Fantasy
The Night Boots
Told through expressive monochrome animation on a pinscreen, The Night Boots is a tale about childhood, centered on the friendship between a young boy and a strange creature.
Kids & TEENS
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Drama Fantasy Experimental
Awaker
Set in a cold nordic country in the beginning of the 19th century, the story is about the stereotypical life of an old man who is working as an awaker, whose job is to wake up people each morning. The monotony of his life is over once he gets an old shiny bell.
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Drama Family
Swing to the moon
Living in the forest, little spider Temi dreams of catching the Moon. For that, she will do anything.
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Family
Pingu – Stinky Pingu
Pingu dislikes the smell of Mother’s fish porridge and hides it in his backpack.
Animals
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Aeolian shows the life cycle of a mysterious creature as it explores the natural world around it. As it grows bigger, so too does its understanding of life and its inevitable conclusion.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Summer has finally arrived in the big forest and Wolfy’s birthday is just around the corner as well! Wolfy is dreaming of a delicious big birthday cake. Wolfy’s friends are determined to make his dream come true and start plotting a wonderful birthday party for little grey Wolfy.
- Fantasy
- Family
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What makes a knight? Shiny armour, a flashy coat of arms and an attitude to match it? Not by far. It’s their fabulous expertise in fighting the most heinous monsters of them all: Dragons. But what on earth makes dragons such formidable opponents? Come and see, you’d have never suspected it.
- Action
- Comedy
- Fantasy
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The sea, a man, a fish… a couple of wonders and human weaknesses.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
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In this playful episode, a group of flies gathers for what seems like a casual meal on a forgotten piece of food. As they compete for bites, their tiny interactions escalate into a frantic, humorous scramble. Unexpected interruptions from other insects or environmental hazards turn the simple meal into a chaotic and entertaining miniature adventure.
- Pre-school
- Comedy
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Filmmaker David Badgerburrow investigates mysterious animal in the deep forest in the heart of Europe. Let’s follow his footsteps and witness one of the greatest miracles of nature.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Experimental
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One day, a little mole discovers that all of the other animals have a friend of their same species to play with, but the mole is all alone and very sad. To make matters worse, all the food is starting to rebel. A fat earthworm escapes in a hurry, right under the mole’s nose. The hunt inside the tunnels begins! Finally the earthworm is caught, but just as the mole is about to bite down, he realises that it’s not an earthworm but another mole’s tail. Now that they’ve found each other, there’s a happy ending under the molehill.
- Comedy
- Romance
- Family
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A loyal pack animal from a nomadic tribe has his courage tested, when taken down a challenging, unfamiliar path by his ailing human.
- Drama
- Adventure
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The ugly parrot Pierre gets lucky when a fashionable pirate is being just a little too fashionably late …
- Comedy
- Adventure
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A house is visited by a clean, organised, well-mannered guest.
- Comedy
- Family
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The mother issues her decree: before you get back in the water, you have to take a break and sit quietly for five minutes. For the little girl, these five minutes are an ocean of boredom that stretches on forever and ever. She starts to watch the other bathers and how they spend their five minutes.
- Drama
- Non-narrative
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After a long winter, a family of arctic foxes shakes off their winter coats only to discover that the paws of their old leader have gone transparent. As time progresses, the transparency keeps spreading and the old fox starts to become isolated from the rest of the pack.
- Drama
- Family
Bedtime friendly
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A wolf catches a cold. His friends fox and bear cook soup and make tea to make him better.
- Comedy
- Family
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The classic story of a poor young tailor who comes into possession of a lamp containing a wish-granting genie is brought to life through Lotte Reiniger’s enchanting silhouette animation.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Family
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Pink Goes skiing.
- Comedy
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A cat keeps Pink awake.
- Comedy
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The little bird enjoys the blossoms of his maple tree high above the ground. All of a sudden, a mysterious humming sound sends the little bird on a journey to a magical world of flowers and bees. However, the red fox is not far away and tries to catch the little bird. Little does the red troublemaker know that a rather unpleasant surprise awaits him at the beehive.
- Family
- Comedy
- Adventure
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Pink keeps returning a lucky horseshoe to its bank robber owner – the problem is, the horseshoe only brings bad luck to the thief.
- Comedy
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Keep your Dream ON, it will make a happier tomorrow
- Music video
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The dachshund doesn‘t get why its behind always has to pee.
