Technique

Puppet Animation

161–180 of 279 films

  • Love Is Just a Death Away

    2020 16+ 12 min

    by Bára Anna Stejskalová

    A short film about a parasite, living in a dog’s corpse. In ugly world of landfill, he searches for a soulmate, but nobody can see through its shell. The desire for friendship brings him to the edge of death. Only love can give him wings.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Sci-Fi
    • Experimental
  • Look at Me Only

    2016 16+ 7 min

    by Tomoki Misato

    Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of flower who appreciates the pet.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Romance
  • Living Matter

    2018 13+ 4 min

    by Bettina Boros, Brigitta Boros

    The experiences and thoughts of puppeteers and two animation students about how the dead material comes alive.

    • Documentary
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • Little Snowman

    2021 4+ 4 min

    by Aleksey Pochivalov

    Once all the carrots disappeared in a family of snowmen. But it turned out that for a snowman the nose of a carrot is not the most important thing, compassion and kindness are much more important.

    • Comedy
    • Family
  • Listen to me Sing

    2019 Adults 11 min

    by Isabel Garrett

    Set in an isolated, rundown hotel, the story follows entertainer Sophie (in a similar state) as she struggles to find her place in a confusing world.

    • Drama
  • Lili

    2016 16+ 10 min

    by Hani Dombe, Tom Kouris

    Lili refuses to let go of her childhood fights a sandstorm that threatens to take it away. In the heart of the storm she rediscovers the joy of childhood, but forced to choose between illusion and reality.

    • Drama
    • Fantasy
  • Le Meat

    2012 Adults 2 min

    by Robert Morgan, Wolfgang Matzl

    The phone rings. “Your food is ready, sir.”

    • Horror
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Last Door South

    2015 16+ 14 min

    by Sacha Feiner

    ‘The world is made of floors. Floors are connected by stairs and made of rooms. Rooms are connected by corridors. And all the floors form the World…’ Such is the theory developed by Toto, the siamese head of a child whose mother has locked away in a family manor, where he has been walled-in since his birth. Between endless corridor exploration, private schooling and fatherly Mausoleum visits, the brothers never questioned the limits of their world. Until one day, when, obsessed by a strange light, seen by accident, they decide to find the its end.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Lagomorph

    2012 16+ 2 min

    by Jack Lowson, Jacobus (Jack) Lowson

    A disappointing magician leads his sole spectator to create her own magic.

    • Experimental
    • Drama
  • Ladder

    2011 16+ 4 min

    by Eliza Plocieniak-Alvarez

    SHE, the heroine of the film, wakes up in a strange world and sees her contorted reflection in a mirror. SHE also finds a mysterious map that accompanies her during a metaphorical journey in which she has to overcome many adversities to finally reach the end of her road and discover that to be born again, you must first die.

    • Drama
    • Music Videos
    • Tragedy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Kukuschka

    2016 16+ 9 min

    by Dina Velikovskaya

    Kukuschka is a bird who follows the sun. It seems as she almost can touch it but the Sun is still far away. Suddenly she is not alone any more but for two it’s even more difficult to keep going so fast.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Fantasy
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Kitchen Tales

    2013 10+ 7 min

    by Vojtěch Domlátil, Daniela Paseková

    The kitchen of a forgetful granny comes to life when she’s not around. Saltshaker, sugar bowl and the rest are set to fix what she’s accidently forgotten.

    • Comedy
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Jure Grando

    2015 Adults 15 min

    by Martin Babić, Martin Babic

    In the year of 1672, a small community in the heart of Istria went through a mysterious series of events that even today no one likes to recollect. For sixteen years the deceased Jure Grando was blamed for torturing the village and causing suffering. In hope of liberating the villagers, restoring peace, and solving a mystery that goes beyond the grave, a local priest organises an investigation.

    • Horror
    • Fantasy
    • Drama
  • JT

    2016 7+ 3 min

    by Lazare Sié Palé

    Global warming is on the news. What is global warming? What solutions do you propose?

    • Documentary
    • Comedy
    • Tragicomedy
  • JAMES – Dear John

    2016 16+ 4 min

    by Péter Vácz

    A couple’s trip to a mountain is interrupted by a black cat who leads them astray into the forest where they discover dark secrets.

    • Drama
    • Music video
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • by Anne Koizumi

    An animated short documentary about a difficult father-daughter relationship. Drawing on childhood memories, Anne Koizumi, the filmmaker, explores her upbringing with her Japanese immigrant dad, who was also the janitor at the elementary school she attended.

    • Documentary
    • Drama
    • Bio-pic
    • Making of
  • In front of the mirror

    2013 Adults 2 min

    by Lydia Günther, Lydia Gunther

    A naked woman sits in an empty room in front of the mirror and brings gum bubbles to burst. What is content and what is the form?

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • Impostor

    2013 Adults 7 min

    by Elie Chapuis

    In a city at night, a human-shaped deer tries to steal a man’s identity by taking his head off.

    • Drama
    • Tragedy
    • Experimental
  • Imperium Vacui

    2013 Adults 5 min

    by Massimo Ottoni, Linda Kelvink

    A man fights against a regime where all traces of humanity have been lost, but his act of rebellion seems like it’s framed within the System. He can’t do anything other than play his role in the pointless power game.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragedy