Cigarettes and Ashes

A short Estonian animation about a rabbit who creates a mechanical being that struggles to navigate a frantic, pop-art world.

An animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who just aren't impressed.

Welcome to Rubika, a planet with a fancy gravity.

This rich, symbolic, intensely personal yet universal film wordlessly follows the path of a woman on a journey of self-discovery.

Animated short film

The gaki is a "biwa" player of the ogre, who plays the instrument well. When he starts to play it at the veranda, surroundings transform into the profound and remote world. Characters come out from the electric wire and then they start to dance to the melody on the line. The music turn into the wind and the wind calls the waves. The gaki integrates with the waves.

In this quirky stop-action short, a neon hedgehog steals tea from a piano giraffe, falls in love with caffeine, and suffers the consequences. What to expect: nonsense and puns.

Psychedelic Hanna-Barbera anti-drug PSA, ca. 1970. Created by Art Babbitt - he'd developed Goofy during his time at Disney.

In the process of parting, lovers discover that their love was as elusive as a fleeting cloud.

During the period of Culture Revolution in 1960s and 1970s in China, a disable old man wanted to use his handicraft, a snuff bottle with inside painting, for the exchange of “Grain Coupon” from a soldier. The soldier promised to give more coupons if the old man can forge a precious stamp. The old man had to do it, however, he failed and fell out with the soldier. At the end, the old man got grain in another way.

Al and Al's grandfather is a retired engineer and inventor. The film simulates his lifelong endeavour to create a perpetual motion device and supply free power for the people. During a telephone call with the Lamb of God, Britney Spears sabotages the project and sets in motion her own drive for infinity. The conflict produces a series of alchemical events which have only one consequence, a land flowing with milk and honey.

A mannequin abandoned in a disused store comes to life one stormy night and discovers its reflection in the window.

A dog has very good reasons to hate the postman.

In a concert, one of the musicians suddenly rushed to the sky. There he waits at St. Peter's Gate to be received. Inside, pathetic music is played. A musician plays jazz. The angels begin to tremble in rhythm

A little girl wants to show her drawings to her family who is infatuated with a sedentary lifestyle.

The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historical patterns of discrimination and oppression might be either repeated or overcome in a reversed gendered world. It challenges the viewer to confront their own assumptions and biases, and to consider the possibilities of a more equitable society.

Llamen a un adulto (Sepiaexperimental)

Three athletes race to win the heart of a woman.

Short animation by Reiko Yokosuka.

Are we there yet? When the kids act up in the back seat, a family road trip gets knocked hilariously off course. Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.