- Pre-school
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When a paper dragon escapes from his little friends, cow Moo, bear Bee and rabbit Doo have no idea that in searching for it they’ll discover a secret garden. What lies behind the closed doors?
- Comedy
- Adventure
- Family
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Pink changes the designs for a house to his own pinkprints and fights with the builder to make sure they are built.
- Comedy
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Pink joins a gym.
- Comedy
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An ageing witch needs a baby for a spell to make her young again. But when she brings home an infant princess things don’t go according to plan.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Family
Crazy
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A cold Pink sneaks into a house owned by a magician.
- Comedy
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Pink keeps returning a lucky horseshoe to its bank robber owner – the problem is, the horseshoe only brings bad luck to the thief.
- Comedy
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A burglar tries to steal a safe where Pink is hiding.
- Comedy
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A cat keeps Pink awake.
- Comedy
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Pink ends up in hospital.
- Comedy
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The story takes place in an unnamed American metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by Prehlađeni Joe (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspector Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end.
- Comedy
- Action
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Pink has hidden in a department store, and spends the night trying to hide from the caretaker.
- Comedy
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Music video for Axel F’s song.
- Music video
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Pink Goes skiing.
- Comedy
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Pink finds a magic wand and helps a girl in rags become glamorous to win a date with Pelvis Parsley.
- Comedy
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Pink visits a psychedelic bookshop.
- Comedy
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The Pink Panther fools two trappers who are hunting for the Pink Panther.
- Comedy
Calming
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One day, a little mole discovers that all of the other animals have a friend of their same species to play with, but the mole is all alone and very sad. To make matters worse, all the food is starting to rebel. A fat earthworm escapes in a hurry, right under the mole’s nose. The hunt inside the tunnels begins! Finally the earthworm is caught, but just as the mole is about to bite down, he realises that it’s not an earthworm but another mole’s tail. Now that they’ve found each other, there’s a happy ending under the molehill.
- Comedy
- Romance
- Family
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Mr. Gnome is sunbathing in his garden when suddenly little cloud hides the sun. Mr. Gnome is pretty annoyed but fortunately, he knows precisely what to do with such clouds.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Fantasy
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A toy Chiva bus sets off on a journey across Colombia – a mini magical realism travelogue.
- Adventure
- Experimental
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Music Video to “Zvonova zpověď” by Tomáš Klus
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Romance
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“Born in Belgium to a Hungarian mother and an English father, four-year-old Milla’s story is anything but usual. She is the epitome of modern, intercultural Europe as we know it. Based on Kriszta D. Tóth’s children’s book series, Milla&Mama, designs by the IBBY award winning illustrator Alexandra Faltisz. The stories are told by young Milla herself, using the enchanting language of kindergarten, spiced up by the fact that she is 100 percent bilingual, articulating her view on the world in both Hungarian and English. Animation supervision by AlbenaPetrova.”
- Pre-school
- Family
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A new life arrives in the springtime.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Single: Make Luv.
- Music video
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The mother issues her decree: before you get back in the water, you have to take a break and sit quietly for five minutes. For the little girl, these five minutes are an ocean of boredom that stretches on forever and ever. She starts to watch the other bathers and how they spend their five minutes.
- Drama
- Non-narrative
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A winter fable for children and adults alike. The film accompanies five forest inhabitants as they forage for their winter food.
- Comedy
- Family
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Sprout who always compare herself to her friend that grows much faster than her. Where she realized her growth are not as fast as her friend. She would do what her friend does hoping that she could grow as fast, not knowing that different people would need different necessities and care.
- Fantasy
- Non-narrative
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A bird that keeps order in the sky accidentally drops a star during cleaning. And on the earth, children find her.
- Fantasy
- Family
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A fox settles down to sleep for the day, listening to the beautiful birdsong in the forest. However a noisy duck moves in next door and won’t shut up. What does the fox have to do to get some peace?
- Comedy
- Family
Educational
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This is what it was like being an animator on Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget–my personal behind-the-scenes.
- Film about animation
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This video serves as a beginner’s guide to the world of Hungarian animated cinema. Films discussed include Son the White Mare, Cat City, Johnny Corncob, Foam Bath, White Plastic Sky, Ruben Brandt Collector, Kidnapping of the Sun and Moon, and many more.
