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Morning as a Mayfly

After a night of heavy drinking a young man has a dream where an angel tells him the world will end if he doesn't make a sacrifice.

The Aristocats

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.

Something to Remember

A bittersweet look at life’s many challenges, albeit as experienced by furry, feathered, and slimy creatures who sound and feel all too human.

Urbanissimo

A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.

The Alchemist’s Apprentice

A young alchemy apprentice tries to fix his master's creation discreetly.

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

During the holiday season, when the animals of the Central Park Zoo are preparing for Christmas, Private, the youngest of the penguins notices that the Polar Bear is all alone. Assured that nobody should have to spend Christmas alone, Private goes into the city for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Along the way, he gets stuffed into a stocking

Грибок-теремок

A mushroom offers the animals of the forest, an ant, a butterfly and a mouse shelter from the storm. A little rabbit, who wants to hide from the fox, also finds a place with him. The mushroom grows, stretches and stretches as it sees the good will of the other animals to help the hare.

Complex

You are locked in an empty room with a camera. The room is dark. It is raining hard outside. You are a subject of Complex, a scientific experiment, whose purpose is to test the limits of the human mind. The objective is simple: stay alive.

Azumanga Web Daioh

Chiyo brings a video camera to school for a class project. But when Tomo gets a hold of it, heaps of trouble happen all over campus.

Dreams of a Land

The story of Samuel de Champlain's futile search for a passage to China in North America and his later founding of Quebec.

Gunner Sam

Based on a comic monologue performed by Stanley Holloway on radio and records.

I Want My Hat Back

Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it. He is starting to become despondent, until his memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question.

Girl Electric

A music video for the song Girl Electric by The Breakaways.

The Neverending Wall

A plea against the building of walls that divide and restrict freedoms through the animation of 102 graffiti by artists from around the world painted on the largest section of the Berlin Wall.

Visit Prague

An early short film by the Czech animator Pavel Koutsky.

Dead Horses

In an isolated and unknown place during a war, a child is forced to flee. Along the way, he sees horse corpses everywhere. Only dead horses. Why? Why have the horses decided to kill themselves?

Deal

The Sisyphus-like story by two co-authors is set in the present. The hero’s boulder is his everyday duties and the need to earn money and look after the family. The dynamic story imitates for instance the rapid pans and tilts of a camera by blurring the picture, the final intensity of changes implicates the stereotypical working routine. Animation on translucent layers alternates with total drawing.

Homunculus

A short film by the Czech animator Vaclav Mergl.

Beyond Creation

While drawing, Rui is surprised by the presence of Epsilon, a mysterious girl with magical powers.

Marcel, your mother is calling you