Itsy bitsy spider went down the sounding board. Down came the hammer and struck the spider’s chord.
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- Non-narrative
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Itsy bitsy spider went down the sounding board. Down came the hammer and struck the spider’s chord.
While two uniformed cave guards expose themselves as spineless, monosyllabic creatures, the animals reveal themselves here as the true spiritual beings.
This short film about life after the loss of a loved one deals with a difficult topic, using techniques of both live-action and animated film. Real experiences of the narrators are combined with animated sequences reconstructing painful situations, looking into the thoughts of three young people untimely exposed to death.
Two brothers run away from home, and this affects their relationship.
The beloved Coraline – fearless, independent, curious – had nine different outfits, all of which gave animators unique opportunities to bring her to life. Explore Coraline’s closet in this behind-the-scenes featurette for LAIKA’s Oscar-nominated stop-motion classic.
About abuse, cats and matchboxes.
The story of two sisters who spent their entire lives together looking back at their cherished memories.
Interview with Suzie Templeton – Academy Award winner for Peter and the Wolf(2006).
Trailer for ANIMA festival 2025 in Brussels.
Dealing with what comes naturally isn’t easy, especially for animals. In Animal Behaviour, the latest animated short from the Oscar-winning team of Alison Snowden and David Fine (Bob’s Birthday), five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist.
Film centers on two women, a mother and a daughter, with two different personalities and how being stuck together at home further strains their relationship.
Anton’s head is bursting with thoughts. The gardener is angry: who has trampled her flower beds? In the park Anton is looking for a new chess partner. For someone who plays better than his dog. The gardener is looking for a mysterious serial vandal who has lost a yellow boot. Are they looking for the same thing?
The head does it all. While other body-parts have their separate functions as instruments, the head is an all-purpose tool. The head’s universality: object-oriented media magician Anna Vasof celebrates it, and at the same time questions its primacy. In 24 ten-second-shots, her video Amazon Woman demonstrates what a head – always Vasof’s – can do.
What if it there was a place where we could revisit the memories of a relationship? In this archive of remembrances we are guided through the story of Amélia and Duarte, two people that felt out of love and are trying to cope with the feelings that come after a relationship has ended.
The Near Life Experience might seem to be an odd, extraordinary occurence, but in fact it happens to anyone. Why to be the self-stigma on your fixed, unchanging identity, as if we were never to act, never to desire, never to experience anything new?
As a young boy I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. We spent many decades together. First, she offered me protection from the cold. As a teenager, she introduced me to the secrets of love. But as an adult, this love became flawed. I began to see behind my beloved’s facade. And I discovered her horrifying side.
Opening animation for the cycle of documentaries “Iné Ženy”. (Alternative Women)
In a constant search for closeness, C experiences emotions in all their highs and lows. Even if a familiar phase of togetherness is followed by a rejection of the other person and, accordingly, a sad loneliness, C does not give up. Again and again, new ways are found to find the longed-for closeness and tenderness. And to lose.
Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last, he is alone and free. But the solitude engenders the fear.
While transitioning from male to female gender, Matia struggles with finding a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.