Raphsody in Blue

Experimental cartoon which unites various techniques: puppets, sand & water (ebru) animations. About friendship, love and necessity to pay attention not only to the visual appeal.

Jacadi

A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.

Opening with dreamlike images of the city of Siena at night, this short sand animation evolves into a symphony of waving banners, distant voices and galloping horses. Created especially for Italy’s Siena International Short Film Festival.

4 minute sandanimation about love, life & death.

In May 2008, Oceansize re-released their album Frames with an accompanying DVD, featuring a full performance of the album, a documentary focusing on the making of the album, and various live tracks. The package also includes an Oceansize sticker.

Animation short made ​​entirely with sand on glass recorded frame by frame without post-production.

A man and a raven journey through a mythical landscape. Craving the light of the land, the man absorbs it relentlessly until the raven must decide whether or not to intervene. Sand animation short film by Philippe Vaucher. Music composed and written by Pierre-Paul Monty.

I made Zen as a test of sorts to determine the possibilities and limitations of sand-on-glass, an animated technique I had never tried before. One of the challenges was to digitally manipulate under-the-camera footage in a way that preserved the medium's natural look, flow and spontaneity. (Philippe Vaucher)

Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in a subterranean space. She shows to a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. As we go down, we dive with her into her altered universe.

A sand-and-chain-animated young writer fears for our world.

Sand Animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó.

A sand animation created by Ferenc Cakó about the stress and depression of women nowadays.

A haunting sand animation tribute to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster. Through shifting images of innocence, suffering, and loss, Kseniya Simonova evokes the lives shattered by the nuclear catastrophe of 1986 and the lasting consequences of radiation, which continued to claim lives and affect children long after the explosion. A deeply moving meditation on grief, remembrance, and the human cost of tragedy, reminding us that some wounds never truly heal—and that we must never forget.

A dream-like version of the Sabbath in the Middle Ages: one night at full moon, the women leave home to meet with the devil in the woods. Several orgiastic ceremonies later, they all return home at cockcrow. All except for one, the youngest, who is under an evil spell.

A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.

Sand animation by Hungarian artist Ferenc Cakó. The film has been produced to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Dózsa peasant war with the financial support of the Hungarian Media Board. It has been made with the support of the Hungarian State.

In this stop motion sand animation, a lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow covered mountains. THE HUNTER premiered at SXSW in 2012, has featured in competition at over 50 international festivals and won several awards including the AFI/ AACTA in 2013.

Sand animation created by Ferenc Cako, animation film director, who is the inventor of Live Sand Animation.

Sand animation created by Ferenc Cako, animation film director, who is the inventor of Live Sand Animation.