- Film about animation
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Alexandre Siqueira (Rio de Janeiro,1980) splits his life between France and Portugal. His passion for the illusion of movement began at the age of six. Alexandre was browsing through a science book on his father’s desk when he noticed a sequence of photograms depicting a boxing fight that had been used to illustrate the astonishing world of animation. Since 1999, Alexandre has directed and collaborated in several short animated films, such as Sopa Fria, Odisseia nas Imagens and Kali, the Little Vampire by Regina Pessoa. Alexandre graduated from the la Poudrière school, in France, with Journey to the Sunflowers Field, which was premiered at Animateka 2010 and selected at several festivals. Besides short films, Alexandre has already collaborated in feature films, TV animated series, directed some commissioned films and music videos and published several illustrations works.
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Mauro Cararro's Masterclass / December 6th 2016 / Old Power Station, Ljubljana (Slovenia) AnimatekaPRO is a festival platform featuring a series of talks, round-table debates, presentations and Q&As to inform about the latest in animated cinema and video games. You can find out about works in progress, new co-productions and technological innovations.
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An in-depth look at the making of the film, from the very first sketches to final photography. This was originally produced in 2007 as a gallery for the out-of-print EVERYTHING WILL BE OK short film DVD and has been reformatted here as a slideshow. Don't forget to use the pause button whenever you need a little more time!
- Film about animation
- Non-narrative
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Itzel, a young girl of Mayan descent, goes on a camping trip with her father deep in the jungle. As they stargaze together, Itzel’s curiosity leads her to wander off and explore. While wandering, she discovers a jaguar in captivity and, without hesitation, frees the majestic animal. However, their escape is short-lived. While trying to escape, she stumbles upon a mysterious lost Mayan city and experiences a vision of the city’s glory days, guided by a magical jaguar, called Balam.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Fantasy
- Adventure
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The Exploded Girl, a 30-year-old woman literally blows up , sometimes seven times a day. A surreal, intimate, and deeply political short film by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, selected at Annecy Festival in the Official Competition. In the first episode of Chill(s) — our new series dedicated to genre films — the duo reflects on loneliness, virtual worlds, and the structural violence that seeps into everyday life. Written during lockdown, the film grew in resonance with the latest traumatising news and images from Gaza, and asks what happens when that violence becomes internal. Premiered at Locarno Festival and chosen as the European Film Awards candidate for Best Short Film.
- Film about animation
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A fun and educative plasticine animation to learn the letters of the alphabet.
- Musical
- Pre-school
- Family
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This video serves as beginner’s guide to the world of Czechoslovakian animation. I discuss filmmakers such as Jiří Barta, Jan Švankmajer, Jiří Trnka, and Karel Zeman.
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Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. Over the years, a city grows in his imagination. One day, literary heroes and childhood cartoon idols, who in the consciousness of the successive generations are forever young and wearing short pants, come to live there, uninvited. When our hero discovers they have all grown old and that eternal youth does not exist, he decides to return to real life, and the amazing characters living in his imagination lead him back to the real world.
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An in-depth look at the making of the film, from the very first sketches to final photography. This was originally produced in 2007 as a gallery for the out-of-print EVERYTHING WILL BE OK short film DVD and has been reformatted here as a slideshow. Don't forget to use the pause button whenever you need a little more time!
- Film about animation
- Non-narrative
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New this year, our TIFF Kids International Film Festival Master Class is a unique opportunity for Industry delegates and film students to learn from animation industry pioneer Peter Lord. Peter Lord is co-owner and Creative Director of Aardman, which he co-founded with his long-time collaborator David Sproxton in 1972. As a director, Lord has been honoured with two Academy Award® nominations for Best Animated Short, the first in 1992 for Adam, and again in 1996 for Wat's Pig. He has also earned BAFTA nominations for Adam, The Amazing Adventures of Morph, and War Story.
Hope
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A short story about a long road. Two siblings try to find their grandfather’s house. During their hitchhike, they meet various people, but their real companion is a plant in a pot. What will happen when they reach their destination?
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Coming-of-Age
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Huge sailor gets an autumn leaf from a small girl. It reminds him of his home. How long he has not been there? He runs to meet his old parents. What will he find there?
