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- DirectorJirí TrnkaMilos MakovecStarsHelena PatockovaJaromir SobotoaDetsky pevecky sbor Jana KuhnaA Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, a nightingale's song restores his health and teaches him to revolt against his glittering but shallow world.
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerA study in pins of a man who loses his nose which becomes a personality in its own right.
- DirectorCaroline LeafA traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA man who is on a pilgrimage spends the night with a woman. After they share a moment of passion, he runs away and she chases him.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsAleksandr KalyaginDistant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA small child takes small leaps, which progress into huge bounds over buildings, forests and continents.
- DirectorIshu PatelIn this short animation film, a magnificent bird performs for the Emperor inside a glittering palace. Its plumage is a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage can't compete with the open skies.
- DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPhilippe NoiretChristopher PlummerThe story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoStarsKyôko KishidaTetsuko KuroyanagiRie MiyazawaThe story takes place as Buddhism is being introduced to Japan from China. Iratsume, a woman of noble descent, one night sees a luminous vision that she believes to be the Buddha, compelling her to leave home and journey to a sacred temple.
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerMussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?
- DirectorDusan VukoticSimple story about the man who comes to the beach and uses inflatable objects for all of his needs.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoStarsKyôko KishidaOn her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of her mother, the Queen's secret, early love. The Princess goes into the forest to meet her mother's former lover. When she looks into his eyes she realizes why her mother had fallen in love.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA stop motion short film by Kihachiro Kawamoto. This short film humorously shows what happens when the artist creates a being that insists on 'creating' the artist.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoStarsTetsunojo KanzeA solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoTwo brothers who live with their sick mother go deer hunting, but encounter a demon.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsGordon PinsentKevin DuhaneyYôji MatsudaAn old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
- DirectorEvelyn LambartNorman McLarenAbstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerStarsAlouette Quartette
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerStarsAlexander AlexeieffVisualization of three of the ten pieces that Modest Moussorgski composed for piano in 1874, inspired by the pictorial work of his friend and colleague Viktor Hartmann.
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerPin screen animation to the Mussorgsky music
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA woman taking a trip encounters a nightmarish landscape juxtaposed against scenes of classical beauty.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoStarsNicolas BatailleSerge FribaultFrançois GrauierDog racing is used as a metaphor for the futility of human existence.
- DirectorBorivoj Dovnikovic-BordoAn army corporal tries to discipline a new soldier. He is most annoyed by the soldier's frog, which he unsuccessfully tries to get rid of.
- DirectorFlorence MiailheStory of a two woman who goes to the hammam for the first time.
- DirectorIshu Patel
- DirectorIshu PatelA psychedelic new-age short about what a spiritual human being might find after death.
- DirectorIshu PatelTo a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach man, who develops ever more sophisticated forms of war.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaThe second cartoon by Jirí Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves. The picture finished the monopoly of Disney's style in animation and it started an impetuous development of European animation. The picture is one of the best in the world of animation.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaStarsZdenek StepánekEduard KohoutKarel HögerExcellent stop-motion animation film from one of the best Czech filmmakers, Jirí Trnka. It tells the ancient story of Bohemia, how it was founded by Czech, the Forefather, and a series of legendary episodes of heroes, queens and kings, inspired in a book by Alois Jirásek compiling the Czech myths.
- DirectorYôji KuriStarsEizaburo HaraYutokutaishi AkiyamaKazuko KatayamaA time-lapse animation produced for a solo exhibition at the Sony Building in Ginza, shot when Kuri was moving out of the house where he lived at the time.
- DirectorYôji KuriA desolate landscape contains a series of surreal creatures, some humanoid while others completely alien. Their lives intermingle, with interactions ranging from docile and symbiotic to excruciatingly violent.
- DirectorYôji Kuri
- DirectorYôji KuriA man is continually stalked by a small woman named Kemoko who is utterly in love with him.
- DirectorKarel ZemanStarsKarel ZemanAn artist takes inspiration from the rain outside.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaStarsDetsky pevecky sbor Jana KuhnaBayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He soon realizes that the three princesses are nagged by evil spirits. The little peasant manages to rid them of them, fights a duel with a wicked lord who wanted to marry one of the three princesses. He finally wins the heart of the youngest sister while saving the soul of his mother who was in purgatory.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaStarsJan WerichA poor fisherman catches the golden fish that promises him to fulfill three wishes if he sets her free again. He does so and the fish fulfills two of his three wishes. However, she refuses to fulfill the third one, the last one in which the fisherman's wife wants to be equal to God. Jirí Trnka made this picture according to Jan Werich's version of the tale with Werich himself as the narrator.
- DirectorJirí Trnka
- DirectorJirí TrnkaPuppet animation feature consisting of different segments related to the traditions and emotions of the seasons as a typical year passes among the Czech people.
