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This animated short follows an unwanted baby who is passed from house to house until he is taken in and cared for by two homeless men. The film is the Canadian contribution to an hour-long feature film celebrating UNESCO’s Year of the Child (1979). It illustrates one of the ten principles of the Declaration of Children’s Rights: every child is entitled to a name and a nationality.
In times of an ongoing fierce controversy surrounding the polemics of when life begins, a doctor at one hospital faces a simple, but unsolvable question, when does death begin?
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.
The film, which was made as part of the 70th anniversary of the animation studio at UMPRUM, is loosely inspired by the work of three graduates: Václav Mergl, Jan Souček and Vratislav Hlavatý. Motifs from their films, illustrations and paintings have been placed in new contexts to create a new work of authorship.
Breakfast has just ended in the kindergarten, but one bowl of porridge hasn’t even been tasted. Methods of the strict teacher are in obvious endanger. The little boy responsible has to solve the situation in just minutes. But the prospect isn’t good: the situation seems like a jail, porridge bowl seems bottomless and time is running out. An unexpected discovery changes it all though.
Documentary film mixed with animation which tells about an unusual collection of toys. Like most of his peers, the protagonist begun from collecting stamps, drink labels and stickers. Presently his collection consists of a couple hundred thousand objects and he became known as the Emperor of Collectors.
The Great Wall. At one small window, behind the bars, a man looks resignedly. At the foot of the wall grows a red flower that is unattainable for him. And so the years pass… One spring, the prisoner is released, but now he no longer notices the flower and goes on with his life.A crushed flower remains behind him.
A star of the small screen, Eiichiro is at the height of his fame with the character “Mighty Mighty Man” that he plays. One day a scandal erupts, and reveals his homosexuality to the public. Torn by his desire to leave this profession that reveals too much of his intimacy, and his desire to remain the “machismo” icon that he is, an internal dialogue begins.
Two neighbours are driven to extreme lengths in the struggle to keep their socks from getting wet.
EasyCare is a place where the elderly are cleaned. The laundromat for humans offers the ultimate tailored washing experience. In this 5-minute short we follow a group of seniors while an extensive mechanical process enforces proper hygiene among them.
A young, innocent country girl comes to the big city to look for work. There she meets a charming businessman and their lives intertwine.
A short film about people with unusual living arrangements.
“What are you most afraid of?” Kids answer to this question cheerfully and lightheartedly.
In Antonin Niclass’s short film “Do Not Feed the Pigeons, ” a flock becomes a source of unexpected wonder for a group of weary travellers.
During dinner, “the system” feeds the few who consume all the resources while the rest survive on scraps. Inevitably, the struggle for what remains leads to catastrophic change. The offspring of this transition turns out not to be a sign of hope, but the spitting image of the parents.
1967. Jean, an eight-years-old city boy, spends his holidays at his grandparents’ farm. He gives in candid yet cruel games on the surrounding animals. But this violence is nothing compared to what takes place in the shed, a room that Jean does not even dare entering. One day, Jean kills a tit by accident. He decides to take in the orphan hatchling to nurse him.
The place of this animated short is the city Dnipro (Ukraine). Partly a documentary, through the prism of absurdity and black humor, the film tells the story about a big city during historical changes and decommunization.
The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.
The story of a man who is not allowed by the world around him to live his little simple life…
An over-ambitious beaver goes too far when he gets the chance to realise his ultimate dream. Some dreams are just too big.