Snowflake
In 'Snowflake' a little boy in Africa gets a paper-cut snowflake by mail. That night he dreams his surroundings are covered with snow, making all animals shiver.
View ArticleFiumana (Flood)
'Fiumana' shows that Georges Schwizgebel's particular way of animating has made school. Julia Gromskaya adapts Schwizgebel's painting techniques and constantly shifting perspective to tell a tale of a...
View ArticleLe chapeau (The Hat)
'Le chapeau' is a nonlinear, stream-of-consciousness-like film of flowing pen drawings morphing into each other on a white empty canvas, using the hat as a recurring motive.
View ArticleWild Life
In this short Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby tell about a young Englishman migrating to Alberta, Canada in 1909, where he ends in a small hut on the countryside. The young man's letters to his father...
View ArticleBankiet (Banquet)
In 'Banquet' a bunch of waiters and chefs are preparing a huge banquet for a large number of guests. But when the guests arrive, the banquet turns out to be very different than expected.
View ArticleThe Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
'The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend' was the first film acclaimed animator Caroline Leaf made for the National Film Board of Canada.
View ArticleSita Sings the Blues
Unlike the European and Japanese animation field, the American animation studio system is unkind to author films. Walt Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (Chris Sanders, 2002) probably comes closest, apart...
View ArticleHermína Týrlová
This a gentle documentary film made in honour of the Czech animation pioneer's sixtieth birthday.
View ArticleDvě klubíčka (Two Balls of Wool)
In 'Two Balls of Wool' the insides of a sewing box come to life, including a scissors, a measuring tape, thread spools, a horse-like pincushion, and, most importantly, two balls of wool.
View ArticleSeder-Masochism
Seder-Masochism is the second feature animation film by independent animation artist Nina Paley (born 1968), who created quite a stir with the lovely ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ (2008) in which she blended...
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