A documentary about autism and sensory perception that features live-action and animated segments.
The Travels of Chichikov: Manilov (1974)
Short Soviet puppet animation based on Gogol's novel Dead Souls.
The Story of King Midas (1953)
A greedy King Midas is visited one day by a mysterious visitor who grants him the ability to turn all things he touches to gold. He learns his lesson when the food he tries to eat and his own daughter are turned to gold as well. The visitor reappears and offers him the opportunity to return to his old self, which he gladly does. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
The Enigma of the Croquette Boy (2004)
Alex García, a TV star of yesteryears, is fodder for some of the most cruel reality TV, but, his life takes an unexpected turn when a secret organization interrogates him about mysterious matters, revealing to him the truth about his failure, and that some martian invaders are following him with sinister intentions...
Lupe & Bruno (2005)
The story of Lupe & Bruno, she is in love and he doesn't seem interested. The story unfolds at the public transport stop as they grow up.
Carmen Habanera z „Carmen-Suity” (1994)
Animated interpretation of the Bizet opera, second in a trilogy.
Carmen Suita z „Carmen – Suity” (1994)
Animated interpretation of the Bizet opera, first in a trilogy
Inner Healing: Journey with Native Trees of Knowledge (2014)
This documentary is the story of Adrian Esposito's journey to find healing for his anger and autism by traveling across America and Canada and interviewing Native American healers and elders for their advice.
Tengers (2007)
Whilst working on "the great South African novel," an unemployed writer gets caught up in the harsh realities of life in the city of Johannesburg.
Lost Sheep (2023)
When a three-legged lamb realizes he is not like other sheep, he leaves the safety of his home, but the good shepherd embarks on a journey to rescue the lost lamb.
Agnes Martin: With My Back to the World (2003)
A groundbreaking documentary on the internationally renowned painter, designated by ARTnews Magazine one of the world's top-ten living artists. This documentary was shot over a period of four years, from 1998 through 2002, Agnes Martin's ninetieth year. Interviews with Martin are inter-cut with shots at work in her studio in Taos, New Mexico, with photographs and archival footage, and with images of her work from over five decades. It is a venue for Martin to speak about her work, her working methods, her life as an artist, and her views about the creative process. She also discusses her film, "Gabriel" and reads from her poetry and lectures. In keeping with Martin's chosen life of solitude, she alone appears in the documentary.
I Can't Wait (2014)
This is a simple, bittersweet tale for all ages that you feel like storing away deep inside of you, yet one that is so full of emotion that you’ll end up sharing with everyone around you. It’s the story of life itself.
For Sock's Sake (2008)
Stop-motion animated short produced as a film student graduation project at the Gobelins Animation School of Paris by Carlo Vogele, class of 2008, leading to a career as a character animator at Pixar. It was selected as the winner of the Best Graduation Film award the following year at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Look Closer: The Rise and Fall of Robert Benfer (2018)
In 2013, online clay animator Robert Benfer scammed hundreds of fans out of thousands of dollars and has continued to become less of the independent film icon he used to be, though his unique influence on video creators remains to this day. This film not only sheds light on how Benfer's films impacted young filmmakers, but also how a talented independent artist can fall from grace no matter how obscure they are.
Break! (1985)
This cartoon is directed against the brutality of professional Boxing. In parody form it ridiculed unworthy methods and means used to achieve victory.
Two Bagatelles (1953)
Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.
The Hunger Artist (2002)
Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in his cage. Once famous and adored by the crowds, he now performs alone.
Experimental Animation (1933)
Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.
Red-end and the Factory Plant (2015)
Redback has to find red peppers in the wood and discovers a bio-industry of carnivorous plants, but gets captured. Red-end sets Redback free by sabotaging the meat factory.
neolithic (2021)
A grim world is blessed by pre-modern man's wrath and it's beautiful light succumbs to the dark abyss of the neolithic reign of mother natures new conquerors, the Homo-Sapiens and their predecessors. Detailed thematic depictions of man's effects on earth and their ascent to dominance presented in short stop-motion animated segments fantasizing about the human race's beginnings and eventual domination of our world.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...