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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Moomintroll wakes early from hibernation and, finding winter enchanting, wakes Snorkmaiden; they discover their firewood is gone, only to find Too-Ticky using it to build a massive bonfire on a cliff, a traditional ritual to welcome the sun’s return, which culminates in the chilling appearance of the Groke, adding a touch of winter’s danger to the celebration.
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Family
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A tree is willing to give a boy whatever he wants, no matter the cost.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
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Mimi and Lisa are two extraordinary girls. One keeps her eyes always closed, the other wide open. They look at the world in two different ways and share what they see.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Family
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Konstantin is moving away from the wonderful empire of the plywood pirates. But how he can confess it his best friends Laurin and Digger?
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Fantasy
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Crafting crepe-paper flowers is the first step to young Anna learning a new life lesson. Her Grandad helps her understand that through patience and hard-work, she can create an outcome that lasts longer and is even more beautiful than a couple of delicate paper flowers.
- Family
- Fantasy
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The film, released as part of World Environment Day, looks back from 2050 to show how people came together to save the world from the climate and ecological crisis.
- Drama
- Tragedy
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Cafe of Hiro and Hana’s fantastic spoon. One day, a sea otter came to a cafe. The sea otter feels sad.
- Fantasy
- Family
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Peter is a kind boy having problems with his bullying schoolmates. One day he finds the solution to his problem in the wisdom of an old Slovenian folk tale where he discovers the way how to put up with his situation. Peter Peteris a modern story in a rap performance which shifts in its original way between present time and the past with a clear message “Take a stand for yourself!”
- Family
- Fantasy
- Musical
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Treachery! Lou’s mum sold his beloved roller skates at the garage sale. A series of strange and revealing encounters begin when he inevitably goes looking for them in the buzzing crowd.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Fantasy
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Everybody faces the issue of self-realization at some point in their life. In a cruel world of bureaucracy and industrialization, there is a pressure to climb the ladder of success.
- Drama
- Fantasy
Humor
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The sea, a man, a fish… a couple of wonders and human weaknesses.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
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All dogs chase their tails. A dog once succeeds in catching his own tail. That changes his life as he finds his best friend in it.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Tresky plesky is an animated series for children, their parents, and anyone eager to learn something new in a fun way. The main character, host Kata Strofová, explores the world of molecules and particles, uncovering the secrets of natural phenomena and helping viewers understand these processes with ease. Each eight-minute episode concludes with a catchy song.
- Comedy
- Musical
- Adventure
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A perfectionist illustrator has to face her own mistakes when she accidentally creates an ink blot that gives life to Wolfie, a small wolf with an inky nose.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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The Chain bridge’s living lion statues are bullied by an evil cloud. Time for the Bridgemaster to take action.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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The apple harvest is complete, but Pat notices that one apple remains hanging on the tree. Even though the apple is high up and difficult to reach, Pat and Mat launch an operation to pick the last apple.
- Comedy
- Family
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Boy and girl are fighting as a part of their game. They start slowly by drawing pictures: girl draws flower, boy draws car which run over flower, girl destroys car on a drawing etc… Their fight is increasing until they destroy all the papers and pencils. Nice mixture of animation on real film with very anti-war statement.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The lion has to become more physically fit. The gazelle does not think he is capable of doing so.
- Comedy
- Family
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For years now, the kiosk has been Olga‘s little home simply because her sweet tooth and monotonous life has made her bigger than the exit. To distract herself, she reads travel magazines and dreams of being far away. An absurd incident starts the beginning of her journey.
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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Mat is getting ready to cook a roast chicken. But the chicken is wrapped in a bag and is slippery and difficult to handle. Pat comes to help, but the situation is difficult. Luckily, they have a large supply of chickens in the refrigerator. After unwrapping it, they still need to figure out how to grill the chicken.
- Comedy
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An over-ambitious beaver goes too far when he gets the chance to realise his ultimate dream. Some dreams are just too big.
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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Pleasant film about unforgettable adventure with mammoth, experienced by troublesome schoolboy Jakub in museum.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Adventure
Family
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Adopted girl is telling us a story about how families come to be. But sometimes that can be different – as she tells us in a story about her own, special family.
- Drama
- Family
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A little girl named Luna traces constellations which come alive in the night sky. She tries to show her Dad, who struggles to understand her imaginary world.
- Drama
- Fantasy
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A merry shape-shifter based on the famous fairy tale “The Wolf and the Seven Kids”.