- DirectorJirí KrejcíkJirí TrnkaStarsFrantisek FilipovskýA short comedic film about a writer's attempt to produce the next big script.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaStarsJoss AcklandAnn BellRichard BurtonThe first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Three worlds meet in this story: the noble world of three Athens couples, a common popular world of tradesmen amateur theatre and a fairy-tale happiness of magic creatures as elves and nymphs. The film is considered the most remarkable Jirí Trnka's work and a milestone in the history of the world animation.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaStarsJan WerichVlasta BurianTwo mischievous frost spirits make things chilly for a pair of travelers in this wintry comic folktale.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaStarsJosef PehrLjuba SkorepováHana VavruskovaKutyasek and Kutilka are two dolls. Kutilka is an obedient girl, and Kutyasek is a naughty boy. The alarm clock rings in the morning. Kutilka gets up quickly, but Kutyasek is in no hurry to get up. A cheerful clown is watching all this.
- DirectorCo HoedemanA child founds a strange ball.
- DirectorCo HoedemanA fantasy where children's building blocks and music effects do everything. Blocks represent the make-believe city and the two children who play in it. Blocks even act out the story when an angry dragon appears on the scene, while music scores the action. This is puppet theater reduced to its simplest form.
- DirectorCo HoedemanThe protagonists of this animated short are Russian dolls, also known as matryoshka dolls, or babushka dolls - sets of beautifully painted wooden dolls of decreasing sizes that nestle one inside the other. Here, the dolls dance, twirl and swirl to Russian tunes before hopping back into the mother figure.
- DirectorCo HoedemanStarsAlootook IpellieToojatogak ItoacheakElatak NakashookThis short re-tells the old Inuit myth about how the Raven came to have its black feather colour as a result of a disagreement with the Owl.
- DirectorCo HoedemanStarsMina MathewsAkinisie NovalingaAn Inuit tale of familial revenge.
- DirectorCo HoedemanTwo Grotoceans sent on a special mission find all kinds of surprises awaiting them as they roam the sea in search of treasure. Animated octopus-like puppets cut out of foam rubber are the central characters in this underwater fantasy with its message about ecology and conservation.
- DirectorCo HoedemanStarsHoward RyshpanMichael ShepperdLen WattA touching story of the friendship between a grandfather and his grandson, this is a film about aging and death. Award-winning animator Co Hoedeman combines 3-D and cut-out animation techniques to create a very dramatic and moving film.
- DirectorCo HoedemanAn animated film that uses the Arctic landscape and the traditional Inuit characters of the Bear, the Seal and the Owl to raise young people's awareness about the harmful effects that substance abuse represents.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaStarsShinsuke ChikaishiAdolf HitlerExplores the pros, cons and the nature of memory.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaIn a totalitarian society where daydreaming is forbidden, an imaginative boy fantasies about catching a mermaid and playing with her.
- DirectorYusaku SakamotoEiichi YamamotoIn a small and colourful town, a little girl, a tiny grey mouse, a plentiful sycamore tree, a troublesome moth and a vivid community of posters coexist in a forgotten street corner.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaEco-toon, the rough looking rider spruces up from the desert vending machines but his attempts to replace the devastated earth are rejected.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA series of short animated segments, explore major characters of modern society, such as the plastic surgeon, the fashion-obsessed woman, the rumor-monger, and others, leading to a concluding comment on the progress of civilization.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaStarsKiyoshi KobayashiThis film has the look of a tongue-in-cheek production, done on a small budget by animators who wanted to make fun of great works that cost enormous sums of money.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaThis extremely brief film was Osamu Tezuka's answer to a challenge presented to the leaders of the international animation community to create animated self-portraits.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA cowboy is hampered by the imperfections in the film print showcasing his story.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA samurai discovers a cursed sword thrust through the heart of a straw man. With this weapon he slays all who oppose him, and many who do not. Men are scythed down as if they were made of straw.
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoA cat just wants some alone time with his girl, but is interrupted by his stressed owner. Can't those stupid humans just keep things like relationships simple?
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forrest, fights to defend his home and faces trials and adversities along the way. Designed as a tribute to the animation of Disney, the artwork and music evolve through a progression of styles from oldest to newest (at the time).
