Technique

Hand-drawn Animation

1,201–1,220 of 1,280 films

  • Ashen Sun

    2024 16+ 13 min

    by Camille Monnier

    Under a scorching sun, Charlie is bored out of her mind and dreams of going to the seaside. But she’s forced to guard a seedy motel with her cousin Jess, who’s slumped in her deckchair. The two teenagers don’t get along and bicker at every opportunity. On the radio, the monotone voice of a collapsology researcher predicts the imminent end of the world.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Armat

    2022 Adults 11 min

    by Élodie Dermange

    Élodie tries to find out more about her family’s Armenian origins. She interviews her father, her uncle, her great aunt, and discovers a harsh history where violence and the inability to express love are passed down from generation to generation.

  • Around the Lake

    2013 16+ 5 min

    by Noémie Marsily, Carl Roosens

    The breath of a jogger, a demolished anthill, a puddle, a sandwich left on a bench, a squirrel… fragments of lives that take us for a walk around the lake, with the words and music of Carl et les hommes-boîtes.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Ariadne’s Thread

    2009 16+ 9 min

    by Attila Bertóti

    The basic elements of the ancient Greek myth are well known: the labyrinth, the Minotaur, Theseus, and of course, the thread. Let the search begin!

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • April and the Extraordinary World

    2016 Adults 106 min

    by Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci

    It’s 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

  • Arcadian Fever

    2015 16+ 7 min

    by Tea Stražičić

    Arcadian Fever is a short film portraying the life cycle of an alien parasite species. The film follows the parasites’ last day on the planet they occupied, their migration and the invasion of another planet. There is also a love story.

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Applesauce

    2019 16+ 7 min

    by Alexander Gratzer

    While two uniformed cave guards expose themselves as spineless, monosyllabic creatures, the animals reveal themselves here as the true spiritual beings.

    • Drama
    • Tragicomedy
    • Experimental
  • by Brynne McGregor

    Seven people living with aphasia through hand-drawn rotoscope and digital animation.

    • Documentary
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • Apart

    2018 16+ 10 min

    by Diana Cam Van Nguyen

    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.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
    • Tragedy
  • Anywhere

    2021 16+ 7 min

    by Zsófia Osztós

    Two brothers run away from home, and this affects their relationship.

    • Drama
    • Coming-of-Age
    • Experimental
  • Any Instant Whatever

    2019 16+ 5 min

    by Michelle Brand

    A man in a room, in a film – it is the becoming of something and simultaneously becoming in itself. Nothing is as solid as we believe.

    • Drama
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Anna & Bella

    1984 All audiences 8 min

    by Borge Ring, Hans Perk

    The story of two sisters who spent their entire lives together looking back at their cherished memories.

    • Family
    • Drama
  • ANIMA Festival

    2025 16+ 1 min

    by Anima Festival, Raman Djafari

    Trailer for ANIMA festival 2025 in Brussels.

    • Drama
    • Romance
    • Experimental
    • Dance
  • Animal Behaviour

    2018 16+ 14 min

    by David Fine, Alison Snowden

    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.

    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
  • ANAMAMANA

    2019 16+ 8 min

    by Christine Dela Paz

    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.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • An Island

    2017 16+ 13 min

    by Rory Byrne

    An Island is an immersive short film portraying the physical and emotional journey undertaken by a lone explorer as he attempts to reach the summit of a remote island.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Analysis Paralysis

    2016 16+ 9 min

    by Anete Melece

    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?

    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
    • Drama
  • Anal Juke

    2014 Adults 3 min

    by Sawako Kabuki

    After breaking up with my ex-boyfriend, I was heartbroken but I had to think about the theme for my next animation film. Just then I had a dream of this ex-boyfriend. This animation film is based on that dream.

    • Music Videos
    • Comedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • An eye for an eye

    2018 Adults 17 min

    by Julia Ploch

    The film’s action takes place over a large lake, one of it’s banks is inhabited by frogs. They tell stories about the ancient God – huge Catfish, living on the other side of the waters.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental