The Films of Yuri Norstein

The life and death of titular councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg.

Norstein conquered the world 36 years ago with the creation of the legendary Hedgehog in the Fog. It was recognized as the best cartoon of all times and peoples according to a survey of film critics and animators from different countries.

An eastern and Feminine reinterpretation of the 7days of creation through tattoo, a primeval art itself.

When a number of biker gangs ranging from small to large started to appear in Yokohama, Hiromi Katayama united them at the risk of his own life. Set in the present, this OAV tells the story of Toshi Ikeda, a young rookie who returns to Yokohama to join Katayama's group. There, he will encounter an old friend and things will turn violent when the yakuza gang Mad Emperor attacks them.

A cartoon character falls victim to various traditional pratfalls for no particular reason.

A bird chases and teases a worm to Cole Porter's "Let's Misbehave" as sung by Irving Aaronson.

A sickly elephant father struggles to open a jar of aspirin.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a vampire attack in the streets of London.

Lu Dahai and his shipbuilding team want the 10,000-ton ocean freighter "The East" to be given a sea trial. But the ship is made with domestic parts, and Chen Zongjie, a leader of the Party Committee of the Bureau of Foreign Transport, believes that the quality is not sufficient, and orders that the parts be replaced with imported ones before the sea trial takes place. In the end, the sea trial not only sets a successful new record, but also rescues a Taiwanese fishing boat in distress.

When that Snowman Bully throws a Snowball to that Sleeping Lazy Snowman.

Music video for the song 365-nichi no Love Song by Japanese singer-songwriter Mayo Okamoto that was featured on BS Fuji's Be Ponkickies (P-kies) program as part of the Be Pon Melody segment (P-kies Melody).

The tale of how a Nenets young man named Maimai conceived the idea of conquering airspace to fight an extraterrestrial being who stole people.

The cartoon tells that with mutual assistance, friendship and consent, it is possible to return the Sun and Moon to the sky, distribute the control of morning and evening light between them.

Gold and money have been the foundation of prosperity for centuries. But nothing lasts forever...

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call Birdlings. McLaren found computers still too primitive for his needs and continued to explored the optical printer in Pas De Deux, Synchromy and Narcissus. Silent film.

The fifth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film.