is taken from a 1938 short called “How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made”.

• Documentary
• Making of

Interview with Elio’s directors, Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian as well as producer Mary Alice Drumm.

• Making of
• Family
• Adventure
• Sci-Fi

Interview with Marta Pajek at Animateka Festival.

• Making of

Pixar provides their LIVE review of Pixar’s first teaser trailer for “Inside Out 2” on November 9, 2023.

• Making of

by Tess Martin

A fisherman experiences a moment of connection with a female humpback whale off the coast of San Francisco. Is it an example of inter-species communication, or a mysterious fluke?

• Documentary
• Experimental
• Making of

Rosamund Pike, the voice for Moominmamma, and Taron Egerton, the voice for Moomintroll, tell Moomin.com what it’s like to give a voice to a character with such a strong, loving fanbase, and why they think so many people love the Moomin stories and the philosophy behind them.

• Fantasy
• Family
• Making of

by Hawley Pratt

Pink replaces all the yellow posies in a garden with pink ones.

• Comedy

by David Lynch

Randy's family experiences bloody accidents.

• Comedy

by Jaromír Plachý

Our piglet is still experiencing some adventure. Discover the magic of vacuum cleaners, wires or the fact that things sometimes buzz. Rediscover the world! According to the books of the same name, there is now an animated miniseries for the youngest and even those who have already learned to walk and talk. Our piggy is yours too!

by Marcell Jankovics, Elek Lisziák

EPISODES: King Kitty / The Salt Princess / A Fox Seek Shelter / The Little Pig and the Wolves / The Pork Pudding / Brother Fox / The Pussycat Princess / Only Donkeys Don’t Eat the Spoon / Green Peter / Bees on the Train / The Giant Beanstalk / The Little Walnut / The Poor Cobbler and the King of the Winds

• Fantasy
• Comedy
• Family

by Marcell Jankovics, Mária Horváth, József Haui & others

EPISODES: Brave Prince Nick / The Giant Tree / The Jackdaw Girls / The Two Old Friends / The Princess Three Pigs and Three Birthmarks / The Two Princes with Hair of Gold / The Fox Princess / The Mayor’s Clever Daughter / The Star-Eyed Shepherd / The Simple Prince / One-Eyed, Two-Eyed, Three-Eyed / The Horse-Egg / The Little Puli Dog

• Comedy
• Fantasy
• Family

by David Lynch

A doctor arrives after Randy shocks himself while trying to fix a broken lamp.

• Comedy

by Kati Glaser

EPISODES: The Human Body / Felting / The Class Trip / Women’s Whim / Vitamin Bomb / Family Inheritance / Hysteria / The Best Job / Love / Those Wild Trees / Fashion Safari / About my Father / Mini Canines and Other Kinds

by Marcell Jankovics, Mária Horváth, Annamária Toró & others

EPISODES: The Soldier’s Luck / Starving Matthias / The Witch / The Cricket / The King Who Did Not Want His Daughter To Marry / The Prince Who Wanted To Live Forever / The Hen and the Sloe Berry / Dan the Dancer / Peter and Paul / The Princess’ Shoes /Cinderella / The Wolf’s Joke / The King Who Did Not Want His Daughter To Marry

by Jaromír Plachý

Our piglet is still experiencing some adventure. Discover the magic of vacuum cleaners, wires or the fact that things sometimes buzz. Rediscover the world! According to the books of the same name, there is now an animated miniseries for the youngest and even those who have already learned to walk and talk. Our piggy is yours too!

by Marcell Jankovics, Zoltán Madarász, József Haui & others

EPISODES: Jack Crow / The Pin, the Dog, the Crayfish, the Egg and the Cockerel / First the Dance and the Feast / Abeles-Kobeles / The Poor Man’s Vineyard / The Contrary Wife and the Devil / The Magic Mill / Little Diodennis / Pinko / The Hedgedog / The Diligent Girl and the Lazy Girl / The Astronomer, the Thief, the Huntsman and the Tailor / The Gold Coin and the Hat

by Božena Možíšová

The series follows a young girl named Dorotka and her loyal parrot, Koko, as they experience various cheerful, imaginative, and sometimes adventurous stories. In the episode “Dorotka a hvězda” (1977), the pair encounters a star.

• Comedy

by Thomas Szabo

MINUSCULE revolves around the day-to-day existence of insects which are presented in burlesque situations, with a fair amount of philosophical contemplation thrown in. A cross between a Tex Avery cartoon and a National Geographic documentary!

• Comedy
• Family

by Moustapha Alassane

In this colorful stop-motion animation with a satirical edge, a carnival of animals—including a frog, a chameleon, and a bird—compete in a wild wrestling match.

• Action
• Comedy

by Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow

An official Cannes selection and winner of festival prizes and awards worldwide, ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE is a daringly ambitious dive into the chaos of war, based on the book by the journalist Ryszard “Ricardo” Kapuściński, one of the world’s most compelling chroniclers of conflict. Intercutting a graphically bold animation style with interviews and archival footage, the visually striking film conveys a rare immediacy as it tells of the outbreak of civil war following Angola’s independence from Portugal in 1975. Against all advice, Kapuściński is intent on driving south into the heart of the bloody conflict to find the isolated rebel leader Farrusco. His animated trip through corpse-strewn roads conveys an undeniable urgency, while the documentary testimony reminds us that we are watching actual history.

by Florence Miailhe

An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country. A story about the neverending effort to find a new home, where we can find a better life. An effort for which we are willing to risk our lives. On this journey of hope people overcome various perils and experience the most terrible of situations. They are fueled by the awareness of who they really are, what they are running from and what they are hopeful of. In the end an experience like that becomes a story worth telling again and again.

by Lotte Reiniger

The animals of Africa pitch in to help Dr. Dolittle tend to a troop of ailing gorillas, orangutans, and baboons.

• Adventure

by Lotte Reiniger

A poor young fisherman tries to rescue the Emperor of China's daughter.

• Drama

by Lotte Reiniger

The caliph of Baghdad is transformed into a stork by his wicked uncle in this adaptation of a tale by Wilhelm Hauff.

• Drama
• Fantasy

by Félix Dufour-Laperrière

A true animated film about invented islands. About a physical, imaginary, linguistic, political territory. About a real or dreamed country, or something in between. Archipelago is a feature film made of drawings and speeches, that tells and dreams a place and its inhabitants, to tell and dream a little of our world and times.

by Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson

Michael Stone, a man living a dull life, is tired of his monotonous routine. However, things change when he meets a stranger on a business trip.

by Karen Yasinsky

Over the course of these two stop-motion films, made by Karen Yasinsky in 1999, a woman—with the help of a pair of ruby-red slippers—delves into her fantasies and confronts good and evil before returning safely to the reality of her life.

• Drama

by David Lynch

This experimental short film presents a sick woman's nightmare involving living representations of the alphabet.

• Horror
• Experimental

by Satomi Maiya, Yutaro Kubo

Little Shiva has nowhere to go until she’s taken in by a mysterious being who calls himself “Teacher.” The curse of the Outsiders will spread by the slightest touch, yet the two grow closer every day as they search for the people they once knew.

by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

This tender interview between film director Jonas and his school friend Amin, years after they first met, blossoms into an extraordinary story of love, survival and resilience. Vibrant animation paints the story of Amin’s departure from what had been a happy childhood home in Afghanistan, subsequently fractured by war, to his current life as a successful academic in Denmark. As he prepares to take the next step in his commitment to long-term partner Kasper, Amin recalls his former fears of persecution and how there wasn’t a word for homosexuality in Afghanistan.