- Comedy
- Family
- Fantasy
Festival darlings
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A child and his father are selling balloons in the streets. The business is going well, until the boy gets distracted by lovely trumpet sounds from across the street.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A tiny snobbish tree-frog invites a trio of unusual dinner guests to his splendid treetop mansion: the purple gorillas.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Brother and Sister, as it happens with children, have a hard time getting along. Then Granny gets involved, arriving on a scooter and twisting the green button on her vest, thus launching an unbelievable series of sandbox adventures.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Adventure
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This town is not big enough for the two of them. Nor their moustaches.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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This is the story of an obese and lonely man called Lajos, who meets Laci due to an accident. The world opens up to him through their shared adventures; they even undertake to organize the weightlifters’ world championships.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Tragicomedy
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“This was a school project last semester, finished it during summer and September.”
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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A tiny rocket makes an impact on a big wish. Seen from a distance, the earth is the most beautiful place in space.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- Experimental
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When Doctor Stein’s best friend dies during his last experiment, the grieving scientist is ready to do everything it takes to get his dog back. Building a dead-reviving machine is not a rocket science for him but this time the experiment goes monstrously wrong. A short stop-motion film about a creator and its monster he despises.
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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The Great Wall. At one small window, behind the bars, a man looks resignedly. At the foot of the wall grows a red flower that is unattainable for him. And so the years pass… One spring, the prisoner is released, but now he no longer notices the flower and goes on with his life.A crushed flower remains behind him.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
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On a small island a bunch of exotic creatures run across each other.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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While stealing cucumbers, a peasant dreams of how rich he could become by selling them. Based on a story by Lev Tolstoy.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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Short claymation encourages us not to give up when trying to achieve our goals. There might be some obstacles on our way, but that should not stop us.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
- Comedy
Love
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The inhabitants of a mountain village cut off by snow await the arrival of the Man with birds, the sign that winter is over.
- Fantasy
- Drama
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Adventures of a little boy Hugo and a taxi driver Peppino on their journey through dangerous universe. One meter faster than light they flee from the furious monsters of Aldebaran. Animated short for children based on the fairy tale by famous Gianni Rodari.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
- Adventure
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Official music video by for "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.
- Music video
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The short animated film The False Canary.
- Comedy
- Romance
- Musical
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Treachery! Lou’s mum sold his beloved roller skates at the garage sale. A series of strange and revealing encounters begin when he inevitably goes looking for them in the buzzing crowd.
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Fantasy
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The official animated music video for Dua Lipa – Levitating
- Music video
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The film tells the story of a castaway on a mysterious island that is only inhabited by a girl living in a seemingly defunct lighthouse. A classic triangle of a father, his daughter and her lover is being told in an unusual way.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Adventure
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In a quiet natural setting, a group of tiny insects gathers at an improvised starting line, ready for a race. What begins as a simple competition quickly turns into chaotic, slapstick mayhem as rivalries, obstacles, and unexpected interruptions disrupt the event.
- Experimental
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On her latest love song, “Love Theme, ” Pynkie describes a different type of dilemma – one where she pines to be with someone that doesn’t quite feel the same way, but she hopes to change their mind.
- Music Videos
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Widely believed to be the very first animated feature film, Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights” uses striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin. Painstakingly composed frame by frame by Reiniger over the course of three years, this landmark work is both an enchanting storybook saga and a retina-delighting triumph of visual imagination.
- Drama
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Yuck. Couples kissing on the mouth are gross. And the worst is, you can’t miss them: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo laughs at them, just like all the kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.
- Comedy
- Family
- Coming-of-Age
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Herman lives in peaceful harmony with his teddybear inside a large tree surrounded by a beautiful garden. One night an unexpected and for Herman unwelcome visitor arrives. When Herman throws the visitor out it gets stormy outside and he realizes that he has to go out on a rescue mission. We follow Herman´s journey through the thick fog before he eventually understands that a heart can accommodate many and the fog clears.
- Fantasy
- Drama
Loss
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Hamish Fint, a crotchety old man used to a life of seclusion inside his submarine balanced precariously atop a mountain, struggles to maintain equilibrium when an unwelcome visiting seagull rocks his world.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Fantasy
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The story of Coyote, Iktome, and the Rock is about generosity. The worldwide awarded film takes us into the spectacular and magical universe of Native American folklore following the adventures of the two famous mischief-makers of the Great Plains getting into trouble as they bid defiance to Iya, the sleeping magic rock
- Fantasy
- Tragicomedy
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Filmmaker David Badgerburrow investigates mysterious animal in the deep forest in the heart of Europe. Let’s follow his footsteps and witness one of the greatest miracles of nature.
