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.

A man yearns for a woman.

Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind.

On the night of a Lunar Eclipse a young boy, Tommy, is informed by his dog that the devil is living inside of his mother and that it must be destroyed before its born.

One night, the Nohara family were enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly a big fish appeared in their dreams and ate them. The next morning, Hiroshi read in the newspaper that everybody in another town had the same nightmare as him, but it seemed to have ended. But Hiroshi also heard the same dream from Misae, Shinnosuke, Himawari and even Shiro. They were surprised and thought if the same thing is happening in Kasukabe too. In kindergarten, on telling others about his nightmare, Shinnosuke was surprised to know that everybody too had the same dream. Then a mysterious girl named Saki was transferred to Futaba Kindergarten and joined Shinnosuke's class. Everyone in the class, including the rather inactive Bo-chan, were all excited and happy on seeing her. But Saki had a cold attitude and didn't get along well.

A high-rise apartment dweller suffers through a series of nightmares.

The story of two girls who imagine a world where they can dream, learn, grow, and be together without limits of words and empty homes. The narrator finds a safe place in her pal, Dóra. They give each other an uncharted strength and magic that they didn’t know existed outside of their drawings. Together they build something new.

A tenant of a huge apartment building has a rat problem. While the news on television speaks of nothing but weapons and disarmament agreements, the rats steadily destroy his home.

Flowers are blooming and the weather is getting warmer, that means only one thing! Jump into the spring season and learn more about this wonderful time of growth.

A kid is convinced that shooting a bird will turn him into a "Man".

Part of Halas and Bachelor's unfinished "Know your Europeans" series by the late John Halas. The film takes an irreverent, funny and - at times downright bizarre look at German history.

Haru returns home in denial after a tsunami, where he must learn to deal with his loss through an encounter with a magical see Spirit.

The planet Libertia was once known as “the planet of death”, until humanity built three giant mirrors and created what seemed like an ideal land. It is on this planet that Professor Grace and his granddaughter Alcia live peacefully… until their home is attacked by Guild soldiers looking for the professor and for Legaciam – a special Armor that can resist extreme heat, allowing it to go to areas where humans would not survive normally. Alcia, who was at the time piloting Legaciam in order to help her grandfather with the testing, manages to get away… barely. But the Guild is determined to get Legaciam by any means necessary...

An old man lives a lonely life under the dark shadows of industrial smog. One day he receives a mysterious package which gives him the ability to change his environment.

A young horse wishes to be one of the king's horses, and while trying to achieve it, finds out that one of the king's horses mysteriously disappear every night.

Animated Argentine film about a young girl turtle who gets lost on a balloon trip.

Pantriste is a melancholic and sensitive boy who has a gift for music. His father wants his son to be a woodcutter like him. Together with Mignon and Tambourine, Beanpole and the woodcutters, they face the spells of Neurus and Cachavacha.

A dopey frog must escape from a crazy, one-eyed witch who wants to cut off his legs for a beauty potion.