Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Pilot 2

The second of three pilot shorts that eventually became the 1989 movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland.

The Ballad of Kyle T. MaGatt

Aided by powers from a little red hat / A deplorable fellow named Kyle MaGatt / Goes hunting for Covid to save the economy / To become the hero Americans should see. / But will he succeed in this arduous task? / Or will he be forced to wear a mask?

And the Lighthouse Made Three

A plasticene animated film about a lonely lighthouse, a craggy old lighthouse keeper and a mysterious dark figure that moves in the fog. A delightful song ends this tale of unrequited love.

Herring

Haring tells the short tale of a guy who has to get rid of the herring stench coming from his mouth, before meeting his date at the cinema. While running through the streets of Amsterdam, we see the terrible effects of what that stench does to everyone around him. Made in collaboration with the Netherlands Film Fund, Pathé and SNS Reaal Fonds.

Eye for an Eye

A one-eyed pirate captain tries repeatedly to win a treasure, always with a new team of one-eyed pirates like him.

Playground

School, home, always lonely hero. It was just always seen in a long distance friendship. One day, the luck I think I'll make a "town" own in a vacant lot that I found on the way home of the school, and begin to draw a blueprint on the wall. At that time, a boy was approaching. The boy started the hero of Manet, gradually developed into a quarrel. Is it a heck does that mean and friendship.

El don de los espejos

A stubborn fish collector faces his own boundaries in this maritime story.

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy Headed People

An animated satire on the question of self-image for African American women living in a society where beautiful hair is viewed as hair that blows in the wind and lets you be free. Lively tunes and witty narration accompany a quick-paced inventory of relaxers, gels, and curlers. This short film has become essential for discussions of racism, African American cinema, and empowerment.

Calculated Movements

Cuba programmed solid areas and volumes instead of the vector dots of the previous two films. It also in four "colors": black, white, light grey and dark grey. In five episodes, he alternates single events involving ribbon-like figures following intricate trajectories, with more complex episodes consisting of up to 40 individual events that appear and disappear at irregular intervals. Electronic sound scores accompany.

Googolplex

Extended editing techniques based on Land’s experiments affect the viewer’s sensory perceptions.

Blindman's Bluff

A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognising his own vulnerability.

The Island of the Dead

A soldier is about to be executed because of his disobedience. The execution will be carried out by an ancient machine which engraves a sentence (the committed crime) on a man's skin. What would happen if silent-film fan Franz Kafka were to ask FW Murnau to make a movie of his short story In the Penal Colony?

Bendito Machine III: Obey His Commands

Quasi's Cabaret Trailer

Created and produced as a sample of the proposed (never realized) animated feature. "It was like a 30's musical in which Anita left the alligator farm to pursue her dream of opening the ultimate tropical nightclub. I had a script and storyboard [...] Nightclub of the future with live alligators and a tipsy train that serves drinks." -SC

Butcher's Hook

A short film exploring the imagery of medical and scientific experimentation.

Sanjay's Super Team

SANJAY'S SUPER TEAM follows the daydream of a young Indian boy, bored with his father's religious meditation, who imagines "a kind of ancient, Hindu version of The Avengers," with the gods appearing like superheros.

There Is Nothing to Be Scared of

A group of six young Russian boys at a summer camp tell each other scary stories while waiting to fall asleep one night.

Wonder Bakers at the World's Fair

Animated segments which might have originally framed live action footage of bakers at work making Wonder Bread and Hostess cakes.

One Hell of a Wedding!

An ordinary wedding turns into the event of the year when the nun responsible for the music accidentally plays the wrong CD.

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.