The Cigarette and the Weed tells the story of a weed growing on a street corner, and a discarded cigarette butt that rolls up to the weed. The two converse before the cigarette rolls into a puddle and is extinguished.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ralph Bakshi
Cigarette / Weed (voice)
Animated short film
A five-year-old Scottish boy discusses the best way for a group of small dinosaurs to stop a big dinosaur from picking on them. The boy's short discussion with his father is brought to life using a mix of 2D and 3D computer-generated animation.
In this soap-powder animation, ten-year-old John theorises on the miracle of space travel and speculates as to what the future might have in store.
Different tales about animals, including a cat - mouse fight, a big queue for dogs, and an ostrich's story with its egg.
Rachelle his spending her vacations in the country. One night, as she is watching a silly reality tv wedding show, she decides to plan the most magical marriage.
A space bounty-hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.
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A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.
A police notebook was found with notes and fragments of unsolved cases. This is an interpretation of one of the cases, described in detail in the notebook. St. Louis, Missouri, fall of 1968.
A trippy pop-art collage of phallic objects, naked women and American icons, most notably Elvis Presley.
Short animated film by Anastasia Melikhova
Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. His hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.
Party girl Annie and Gordon, a homeless man, travel through a remote subway tunnel to a different time; to a world where two children are held captive and tormented by bizarre figures. A multilayered animated film which brings to life the dark history of the Canadian residential school system, in which – as recently as the 1990s – First Nations children were being indoctrinated and estranged from their parents and culture.
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Augusta tries everything in order to make herself look beautiful.
This is the story of a woman whose name has become synonymous with love and fidelity. In a moving tale, Ruth follows her mother-in-law Naomi back to Naomi's native Bethlehem after the sad deaths of both women's husbands. Working hard in the fields to feed herself and Naomi, Ruth finds her feelings for her kinsman Boaz run deeper than gratitude for his help with the work. Prepared to marry him for Naomi's sake, Ruth's loyalty touches Boaz and he decides to challenge the claim of a closer relative for Ruth's hand. The grace and simplicity of Ruth's story are conveyed perfectly by wonderful model animation.
Scenes of wars, from World War II to the refugee camps of the 6-Day War, from the attack on the Mostar bridge to the cars set on fire in the war in Syria.
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A dream that occurs after breaking up with a boyfriend.
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A series of 30 sketches, following the hilarious antics of various characters from a galaxy, far, far away.
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The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
Heart set on becoming a princess, Lisa Simpson is surprised to learn being bad might be more fun.
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A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
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