Cut-Out Animation

by Lena Greene

The filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, best known for the documentaries Generation Wealth (2018) and The Queen of Versailles (2012), has been poking at the ugly underbelly of consumerism for more than 25 years. Through her unsparing lens, the latest incarnation of the American dream has been revealed in all its blingy, exploitative glory, particularly when it comes to its toll on women and girls. In an interview with Topic recorded in late November of 2018, Greenfield talks about the major themes running through her work, and what she calls "the ultimate cost, and degradation, of capitalism."

• Documentary

by Michel Gondry

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

by Lotte Reiniger

Prince Achmed goes for a ride on a flying horse.

• Fantasy

by Suzan Pitt

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

by Viktor Klemša

A charming touch of craftsmanship, carefully chosen colour palette and the quiver of cutout animation particularly evident in animated flames make this music video a suggestive spectacle. By repeating distinctive motifs to the hypnotic tones of the song, it acts as an audiovisual spell.

• Music video

by Sergii Bublyk

A conversation with the viewer about the mutual influence between news and people: how news affects people, how people shape events and how events in turn become news. The story unfolds across two worlds: semi-realistic and abstract/metaphorical. These worlds complement each other, occasionally interact and often flow seamlessly into one another.

• Music video

by René Laloux

On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.

• Sci-Fi

by René Laloux

FANTASTIC PLANET was not the first collaboration between writer-director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor. Presented here is a short film they made together in the mid-1960s: LES ESCARGOTS.

• Drama
• Comedy

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

by Dalibor Barić

Veronica is haunted by ghosts of her future. Trapped in a cobweb of superficial images and emotions, her identity melts away, but she keeps tailoring timeless patterns in search of her own replacements.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Sandra Dollo, Ulrich Berthold

• Music Videos
• Experimental
• Abstract

by Julia Ocker

One day the zebra runs against a tree and learns something.

• Comedy
• Family

by Linde De Nijs

“Not true.”

• Drama
• Experimental
• Abstract

by Jurjen Bosklopper

This is Streetlight Manifesto’s second music video, this time for “Would You Be Impressed?” from the record “Somewhere In The Between”.

• Music Videos
• Comedy
• Tragicomedy
• Action

by Wong Weng Chon, WENG CHON WONG

A story, between father and son, happened around the dining table in the kitchen.

• Drama
• Experimental

by Jelena Oroz

Three little wolves, two brothers and a sister, spend a late afternoon together.

• Drama
• Comedy
• Experimental

by Julia Ocker

The wolf is wandering through the woods, trying to find a peaceful spot to practise his secret hobby. But then a spectator shows up in the bushes.

• Comedy
• Musical
• Family

by Omer Sharon, Daniella Schnitzer

A Satire movie that criticize the daily life in Jerusalem. A city with a great gap between its symbolic and holy values to the “simple” people who are living in it.

• Drama
• Experimental
• Tragicomedy

by Angella Lipskaya

The absurd story about a life behind the windows.

by Zhang Yiping

Inspired by the paintings of Lin Fengmian and the landscape of Meizhou, Lin’s hometown. When everything faded away, the only thing left was his own lonely gaze.