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A sly political satire realized through charming hand-drawn animation, BON VOYAGE SIM features one of director Moustapha Alassane’s many beloved cartoon frogs as Monsieur Sim, the president of the Republic of Toads, who faces a crisis when he returns home from a “diplomatic” trip abroad.
This experimental short film presents a sick woman's nightmare involving living representations of the alphabet.
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.
Widely believed to be the very first animated feature film, Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights” uses striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin. Painstakingly composed frame by frame by Reiniger over the course of three years, this landmark work is both an enchanting storybook saga and a retina-delighting triumph of visual imagination.
Gū is a street kid of Yān Yuǎn, a slum floating somewhere between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. On an errand to the shark market, Gū inadvertently drops a squale in the water. He must pay back the fisherman, but the fishing doesn't go as planned…
Louis is a 10 years old boy. He became deaf as a toddler. he likes to play with his favorite pets: snails. But he still has to face the challenge of school.
Souls of a white world create light until one of them becomes faulty
A woman is forced to leave Venezuela where she has lived for 28 years. She wonders what to put in her suitcase.
A small, plump man lives on the top floor of a skyscraper. During the day, he’s a garbage man, but in the evening, he watches Tarzan-movies and dreams of in his lush roof jungle.
An initiatory and intimate story in which the author tells, in the form of a tale, the key stages of her construction as a woman and artist
A biting and savage indictment of the development and demise of British Imperialism.
Even if we grow up, even if we go separate ways, female friendship can withstand the test of time. The short animated movie Mon Ami was created as part of a week-long workshop „Short Circuit“ under the supervision of Gil Alkabetz.
Poetic post-apocalyptic vision in which a desert landscape appears devoid of life before signs of renewal emerge.
Some time ago, on a winter morning, a little girl went out looking for firewood, she went far away from home and came across a blood trail... she followed it.
A witty animated blackout about life of „the Little Ones in between Big Ones.
Animated on location at a beach, in the snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.
Inspired by Henri Michaux's poems and drawings about his experience with mescaline, "Miserable Miracle" explores the limits of language and perception, creating connections between sound, meaning, line and movement.
Mia has spent her whole life free-diving, fishing and swimming through the seaweed and rocks. Over time, her body and the landscapes around her have both changed. Tonight, Mia reminisces.
A man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories come back to him from the bright beaches of the Indian ocean to the grey of the concentration camps. ... In this moving animated short, Florence Miailhe tells the extraordinary story of Alfred Nakache, the "swimmer from Auschwitz".
A cosmic entity talks to humankind. Meanwhile, three dinosaurs cross the desert guided by a shooting star.