The Filmmakers’ Olympics are drenched in sweat and blood. The toppest of top athletes meld their bodies with their gear, always prepared to push themselves to the utmost physical and mental limits. Their mantra: Anything for the team – anything for the spectators – anything for the record. United, they clench their butts and do their very best to capture the movie, before the film can capture them.
Documentary behind the making of the animated short film Dim.
Story of an alien arriving on planet Earth, in search of a human specimen.
Set during the Meiji reformation era in a small village in Kyushu, Japan. The story revolves around a young boy named Izana and a blind woman named Takiri, the two encounter the large monster Nebula who since ancient times was feared as the god of lake Amenosagiri. Theme of the film focuses on the Japanese concept of light and darkness, as told by puppetry and model miniaturization of the films’ world with practical special effects by Keizo Murase.
Magic apples doing magic things.
Eep reveals how a comical accident led her and Dawn to discover the joys of tricking their families and set about performing "the world's first pranks."
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.
Painful events become memories over time. Still, we vomit and eat again. Life is Eco.
Stick-figure animation makes for a witty genre send-up of the Western.
Edgar Allan Poe’s ill-fated hero meets his double.
In a Kingdom where the monarch is increasing control onto its citizens, two friends share a bittersweet goodbye.
The Fox, once again, is plagued with a toothache, and once again is in search for a dentist to relieve his agony, and he, once again, finds Mr. Crow, pretending to be a dentist. This leads to no end of painful consequences for Mr. Fox.
Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where more than 100,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial before marching on the Pentagon. Filmed amid the crowd, the short captures the tension, idealism, and growing radicalism of the American peace movement.
Exploring the art of Armenian portraitist Hakob Hovnatanyan, Parajanov revives the culture of Tbilisi of the 19th century.
The classic tale of a loveable, outcast hunchback and the gypsy girl he adores is transformed into a musical, warmhearted animated classic in this delightfully updated version of a stirring masterpiece.
In a certain fishing village, a memorial service is held to burn abandoned boats, and old fishing boats that have finished their duty have a dream on the verge of death. Deep-sea fish galloping through the alleys, fishermen pulling long ropes, ghosts of screaming girls...
On Your Mark!
About a wolf who gate crashes a wedding. Based on a Belorusian folk tale, although the decay of the Soviet Union at the time show through the pores of the depiction of the tale.
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.