A father and daughter maintain their bond despite living in different countries through an imaginative nightly ritual where she suggests a title and he creates short animated films starring her as the hero.
- Family
Films
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Guy Maddin narrates a surreal animated ode to the Métis freedom fighter and founder of the province of Manitoba.
- Drama
- Bio-pic
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Meriem Bennani conjures an immersive augmented-reality world in the first two parts of a trilogy that issues a wild, up-to-the-minute commentary on diasporic cultures and the West’s dystopian immigration policies. A talking crocodile named Fiona acts as our guide though the CAPS, an island refugee camp in a future where teleportation has replaced airplanes.
- Drama
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One of Lotte Reiniger’s final films is an animated retelling of the biblical parable of the prodigal son.
- Drama
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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
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Entirely hand-painted, JOY STREET is the ambitious, astonishing story of a woman’s journey from suicidal despair to personal renewal with the help of an unlikely spirit guide. Using a Fulbright scholar award, Pitt traveled to remote rainforest regions of Mexico and Guatemala to create paintings of the nearly extinct patches of remaining virgin forest, which were later animated for the film. The music was composed by Roy Nathanson and the Jazz Passengers, with the title song recorded by Debbie Harry.
- Drama
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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
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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
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Pillow talk takes a surreal turn in a shape-shifting blend of live action and animation.
- Drama
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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
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This brash, inventive cartoon musical—a landmark of independent animation—satirizes Eurocentric beauty standards while celebrating the natural beauty of Black hair.
- Drama
- Musical
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The story of one girl's Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can't stop pulling out her hair.
- Tragicomedy
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As he looks at a flower, Mika is reminded of his childhood, and feels a creature awaken inside his head: a giant stuck in apathy. Also coming awake is another creature, full of wonder: Kai. Trapped inside the giant, Kai discovers countless memory bubbles and starts collecting them. With their help, she guides the giant through releasing his emotions – and Mika through finally accepting the loss of his childhood friend.
- Drama
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Official animated music video for Shugo Tokumaru's Poker created by Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi.
- Music video
- Non-narrative
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When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred…
- Non-narrative
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A circular looping animation projection installation.
- Non-narrative
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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
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To learn how to process bad news and face adversity in life, you undoubtedly need some skills. In this short humorous film, probably loosely inspired by Inside Out and Inside Out 2, we get to see the mental processes of an unfortunate person and hopefully get some tips on what to do.
- Comedy
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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
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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