Genre

Drama

21–40 of 1,224 films

  • Dad’s Dead

    2002 Adults 6 min

    by Chris Shepherd

    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.

    • Drama
  • Crocus

    1971 Adults 6 min

    by Suzan Pitt

    A woman enjoys an erotic interlude with her very well endowed lover, while various amusing objects are tossed out a window above them.

    • Drama
  • The Caliph Stork

    1954 All audiences 11 min

    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
  • Bon voyage, Sim

    1966 Adults 6 min

    by Moustapha Alassane

    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.

    • Drama
  • Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

    1954 All audiences 14 min

    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
  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    1926 All audiences 66 min

    by Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

    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.

    • Drama
  • CHRONIQUES DE L’EAU SALÉE

    2021 All audiences 8 min

    by Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo & others

    Under the last summer days sun’s, a young man gets ready to leave his family home.

    • Drama
    • Family
  • Red Fin

    2019 Adults 3 min

    by Celia Campos

    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…

    • Drama
  • Louis

    2014 All audiences 9 min

    by Violaine Pasquet

    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.

    • Drama
  • White

    2015 Adults 4 min

    by Elodie Ponçon

    Souls of a white world create light until one of them becomes faulty

    • Drama
  • Q

    2024 All audiences 7 min

    by Masataka Kihara

    Q was created as Kihara's 2024–25 graduate film project in the Graphic Design graduate program at Tama Art University.

    • Drama
    • Romance
  • Misérable Miracle

    2023 All audiences 8 min

    by Ryo Orikasa

    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.

    • Drama
  • Water Girl

    2025 Adults 15 min

    by Sandra Desmazières

    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.

    • Drama
  • Butterfly

    2024 Adults 15 min

    by Florence Miailhe

    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".

    • Drama
  • wonderwawes – Kona

    2021 Adults 5 min

    Based on an old traditional wedding song, “Kona” (loosely translates to ‘henna’ and/or ‘mehndi’, the skin decoration tradition for weddings in numerous cultures) is commentary on what often is an unequal and abusive relationship between husband and wife. It specifically is about femicide from oppressive husbands, a phenomenon that often rears its head in our society.

    • Music Videos
    • Drama
  • Chloé Van Herzeele

    2019 Adults 17 min

    by Anne-Sophie Girault, Clémence Bouchereau

    Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in a subterranean space. She shows to a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. As we go down, we dive with her into her altered universe.

    • Drama
  • Acrobats

    2024 Adults 7 min

    by Eloïse Alluyn, Hugo Danet, Anna Despinoy & others

    A girl comes back home to an oppressive living room and throws up acrobats in front of her family.

    • Drama
    • Family
  • Funeral

    2020 Adults 7 min

    by Thịnh Nguyen

    From out of the universe, a little boy is born with a quest for a voyage to planet Earth. During his journey, he comes to an absurd small town where a mysterious funeral is happening. With curiosity, the boy attends the funeral to see who is the dead one.

    • Drama
  • Carne de Dios

    2022 Adults 21 min

    by Patricio Plaza

    During Mexico's colonial period, an ailing Spanish priest will have to endure in his own body the native rituals that he has been hunting down.

    • Drama
    • Horror
  • In a pig’s eye

    2010 All audiences 10 min

    by Atsushi Wada

    A huge pig is lying down in front of a house man's family lives in.Each of them notices the other exist.but each of them doesn't understand how the other understands.The mother doesn't understand the father either.

    • Drama
    • Family