Hop Along Hang On

A spring night is a poetic film which is based on the motives of the poem by V. Lugovsky. The film is devoted to the theme of fidelity to the battle traditions of revolutionary past, to the theme of human happiness the sense of it in the battle for high ideals.

La vita nuova

Un spectacle interrompu

The Mapuche tribe asks their Gods for help in difficult situations, including illness and drought. When the Spanish conquerers on their horses invade their country, the indigenous people think that they are aliens. The Spaniards capture and enslave many of the Mapuche tribe. Lautaro, a young captured native, realizes that these aliens are human beings without any divine power. He learns to use their weapons and organizes a resistance movement against the intruders.

This film visualizes humanity’s quest to relentlessly pursue goals. In the human fight for progress, the march forward cannot be stopped, even when individual people become weary and die. This animated short is based on a poem by the Chilean filmmaker and poet Juan Forch. Chilean painter Hernando León created the design.

Three children - Niukku, Michil, and Aiaal - set out for a fortune-telling event. They must unravel a mysterious prophecy to discover what the future holds for them.

Short animation by Ricardo Jabardo, about an astral journey by an inhabitant of the Catatumbo region, in the south of the Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela.

A little girl will have to sing to the mythical goddess of water so that this valuable liquid can reach her community.

Akateko. La aparición de san Miguel Arcángel

The Chuj tell the story of three brothers and the reason behind the origin of the largest salt mines in San Mateo.

Cora. La creación del mundo

Using simple, illuminative paper-cut puppetry, this enchanting video imagines the moment of witness that inspired Gwendolyn Brooks to write her landmark poem, “We Real Cool.”

Rarámuri pie ligero

An unapologetic confrontation of cultural appropriation and everything that’s wrong with hipsters in headdresses. The takeaway? Just don't do it.

Poems by some of the greatest writers of all time are brought to life through lyrical animation and readings by some of today’s most respected performers.

A video collaboration by writer Fanny Howe and artist Maceo Senna.

Réne Manzor's debut short, a surreal story about a tramp trying to build a road through the desert.

In a forgotten community, an artisan girl puts an old K'iche' invocation to the test and summons a curious spirit into our world.

As a young fisherman cruises along a rugged shoreline, a tiny mouse in Haida regalia appears and starts to knit a blanket. A story unfolds on the blanket as it grows longer, illustrating the ancient tale of Haida master sea hunter Naa-Naa-Simgat and his beloved, Kuuga Kuns. When a SGaana (the Haida word for “killer whale”) captures the hunter and drags him down into a supernatural world, the courageous Kuuga Kuns sets off to save him. Will the lovers manage to escape the undersea Mountain of SGaana, or will they, too, become part of the Haida spirit world forever?

A 12-year-old Congolese girl is taken to the mfinda, a primordial forest teeming with spirits, gods and ancestors. There she meets up with another young girl from a different time and together they set out to find the magical Nkisi, vessels that hold ancestral spirits as well as empowering materials or medicines, that will help her find her way home.