Mestre Vitalino E Nós No Barro

6.5

The Sleeping Beauty

January 1935 •English

Centuries ago in the past, the witch, who doesn't like Beauty, puts her to sleep, then flies throughout the castle spreading sleep powder, placing all into slumber. Eventually we flash forward to present time: A young hepcat in a convertible tries awakening Sleeping Beauty, and everyone in the castle, with some Big Band music. Will it work? A Puppetoon animated short film.

7.0

Pebble

January 2021 •English

Pebble, a unique caterpillar made of pebbles, is determined to reach a green leaf.

6.0

Sea Roar

January 1988 •Japanese

In a certain fishing village, a memorial service is held to burn abandoned boats, and old fishing boats that have finished their duty have a dream on the verge of death. Deep-sea fish galloping through the alleys, fishermen pulling long ropes, ghosts of screaming girls...

6.6

The Lord of the Rings

November 1978 •English

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

0.0

Jeremy's Tree

April 1983 •Japanese

Based on a children's picture book of the same name. A Christmas tale about a bird who was raised by tree after it was abandoned. The tree was then cut down for people in the city to use for Christmas celebrations. The bird desperately is trying to find its adoptive tree mother with the help of Jeremy, a penniless orphan, who heard her story so they go and search every tree being used in town. The search in the cold takes a toll on Jeremy until Santa Claus appears, but is it really him?

0.0

Bridging the Gap

January 2001 •English

Welcome to the Generation Gap: an area with an often stormy climate and some interesting inhabitants - parents, for instance... and teenagers...

0.0

Where Friendship Ceases

December 1926 •English

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

10.0

Hold On

August 2023 •English

Years after immigrating to the United States, Matt (Gabriel Berm) grapples with the notion of family. A call from his sister, Callie (Callie Morken), becomes the catalyst for a realization: he learns that family transcends borders and manifests in varied forms. The deepest connections endure physical separation, teaching Matt that what truly matters is the unbreakable bond they share, echoing louder than any distance.

6.4

Strawberry Shortcake: Adventures on Ice Cream Island

August 2004 •English

Strawberry Shortcake: Adventures on Ice Cream Island (2004)

0.0

Harlem Nocturne

January 1979 •French

A French animated short film delves into a family living in Harlem's black ghetto, where a girl faces the choice between freedom and death. Features music by Johnny Otis.

4.5

Perpetual Motion

October 1920 •English

Part of Max Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" series.

6.0

Terra Incognita

October 2002 •English

Terra Incognita is a multi-plane cut out animation made from photocopies of 19th century illustrations made during the race to the poles and drawings by Eric Leiser. For the puppet performance it was flat-rod puppets on a proscenium stage with a screen behind them, onto which the animation Terra Incognita is projected. Many of the sea monster puppets and ships performed in sync with the animated ones, along with splashes of water and powdered chalk to mimic snowfall. These techniques came from my time studying puppet theater in Prague, in 2002, and learning from Svankmajer and Svankmajerova. It was a lot of fun to both animate and to perform live with Jeffrey's wonder score. At the same time the film comments on the colonial race to claim the Arctic by various countries—a race that, in a sense, is still going on today, but this time again for oil—and the murders of the Inuit people who had inhabited the land for millennia.

6.0

Strawberry Shortcake: Big Country Fun

January 2007 •English

Yee-ha! Strawberry and her friends are in for some of the berry best fun in the west! Strawberry and Angel Cake take jobs at Berry Prairie Dude Ranch and turn out to be excellent little cowgirls! But when the two friends must compete to become "Best Ranch Hand," they lose sight of their responsibilities - and their horseback riding trail! Will they realize that being careful and listening to direction is more important than winning? More challenges gallop in when Purple Pie Man tries to put Carmel Corn's farm out of business so he can replace it with an amusement park - PieManLand! Hoping to help out, Strawberry and her pals put on a good old-fashioned country fair to earn enough money to keep their berry favorite farm in business.

8.3

Somethin's Cookin'

June 1988 •English

Roger Rabbit is given the task of babysitting Baby Herman by Mrs. Herman, or risk "going back to the science lab". From his crib Baby Herman spots a cookie jar on top of the refrigerator, and promptly escapes his crib into the kitchen. Roger tries to stop him as he wanders into danger, but fails. Herman eventually makes it to the top of the refrigerator while Roger has various mishaps, and eventually Roger ends up with the refrigerator landing on his head. Then the director Raoul J. Raoul cuts, and scolds Roger for having birds circle his head instead of stars. Mother leaves Roger in charge of watching Herman. Herman wants a cookie, and nothing Roger does can prevent Herman from getting the cookie. Note: This short film appears at the start of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It appears on the DVD as a separate viewable short film similar to the other Roger Rabbit shorts.

0.0

Animated Hero Classics: Louis Pasteur

June 1995 •English

The great French scientist, struggling with his own limitations from a stroke, is not deterred by scientific criticism nor failed experiments. Pasteur had the courage to look into the unseen world and his perfected vaccines are his gifts to mankind.

10.0

Sun Scream

January 2024 •English

Sun Scream tells the comedic tale of a down-on-his-luck vampire named 'Pippin', and his last-ditch efforts to sell at least one bottle of sunscreen before facing the wrath of his ferocious boss 'Cy the Cyclops'. Luckily for Pippin, the truck of an extremely sunburned farmer breaks down in front of his stall on the hottest day of the year. However, 'Billy' ain't no bumblin' yokel, and Pippin will have to do everything in his power to prove his product will protect anyone, even a vampire, from the sun's deadly rays.

6.8

The Canterville Ghost

September 2023 •English

An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

0.0

Inner Pickle

July 2024 •English

While peeling away the layers of pain, an onion struggles to find the line between self-preservation and self-destruction.

0.0

Song of Raiyantsuuri

July 1994 •Japanese

An indentured Chinese laborer, brought to Japan to work in a coal mine during WWII, manages to escape his captors. He hides out in the Japanese countryside, so far from human habitation that he does not realize when the war ends, with ultimately tragic results.

7.2

The Monkey King: Reborn

April 2021 •Chinese

When the irritable monkey king visits a temple together with his master Tang Monk, he feels offended because of a trifle and thereupon accidentally destroys a magic tree growing on the sacred ground. This brings an ancient demon king back to life, who promptly kidnaps Tang Monk to take revenge for his long imprisonment. The monkey king and his followers have only three days to not only save their master but also to prevent the demon king from regaining his full powers and destroying the world…