The Machine-Men

Toccafondo made some 1200 drawings of the silent movie star Buster Keaton and subjected them to his process of transformation. His hero collapses, climbs and parades on an ever changing canvas that is set to exhilarating violin music.

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

The narrator, an unnamed adolescent boy living in the present time in an unspecified part of Japan, begins to notice that he can see strange creatures that no one else seems to be able to see. As time passes, he ruminates over his relationship with these creatures, why he is able to see them, and what it says about the person he is. One day, however, he notices that one of these creatures seems to be behaving differently than before...

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Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to deal with Riley going on her first "date."

A little girl accidentally leaves her imaginary baby brother behind at a restaurant — and suddenly, for a nearby childless couple, the definition of "baby" takes on a new and completely unexpected dimension.

Rain pours and rubbish soars while light-bulb creatures party on the edge of the earth. A turn-of-the-century scientist in his chamber and a magic lantern child are concerned about the state of the planet. An ode to awareness and transformation, a global warning. —Fern Seiden

This film was originally made in black-and-white 3-D for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and proved so popular that it was remade in 1940 in color and 3-D.

A 90-year-old Jewish woman reflects on her life experiences as she prepares to try bacon for the first time.

Circa late 1930s, Boat Quay, Singapore. A young boy receives an old violin as a gift out of kindness from a foreign trader. From then on, it becomes a treasured possession as he teaches himself to play the instrument over several years, until it was lost during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. After the war, the violin was found by a man working for the British Military Administration and given to his young daughter. The girl learns to play it and becomes a renowned violinist over the decades. She eventually passes the instrument on to her grandson, an accomplished violinist himself, who restores it and performs in a concert by the Singapore River, where the violin started its unexpected journey nearly 80 years ago.

Shy student Tyn gets the fright of his life when he finds out he is pregnant.

A claymation allegory for how political and religious differences separate peoples into tribes who build walls to divide themselves from each other. Two groups living across a river from each other initially collaborate and share resources, but over time find religious and cultural differences pulling them apart. In the end, the bridge they built together has fallen into disrepair in favor of large brick walls on either side. Created by Bernie Fry in completion of his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree for Indiana University, Bloomington.

An experimental short film.

An experimental film that combines elements of avant-garde, silent comedy, horror, science fiction and animation.

An experimental animated short film.

At a hospital in New York, Alex, a police officer, meets Leo, a boy who has the ability to get out of his body and pass through the walls like a ghost. Both team up with Mary, an intrepid journalist, to capture a disfigured villain who terrorizes the city.

Aesop's Fables cartoon.

In his film #43, Joost Rekveld observes what happens to a system that is destabilised by ‘creative' pixels, drawing inspiration from the set of ideas in biology and mathematics that arose during the development of cybernetics in the 1950s.

A peasant comes to town and falls into anguish when he notices that he is different from the townspeople.

One day, Sayuri's family tells her it is time for her to strike.