Five Small Stories

Silent cartoon.

Silent cartoon.

Hungry mosquitos, in search of a meal, find that fruit, flowers and other such fare doesn't satisfy. One enterprising bug hits the jackpot - a human! However, the victim vigorously resists joining the food chain, causing a number of winged casualties. The little buggers wait until the man falls asleep, then set up a number of enterprises: cafes, bars, filling stations, all serving blood. Things are going well, but then the mosquito Cosa Nostra moves in, and ramp production into high gear.

UK studio Universal Everything motion-captured a dancer to make this animation, which is projected onto the world's highest-resolution screen. The hundreds of white light points that form the dancing figure become strands that glow yellow, then red, before solidifying into blue as the dancer moves across the screen. Universal Everything produced animations at a highly detailed 16K resolution for the 25-metre-wide by four-metre-high screen in the Hyundai Vision Hall, located at the South Korean motor group's Seoul campus.

A hypothetical continuation; an animation based off of a gag from The Simpsons.

This documentary serves as a beginner’s guide to world of Soviet animation, which covers the entire history of the USSR.

A boy casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream, a quest we all share: the quest to find a place he can call home, even if it's underwater. He loves to swim with fishes and builds an ingenious machine to be able to dive.

Following the events of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1,” Baby Groot is finally ready to try taking his first steps out of his pot—only to learn you have to walk before you can run.

Groot discovers a miniature civilization that believes the seemingly enormous tree toddler is the hero they’ve been waiting for.

Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.

Everybody needs some alone time to relax and wash up, but things go quite differently when you’re a Flora Colossi toddler.

Groot sets out to paint a family portrait of himself and the Guardians, only to discover just how messy the artistic process can be.

The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc's stomach is rumbling. But Liza's co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?

It is summer and it is hot. Ice cream drips from its cone, a father photographs his child. Then a man suddenly arrests his focus. Inspired by a picture from photographer Juan Medina, taken on the beach of Gran Tarajal in Spain in 2006, director Ronny Trocker animates a situation that happened today as it did yesterday, with the difference that today, no one moves. Time is frozen. A black man lies exhausted on the shore. It seems that no one has noticed his arrival.

An old woman remembers her life and the strange shadow figure that has followed her through it.

Short animated film by Yanagihara Ryouhei

Experimental anime from animation pioneer Yoji Kuri from 1960.

This is a story about soulmates, and how a relationship - of any kind - isn't black and white, it's a life full of color. Sometimes just one person is enough for us to feel less lonely.

This animated psychedelic short portrays the stream-of-consciousness adventures of a young woman, including an encounter with her dead father, her mother's struggle with cancer, and open-heart surgery at the hands of the doctor who birthed her (the "Delivery Man" of the title).

The beautiful girl Cinterrier (like the terrier version of Cinderella), was proposed to by many dogs. Who finally got her heart?