Category

Professional films

41–60 of 2,117 films

  • Jefferson Circus Songs

    1973 All audiences 19 min

    by Suzan Pitt

    In a fantasy world, life-size cardboard animations interact with children clad in clown wigs, monkey masks, and princess costumes. Together, they host a carnival of surreal goings-on.

    • Abstract
    • Fantasy
  • Journey to the Beginning of Time

    1955 All audiences 86 min

    by Karel Zeman

    One day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey through prehistory, up to the beginning of time.

    • Action
    • Family
    • Adventure
  • I Love You So Much

    2014 Adults 3 min

    by Leah Shore

    Pillow talk takes a surreal turn in a shape-shifting blend of live action and animation.

    • Drama
  • The Hat

    1964 All audiences 18 min

    by Faith Hubley, John Hubley

    Two soldiers, voiced by Dizzy Gillespie and Dudley Moore, patrol the border between their countries. One of them drops his hat, and a dialogue (and an improvised jazz duet) about the possibility of peace through world law ensues.

    • Drama
  • Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

    1984 All audiences 10 min

    by Ayoka Chenzira

    This brash, inventive cartoon musical—a landmark of independent animation—satirizes Eurocentric beauty standards while celebrating the natural beauty of Black hair.

    • Drama
    • Musical
  • TRICHOTILLOMANIA!

    2021 Adults 4 min

    by Kelly Schiesswohl

    The story of one girl's Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can't stop pulling out her hair.

    • Tragicomedy
  • Shugo Tokumaru – Poker

    2014 Adults 4 min

    by Mirai Mizue & Yukie Nakauchi (MIRAI FILM)

    Official animated music video for Shugo Tokumaru's Poker created by Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi.

    • Music video
    • Non-narrative
  • Spin

    2010 Adults 4 min

    by Max Hattler

    When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred…

    • Non-narrative
  • Sync

    2011 Adults 9 min

    by Max Hattler

    A circular looping animation projection installation.

    • Non-narrative
  • 1923 aka Heaven

    2010 Adults 2 min

    by Max Hattler

    1923 aka Heaven is one of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage. 1923 is based on Lesage's painting 'A symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World' from 1923.

    • Non-narrative
  • Shift

    2012 Adults 3 min

    by Max Hattler

    Using the New Age idea of a 'dimensional shift' as inspiration, Shift combines science fiction themes through abstract, stop motion animation of objects and colour.

    • Non-narrative
  • by Martin Kukal

    Filmmaker and pedagogue Martin Kukal occasionally makes music videos. One of his latest creations is the music video for a song by Sváťa and Martina from the town of Slaný, set near the Red Pond and starring various good-natured ghosts and fairy-tale beings.

    • Music video
  • Coda

    2024 Adults 5 min

    by Thor Sivertsen

    The Norwegian director’s abstract animation works with floating and unstable organic shapes. Constantly moving, they create entirely new forms. The film’s plasmatic structure unusually combines digital images with natural motifs and conveys feelings of cold and warmth.

    • Experimental
  • Kadanov / Kononov: Novyny

    2025 Adults 3 min

    by Sergii Bublyk

    A conversation with the viewer about the mutual influence between news and people: how news affects people, how people shape events and how events in turn become news. The story unfolds across two worlds: semi-realistic and abstract/metaphorical. These worlds complement each other, occasionally interact and often flow seamlessly into one another.

    • Music video
  • by Sander Joon

    The Primanima International First-Film Animation Festival is back, marking its 10th edition in Budaörs this year. This year, the animated short films arrive earlier than usual—running from October 5 to 8—at the Mór Jókai Cultural Center and BABtér, with Saturday events also taking place at the Municipal Youth Club. In addition to screenings for adults, teens, and children, there will once again be workshops, discussions, and, of course, parties. Professional programs are taking on a new format, and Primanima Jumpstart—a hybrid talent development program—is launching as well.

  • by Virginia Mori

    An interview with Virginia Mori, the author of the short animated film Haircut (Animateka 2015 Jury Jean_Luc Slock's Special mention)

  • 20 Questions With Nick Park

    2009 All audiences 21 min

    by Nick Park

    To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wallace & Gromit we asked members of their official website to submit their questions to Nick Park. 20 of the best were selected and put to Nick in a special video interview shot in the brand new Aardman cinema!

  • by Billy Roisz

    Billy Roisz is one of the best-known figures on the Austrian experimental scene. Her ability to translate experimental music into visual memory images is particularly noteworthy, revealing borrowings from minimal art and conceptual art. She specializes in feedback video and video/sound interaction by using monitors, cameras, video mixingdesks, a selfbuilt videosynth, computer, a bass guitar and sometimes turntables for video and sound generating.

  • by Panni Gyulai

    We interviewed Panni Gyulai, whose film *Broken Things* won the PrimAlter Jury Award at the 8th Primanima festival, while Csaba Kalotás took home the PrimaSound Special Award for the film's sound design. Panni spoke to us about the process of creating films inspired by personal experiences.