- Comedy
- Drama
- Experimental
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A creative person often seems weird, funny and a little bit crazy. Even his friends and family do not always understand him and often feel ashamed of him. But sometimes he can create a real miracle – merely from garbage.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Fantasy
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Near an oak and a dried-up river, an eel, a weasel, and a vulture meet. They talk to one another, but do not get along.
- Tragicomedy
- Fable
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The Great Wall. At one small window, behind the bars, a man looks resignedly. At the foot of the wall grows a red flower that is unattainable for him. And so the years pass… One spring, the prisoner is released, but now he no longer notices the flower and goes on with his life.A crushed flower remains behind him.
- Drama
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
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The film, released as part of World Environment Day, looks back from 2050 to show how people came together to save the world from the climate and ecological crisis.
- Drama
- Tragedy
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A journey of a 7 year-old boy’s acceptance of his grandpa’s death in a traditional Taiwanese funeral.
- Drama
- Family
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A short, poetic animated story about respect for the deceased.
- Drama
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This short animated film was created by Bindiya Bathija in June 2013 at New York Film Academy.
- Drama
Relationships
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Short animated movie from a world that is similar to ours, and yet a little bit different. Everything begins, when the family moves out from their tiny house in the suburbs. The house, however, can´t let it go, and embarks on a journey to find his family.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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Two male, glowing creatures start a fight over trying to impress a female. Each one of them wants to win her over by giving a better light show than his competitor. “Shine”‘ is a visual love story showing the importance of healthy competition. The film shows that it is not always the strongest, fastest or most attractive that wins as sometimes it is the inner light that shines the brightest. The film brings a fresh perspective to the age-old story of men vying for the love of a beautiful woman, however in this instance, the men are two furry creatures who battle with the power of self-illumination. The battle to glow brightest is intense and the combat fierce. They are on fire… until one gets burned!
- Fantasy
- Romance
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The Smelly Hamstergeccos was a Hungarian children rockband. Their songs and lyrics are as intuitive and powerful as the best children’s drawings. This psychedelic music video was created with the same fun mentality using colour crayon drawings to present the band’s members and the song’s hero, a strawberry.
- Music Videos
- Comedy
- Experimental
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A fire in the fireplace falls in love with a lightning, and goes on the road to find it. During its adventurous journey it learns where real warmth lies. This story is about the quest for love.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
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One day, a little mole discovers that all of the other animals have a friend of their same species to play with, but the mole is all alone and very sad. To make matters worse, all the food is starting to rebel. A fat earthworm escapes in a hurry, right under the mole’s nose. The hunt inside the tunnels begins! Finally the earthworm is caught, but just as the mole is about to bite down, he realises that it’s not an earthworm but another mole’s tail. Now that they’ve found each other, there’s a happy ending under the molehill.
- Comedy
- Romance
- Family
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On her latest love song, “Love Theme, ” Pynkie describes a different type of dilemma – one where she pines to be with someone that doesn’t quite feel the same way, but she hopes to change their mind.
- Music Videos
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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When the Lord created the sky, the earth, and the water, he was content. But soon, he began to feel lonely. He brooded for a moment, and then he began to knead a bit of clay. He opened the oven and started to bake a man…
- Fantasy
- Family
- Musical
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A cheeky muddy piglet is disturbing the flamingo‘s elegant hen party.
- Comedy
- Family
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Watch Ariana Grande take her talent from the gym to the VMAs mainstage, as her Personal Trainer Nicki Minaj coaches her to Pop Stardom, all set to their 2016 VMAs performance of “Side to Side!”
- Music video
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A creative person often seems weird, funny and a little bit crazy. Even his friends and family do not always understand him and often feel ashamed of him. But sometimes he can create a real miracle – merely from garbage.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Fantasy
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Uka is a little girl who lives in a grey abandoned factory. While she’s painting of of her canvas, she finds a way of changing how she sees the world.
