The Little Guy

The Juggler

January 1980 •French

A juggler in a park opens his magic box and takes out 3 balls. The audience marvels at his dexterity, until one ball escapes. The mutinous ball takes on magical properties as it draws the juggler into a series of adventures with many levels of meaning: appearance, fantasy and love. Without words.

Angry Cabaret

January 1994 •English

Club owners Angry and Cabaret have to scrounge up the money for rent fast, or risk having their business shut down.

Plans & Elevations

January 1980 •English

Abstract geometric diagrams come to life.

The Half Fallen Tree

Invalid date •Hindi

A middle-aged couple in Darbhanga was in financial trouble and had a loan payment due the following day. The unemployed husband then made the decision to steal his wife's valuables and go on a voyage of guilt in order to solve the problem.

Elliott's To Do List

October 2018 •English

A quirky high school girl has to learn that you can't fit friendship into a checkbox.

Dead Hand: Last Day of War

March 2016 •Russian

Dead Hand episode 2. Last day of war. Last war broke out. All people are dead, but the machines continue dutifully follow orders. On the automatic base machines fueling and charge the weapons of last surviving bomber preparing to drop bombs at the dead enemy city. This happens until the echo of mankind subsides completely. Then comes a new era in which there is no place for us.

Sex on the Map

January 2011 •Swedish

A classic hand-drawn film based on teenagers' own questions. The film was designed to be used in sexual education programs in middle schools. The film is produced by RFSU and UR, with support from The Swedish Inheritance Fund Commission (Allmänna Arvsfonden).

Goldie

January 2019 •English

A giant girl feels out of scale in her colorful little town, only to realize she takes up just the right amount of space.

Checkpoint

April 2022 •English

After mysteriously awakening in a barren alien landscape, a self-serving prisoner must conquer a series of grueling trials in order to reunite with his lost love.

Suara Mati

October 2018 •Indonesian

Hoax

September 2017 •Indonesian

The Serenade

March 1916 •English

Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.

Roaming Romeo

January 1920 •English

Mickey's Little Eva

April 1928 •English

Mickey McGuire is putting on a bad performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin, but first he has to deal with the competition; another boy is putting on a wild animal show -- house cats inflamed by the "tamer" having white mice in his trousers.

Big Noise Hank

November 1911 •English

Hank Rouser, "Big Noise Hank," as a daring stranger had called him, was mad clear through. Julius Jones had faithfully promised to return that $500 after thirty days, and now it was long past due, and not even a line from Mr. Jones. So after a little friendly persuasion, in which Hank's six-shooter was brought into prominence, the bar was effectively cleared of its patrons, despite the protests of the barkeeper, and the bully sat down to dispatch a few terse sentences to his tardy friend, upon the receipt of which, Julius, with the aid of Caleb, his old family servant, quickly packed his traveling bag and started on a little journey, which he wrote to H. Rouser, would surely keep him away several months. (Moving Picture World)

Riders of the Purple Cows

October 1924 •English

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.

Honest Injun

July 1926 •English

Johnny Arthur has been ordered to spend a year out west to toughen him up, so he and butler George Davis head out. The cowboys at the ranch don't like him, so Johnny and they play practical jokes on each other. However, when Virginia Vance is kidnapped, it turns out to be real desperadoes.

Whoa, Emma!

March 1926 •English

When wild horse Emma (Trixie the Horse) keeps opening the gates and freeing horses, ranch owner Molly (Molly Malone) hires Jimmie (Jimmie Adams) to deal with the problem. When he tames Emma, however, jealous ranch hands tie him up and kidnap Molly, so it's Emma to the rescue!

Picnic with Weismann

January 1968 •German

Various objects are having a sunny outing together in the nature.

Jabberwocky

January 1971 •English

In stop-motion animation, a wardrobe moves through the countryside. It arrives in a house, a child's voice recites Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," and various objects, such as toys and dolls, move about, disintegrate, and play out archetypal scenes. Like Carroll's verse, the images are at once familiar and unfamiliar. A child's play suit, hanging in the wardrobe, becomes the adventure's protagonist.