A group of children goes to the toy museum and then toy workshop. The master makes Bolvashka - a wooden Pinocchio-like boy on hinges. Upon returning, children tell their friends about the museum and dream of Bolvashka being alive.
A tale about how Donkey came to visit Goat and they went skiing together.
Many animals live in the forest. They all have their own characters and ambitions, the relationship between themselves and the settled way of life. One day a Bear decided to prove to everyone that he is the most important one. How will animals perceive such brazen statements? Will they be frightened and obey or put the high-handed insolent in his place?
In the middle of summer, suddenly winter came. The little animals were in trouble, but the straw boy gave all his straws to the sun, and it was warm again.
The film is addressed to children. It touches the theme of good and reciprocity between animals in the winter.
A great apple tree bloomed and gave its fruits to everyone. Its branches bent by liquid ripe fruits, which were thankfully thwarted by passers-by. But once a greedy man fenced the tree off from outsiders, boldly making it its own. The built stone fence reached the very top of the apple tree blocking the light, birds, and people...
A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because it's the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.
A tale about how a hippopotamus caught the sun and decided to share it with other animals.
Three stories of lives of vehicles. First is about the bus, who considered himself a humorist but in fact only upset and offended people with his clumsy mischief. As a result, the passengers were able to explain him that it was necessary to respect others and not to cause them harm. The second tractor was about a young tractor with no experience, and the third is about a small motor scooter.
Topa and Tutti are best friends. They have always supported each other and were used to spending time together. But one day something happened that had never happened before – they had a quarrel. Now Topa and Tutti will have to reconcile and to realize that conflicts only bring negative emotions and experiences.
A story about a good boy and a shoemaker who wants to do his job, but faces many challenges because of his advanced age. This thoughtful old man takes care of birds, and his good deeds come back to him in caring neighborhood kids who are trying to help the man, making new orders. But will they perform a cobbler’s work well?
A humorous story-musical about a pumpkin, the host of a vegetable garden, his wife and many relatives and friends. They all live nearby and often solve some of their living problems. Cucumbers want to play, and the carrot-girls are waiting for worthy suitors. Here there are festivals and folk rituals and the work around which life revolves of vegetable villagers.
A documentary about an old animation technique and the film studio that tries to carry on the legacy. The worlds oldest animation studio still making film with stop motion technique is Nukufilm located in Tallinn, Estland. Here we can follow the work in the studio which was founded in the Soviet era and has survived heavy censorship and global competition.
Once upon a time there were two stepsisters. One girl dropped a bucket into a deep wonderful well, and she had to go down into the well for the bucket, to the kingdom of Santa Claus.
An anti-war tale of the chimney sweep, Peroo , who led his country to victory by using "Eggs from Soldiers". He makes a triumphant return to his hometown, but the way is lined with rubble, corpses, and brand new grave markers.. Approximately 20,000 frames of shadow puppet animation produced independently by "Doeisha", which is organized by 10 amateurs, mainly Doshisha University students.
A German explorer sails in his U-boat, Nautilus, all the way to the North Pole.
Set in a parallel universe entering a black hole, a woman reading the book of Revelation has visions of regeneration during Anthropocene.
Times are hard for little Sofia, as the Greek recession is taking its toll. With her Father out of work, they rely solely on Greedy Grumpy Granny's pension. Desperate times call for desperate measures; to what extremes will they go, when Granny is no more?
Jeannot, a young boy living in the countryside with his mother and grandfather, ventures into the forest at night to pick a fern flower before the cock crows.
A early puppet animation by Ferdinand Diehl