- Drama
- Experimental
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A children‘s film about the fun and cruelty among children. Two cartoon characters develop a life of their own, in the combination of pixilation and classic animation. They humiliate and mock the third unfinished figure; but their temporary superiority shifts, as he turns out to be their big brother.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Non-narrative
Sustainability
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After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek robot named EVE.
- Adventure
- Sci-Fi
- Family
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Nassotis throws a lot of garbage into the sea, but it always comes back, until he is buried in a garbage pile thanks to a fish that intends to teach him a lesson.
- Comedy
- Adventure
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An over-ambitious beaver goes too far when he gets the chance to realise his ultimate dream. Some dreams are just too big.
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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Directed a stop-motion segment for SiGNALS: an experimental program tuning you into the colorful stories of everyday objects for YouTube Originals' sustainability initiative.
- Comedy
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Our children face ever greater threats as the climate crisis accelerates. It’s their future, so why aren’t we talking to them about it?
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Family
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A small bee, allergic to pollen, discovers an extraordinary product that will dramatically impact the life of the hive…
- Drama
- Comedy
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The film, released as part of World Environment Day, looks back from 2050 to show how people came together to save the world from the climate and ecological crisis.
- Drama
- Tragedy
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Imagine if a heavy metal rock band makes an advert for saving the rainforest.
- Comedy
- Music Videos
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The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Global warming is on the news. What is global warming? What solutions do you propose?
- Documentary
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
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The story of a shepherd’s single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
- Drama
- Fantasy
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The Earth has succumbed to pollution, everything is submerged under a sea of dust. A woman survives with the help of an improvised raft and the food that she recovers from the city. She will finally land on an island.
- Drama
- Experimental
Spirituality
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Comic interpretation of a meditative pilgrimage of a monk, a mosquito and a hen.
- Fantasy
- Non-narrative
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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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A melancholic physician in a Mexican hospital who prefers drinking to doctoring is transformed by the visit of a psychedelic saint. He begins to perform miracles on an odd assortment of hospital patients.
- Drama
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A journey of a 7 year-old boy’s acceptance of his grandpa’s death in a traditional Taiwanese funeral.
- Drama
- Family
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It is a musical fantasy about the awakening of nature and the character from winter hibernation, about the way out of its own world, into a world which is full of beauty and adventures.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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When the Lord created the sky, the earth, and the water, he was content. But soon, he began to feel lonely. He brooded for a moment, and then he began to knead a bit of clay. He opened the oven and started to bake a man…
- Fantasy
- Family
- Musical
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In a mountain village in southwest China, Nan returns home with his wife and children to visit his relatives. However, his son Xiaowen suddenly finds a strange ‘monster’ while playing in the village. When Nan is unaware of what is happening, Nan’s father reveals a story about Nan’s childhood. It turns out that Nan, who grew up in the mountains as a child, had a predestined relationship with the ‘monster’ in the mountains, so Nan began to tell this part of his childhood story…
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Fantasy
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Long ago, four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirit brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii. The name of their leader was Kapaemahu. Beloved by the people for their gentle ways and miraculous cures, they imbued four giant boulders with their powers. The stones still stand on what is now Waikiki Beach, but the true story behind them has been hidden – until now
- Drama
- Documentary
- Bio-pic
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Music Video to “Zvonova zpověď” by Tomáš Klus
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Romance
Super short
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A heavy snowfall transforms Brambly Hedge into a winter wonderland.
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A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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Istoty.
- Comedy
- Non-narrative
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A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.
- Comedy
- Non-narrative
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A cheeky muddy piglet is disturbing the flamingo‘s elegant hen party.
- Comedy
- Family
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A fun and educative plasticine animation to learn the letters of the alphabet.
- Musical
- Pre-school
- Family
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A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.
- Comedy
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Shaun is a sheep who doesn’t follow the flock – in fact, he leads them into all sorts of scrapes and scraps, turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow. Shaun and his pals run rings around their poor sheepdog Bitzer, as he tries to stop the Farmer finding out what’s going on behind his back. Every day brings a new adventure for Shaun!
- Comedy
- Family
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Deep into a forest, a gathering of wild animals start a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.
- Comedy
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A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.
- Comedy
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Once upon a time, there was a crawling tortoise. The tortoise was told that as long as it keeps going, it will reach the goal. But, why reaching the goal? The story is a reflection of the education system in Asia. High school students aimlessly pursue the one and only goal – getting into the perfect university. But what is next?
