Science Please! : Wheel Meets Friction

After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Zhi, a rookie race car driver, gets the opportunity to compete against the reigning champion of the rally car circuit. With help from a former driver-turned-mechanic, Zhi must overcome treacherous terrain, rival racers, and unexpected obstacles to prove he has what it takes to be the next great racer.

"Mônico": A new boy shows up in the Limoeiro neighborhood and he looks just like Mônica! Mônico?! Who could he be? "Chico Bento at the Mall": Chopingui? Where I live, we don't have that kind of thing! Yikes! I can see I'm going to be in some trouble here in the big city! I don't know why I accepted my cousin's invitation to go on this "train." "How to Cross the Living Room": Mônica took a lovely bath, but forgot her clothes in her room. And to get there, she needs to cross the living room, where the naughty Cebolinha, Cascão, and her (oh, oh) kitten, Reinaldinho, are. How will she do it? "Frank Being a Child": Everyone was a child at some point, or still is. But... what about our friend Frank? Was he ever a child?

On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean.

Mi amigo Pipo

An ironic look at the limitations of words. An early exploration in film animation.

Writing with light on film in sign language and dance, William Blake's famous poem is interpreted.

An astronaut journeys to a distant planet where the inhabitants spend a great deal of time looking at little screens.

A fragmented story of the forest as the bearer of emotions, life and dark mysticism. In short scenes, we are sucked into environments that, through the camera’s slow crawl and the intense presence of the sound, give us a sense of narrative. Something is threatening, but the story is broken. This is a disoriented horror movie or the unsorted memories from a traumatized camera.

Pequeñas historias animadas

Short animation from Takeshi Koike for SMAnime

Short animation from Takeshi Koike for the SMAP 2000 Concert Anime

Short animation from Takeshi Koike for SMAnime

Ko-Ko and Fitz try to make a humorless Indian laugh.

Zibilla, a young zebra adopted by a couple of horses, is the laughing stock of her new schoolmates. She ends up hating her stripes. When she has her stuffed toy stolen, she takes off without a second thought to look for it and that is where her adventures begin...

A country song about life on the highway, searching for lost love.

Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to take center stage with Angelina Ballerina!

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.