"None, nothing, and struggling."
None, nothing, and struggling. TRANSPARENT DRAGONFLY is an experimental animation about non-feeling.
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Two con men convince a king that they have woven for him a suit made of magical cloth that only stupid or incompetent people are unable to see. Not wanting to seem dull, everyone pretends to admire the king's new clothes although he is completely naked.
A dog that dreams of space travel is pushed to pursue his ambition after leading a mundane life of routine.
A woman experiences past, present, and future through a nightmare.
A young boy is taken by a train on a mysterious journey. BAFTA-winning 14 minute adaptation of H.R. Millar's 1927 book, Dreamland Express.
"Happy Birthday" is an outlook vision about the duel between the bible hero Jesus and a man-made robot. Does the robot manage to break the formed dogmas and convert the religion into his favour or will the status quo remain firm?
In this short, an artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside.
A jolly housekeeper brings new meaning to the notion of “home entertainment” with a handsome new portable phonograph that causes people, furniture, and buildings to rock and roll through the magic of stop-motion animation. (MoMA)
Another entry into "The Animator" series.
Based on memories of Wube's daily commute.
Indian and Cowboy are about to set off on a magnificent cruise on a luxury liner, but they have made a big mistake. They completely forgot that today is the first day of school! Goodbye tropical islands, our friends are back at their desks in school listening as the teacher drones on and on.
2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short
A short anti-war animation set on a chessboard.
A short behind the scenes documentary showing the creation of the short claymation film The Genie in a Ravioli Can (Le génie de la boîte de raviolis).
Street artist Blu animates large-scale creatures as they crawl across an abandoned Argentine cityscape.
The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.
A female puppet appears locked in a room, lying on the floor and immobile. Through various experiences, strings begin to attach to her body, and her movements gradually become more fluid. Each string is associated with a scene related to an aspect of women's social issues, such as the body, equality, or gender.
A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.
The first animated short film to feature Varga's clumsy claymation character Augusta.
a melancholic dream reveals Eternity
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Bits of found film and different types of animation illustrate a classic chase scene scenario: A woman is abducted and a man comes to her rescue, but during their escape they find themselves in the enemy's secret headquarters.
Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.
A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.
I made this film especially for you. I needed to check in with you. I needed to tell you how I feel.
A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.
An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
The villainous Nekron and his mother, Queen Juliana, plot against the human race from their frigid fortress. Creating mass destruction with huge glaciers, mother and son incur the wrath of Larn, a warrior whose entire village was destroyed by ice. When Nekron's underlings kidnap the beautiful Princess Teegra, Larn sets out to rescue her, assisted by the fierce and enigmatic Darkwolf.
The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt.
As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
A bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery.
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
Wallace and Gromit try out ten of their latest inventions—which rarely work as planned.
On the heels of successfully escaping a deadly digital trap, the members of the Justice League emerge in their own world to discover that Grimm, ravenous creatures from Remnant, have overtaken Earth! In order to defeat the monsters, they must call on their new friends – Team RWBY – for help!
Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.