- Drama
- Coming-of-Age
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A web miniseries about a single finger, by Tomáš Rosputinský and Peter Budinský.
- Comedy
Technology and society
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In our short animated film we show you an alien civilizations’s very first visitation to planet Earth. The (fictional) visitation took place 54 years ago, when – to the misfortune of humanity – the participants of the actual alien encounter were not members of the human race.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
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The history of humanity and of our planet in four minutes. An eco-friendly statement developed in a single shot that has it all: humor, action and tragedy.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The story takes place in an unnamed American metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by Prehlađeni Joe (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspector Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Crimi
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Robot Minus serves Doctor Sinus, its creator and constructor, who works at a desk. However, a magnetic horseshoe gets into the robot’s mechanism and disrupts its functioning. Dr. Sinus first tries to tame the Robot, then breaks it, but it’s all in vain.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- Experimental
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Poetic post-apocalyptic vision in which a desert landscape appears devoid of life before signs of renewal emerge.
- Sci-Fi
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Using advanced technology, the so-called holodeck, alien Gig wants to reach the stars. The equipment soon breaks down and trouble begins for Giga…
- Sci-Fi
- Experimental
- Comedy
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The story starts with the morning of a little, short guy named Bob who just starts working in the space agency. When watching the spaceship launching, Bob is hit by a bolt of mysterious lightning and starts to grow bigger. But there seems no way to stop…
- Sci-Fi
- Comedy
- Drama
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Short animated movie from a world that is similar to ours, and yet a little bit different. Everything begins, when the family moves out from their tiny house in the suburbs. The house, however, can´t let it go, and embarks on a journey to find his family.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Experimental
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Centers on the creation of the world in seven days, and how in one day, that balance can be lost.
- Drama
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Directed a stop-motion segment for SiGNALS: an experimental program tuning you into the colorful stories of everyday objects for YouTube Originals' sustainability initiative.
- Comedy
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first semester short film about people and life
- Drama
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An opossum in a coffee machine and the question why most technical devices break after a certain time.
- Comedy
- Experimental
Surreal
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A short film by PES that reimagines vintage metallic objects as fantastical deep-sea creatures.
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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A boy wins a new toy in a claw machine – an ordinary Martian doll. It turns out that things are not that simple, the boy finds himself on Mars and he has to fight with a whole bunch of the Martians.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi
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Animated short film by Barbora Zadražilová.
- Drama
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Tom asks Mine and Mona for a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey. But instead of helping him, they explain how boring and silly Tom and his slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey are.
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
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A tiny rocket makes an impact on a big wish. Seen from a distance, the earth is the most beautiful place in space.
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
- Experimental
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Three dark types come into a bar and meet there a strange barkeeper who tell them the prodigious truth that they are only dolls in a film. He persuades them to come with him to the storyboard to take her destiny in her own hands – of course not without ulterior motives.
- Comedy
- Western
- Experimental
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At the top of a canyon, the old Indian Flying Shadow teaches the young Nayati the ancient art of smoke signals. This is the meeting of two opposite characters. The boy’s hyperactivity upsets the calm of the old shaman soon causing disaster.
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Comedy
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This film is based on the so-called comedy of the absurd. The unusual animalism of the figures and their distinctive animation and sound treatment promise that the film will be acceptable to children. Probably even adults will not be indifferent to this variety of fabrications.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Once a little African boy got a letter. In the letter he found a snowflake made of paper. He liked it so much that he wished to see it in reality as he wondered what the real snow looks like.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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The story takes place in an unnamed American metropolis of the 1960s, where a criminal gang led by Prehlađeni Joe (Runny Nose Joe) carries out various criminal acts, but is thwarted by police inspector Maska, using various disguises to track them and catch them in the end.
- Comedy
- Action
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The Chain bridge’s living lion statues are bullied by an evil cloud. Time for the Bridgemaster to take action.
- Comedy
- Experimental
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A mysterious box arriving at the door disturbs Salini’s peaceful routine leaving her paralysed and obsessed with discovering the contents of the box. I poured so much of myself into this project and have fallen in love with stop motion as well as the weird and wonderful world that Salini lives in during this process. The patience and care needed to create it has taught me a lot about the gentleness and love that we owe to ourselves and each other.
- Music video
