Cymatic Cocoon

Penelope's Condition

January 1976 •English

A reinterpretation of the Greek legend of Penelope, ”the most faithful of wives”, who waited 20 years for her husband Odysseus to return from The Trojan War. In this animation, the two of them are presented in a more modern setting. While Odysseus is busy exploring the universe in his space rocket, Penelope is stuck at home, taking care of the children, showing how traditional gender roles say men should work, while women stay at home.

The Library

January 2023 •English

It's closing time at Nina's library. Goodnight, patrons!

Skins

July 2024 •English

With the 3D animation, this short film try to explain the concept of race, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of society because the universe has only one border... it is called humanity.

Set in Stone

June 2017 •English

an intuiting of the core feelings of the Moses story relating to the current capitalistic global system all told through a hybrid of stop motion animation and live action.

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life

April 1981 •English

Former Disney child star Hayley Mills returns to the Walt Disney Studio for a look at the techniques of animated film production, with various veteran Disney animators illustrating said techniques.

The Wrong Trousers

December 1993 •English

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

A Close Shave

March 1996 •English

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

A Day Like Today

September 2024 •

The story and diary of a young adult that, in order to learn and understand her own identity, had to learn to march the streets and the value of what it means to legislate over our own bodies.

The Life Letter

September 2022 •Lithuanian

A mail trip from battlefield to town, with a purpose of expressing one soldier's feelings.

Trees

July 2023 •English

An animated short film about two boys playing football, when John kicks it too hard it goes to the trees, and Robert must collect it.

The Flying Nut

February 2002 •English

With ulterior motives in hand, a man travelling on a plane has a dastardly plan. Will he succeed?

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

June 1999 •English

In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.

Les Lucioles

September 2024 •French

Bunyan and Babe

January 2017 •English

Travis and his sister, Whitney, visit their grandparents for the summer and fall through a magical portal which transports him to the world of American hero Paul Bunyan and his big, blue, talking ox, Babe.

Casper's Haunted Christmas

October 2000 •English

Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission. As usual, kindhearted Casper has a ghastky time trying to scare anyone; so The Ghostly Trio, fed up with his goody-boo-shoes behavior, secretly hires Casper's look-alike cousin Spooky to do the job-with hilarious results.

Et Tu Pedrus

July 2023 •Portuguese

In a cardboard forest, two stones argue.

Just Keep Breathing

August 2023 •English

Victor is stuck in a low-budget airliner next to a shamelessly intrusive stranger. The crackling candy wrapper, the smacking of the lips, oh, he thinks, just give me a break. No, he doesn't want candy, thank you very much. Victor isn't hungry. But there's no escape, thirty-five thousand feet in the air. So, just keep breathing.

Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41

October 2018 •Japanese

A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their conversation using cutout animation.

World Gone Mad

October 2008 •English

A rouge news reporter looks into the murder of the District Attorney, who was killed after he started an investigation.

Moon|Rabbit

December 2017 •English

A meditation on the Moon as a series of spheres melting away. The audio-visuals are synchronized via a repeated glitch process: the same values that databent the visuals are also used to change the base audio samples, creating a translation between a visual glitch and an audible one, even though in the final presentation they seem entirely different.