- DirectorKôji Yamamura
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsTakeharu KunimotoBruno MetzgerA sad rakugo of a stingy old man experiencing the unforeseen consequences of eating a few cherries whole, without throwing the pits away.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraKoji Yamamura's active animation plunges into a child's playtime explorations. Fluid shifts in scale and a bubbling vocal soundtrack both channel a fresh imagination at work. Even a spilt glass of water holds the promise of adventure.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraA series of nine flipbook-like vignettes showcasing simple revelations of movement and color. Koji Yamamura's animation refers back to the phenakistoscope, one of the earliest mechanisms used to make drawings move.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsPeter BarakanA very old crocodile is shunned by his family after eating one of them.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsYui MakinoTakaaki NamikiThe imaginative possibilities of animation and reading are intertwined in this spirited Koji Yamamura short. Two kids find a dusty book on a park bench and soon become immersed in a "Robinson Crusoe"-like adventure. They're in for a jolt, however, when their desert island starts swimming. Yamamura's painted frames swell with movement and color as the boys zoom through the literary imagination.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraBuildings, black crows, a flood of bar codes, clone-looking businessmen, shopping-addicted ladies...these images which probably symbolizes excessive, standardized and overcrowded modern cities are condensed in this animation. Various techniques, like modified photo, drawing animation, 3D object and permeating lighting are combined onto a multi-planed (line drawing) stand, with a challenge to express a unique sense of unity and compression.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsHitomi ShimizuMomota TakahashiOne day in winter, two birds were flying to the snow field. They found a fine big tree and decided to build their house on it. Carrying logs, cutting them, putting together, finally a lovely house was completed.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsHitomi ShimizuMomota TakahashiIt was a wonderful day. At the kitchen, Karo and Piyobupt were making sandwiches. Yes, they were going on a picnic. When you eat sandwiches on the beautiful green field, how delicious they are and how much you eat them.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsHitomi ShimizuKaro was hurrying to his house on a rainy day. Then he met a fish swimming in the air. He talked about the fish to Piyobupt but he laughed at Karo. So they started to imagine. And outside of the window, flying fishes were enjoying the rain.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsRyoko NoguchiHitomi ShimizuKôji YamamuraHD. Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. sit down to discuss their highly anticipated May 6 showdown.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraThe stream of a mil, an apple flows down through the stream, where inumerable illusion of fish appears and disappears in the sky reflected in the water.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsNikolai GusarovLyubov TeplovaKostya PanovIn the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used to have a cow, how this cow fed everyone with milk and how she suffered when the calf was sold for meat.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsAleksandr KaydanovskiyThe man decides to die, but falls asleep at the last moment. He dreams that he died and ended up on another planet, very similar to the Earth, but the people living here do not know sin.
- DirectorAleksandr PetrovStarsEvgeniya SmolyaninovaAn elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisStarsArthur SharrJames HumphryLeonard CohenThe innocent country Nebelux is accidentally bombarded with the poison gas X-70, designed to keep Asiatics in a lethargic and euphoric state.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisStarsArthur SharrCharles BestermanJason Goldframe, a filmmaker specialized in doing things no one has ever done before, wants to fool his own shadow.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisA farmer accidentally creates a self-procreating iron Pegasus.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisIn a world where people are easily indoctrinated by speech, a reporter wants to know what people think about the actual political situation?
- DirectorRaoul ServaisAn invading army destroys all color in a harmless town and brings it in a state of depression. Then a jester arrives.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisStarsWill SpoorFran Waller ZeperSjoert SchwibethusAn unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoStarsIsao HashizumeJi Chang wants to be the best archer in the world. He seeks out a master who is able, at a distance, to shoot a single leaf off a tree. Over several years, the apprentice studies with the master. Finally, after mastering the techniques, as well as his own ambition, he sets off for the mountains, home of a legendary master of archery...
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA cautionary tale about workers who are neglected, lose hope, and fade away while businessmen prosper by selling out to foreign countries. As the greed of the businessmen escalates, the economy collapses, and a young man becomes a poet and gives the people hope.
- DirectorGeorges Schwizgebel
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA visual art work that borrows the principles of fugue from music. A man, his dreams, a hotel room...
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA metaphorical tale about the power of animal instinct and how senseless is to tame nature.
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA modern Cinderella short story portrayed among doves, whirl and clouds.
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelLoosely following the Greek myth of the Flight of Icarus, Georges Schwizgebel opens his directional career with Le vol d'lcare, a short animation of LED lights.
- DirectorGeorges Schwizgebel
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA solitary man without a shadow rises from his desk, dons his hat, and leaves his apartment. He walks through a city to a large door, knocks, shows his invitation, and is admitted to a colorful scene. He walks through drawing rooms and gardens. He speaks with a man in a top hat who offers him a life of romance, but in that life there is betrayal. Is there a place in the world for our man without a shadow?
- DirectorGeorges Schwizgebel
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelThe viewer takes the perspective of Frankenstein's monster, waking up in a lab and moving through an alienating series of rooms, towards an unknown goal.
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA descrition of a game between two teams where one of the teams change the rules.
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA mixed montage of black and white photographs and moving images filmed in Shanghai.
- DirectorEduard NazarovStarsEduard NazarovThe story about a injured ant who travel by a hitch-hiking.
- DirectorGil Alkabetz