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No One Is an Island

October 2024 •English

Through an animated conversation, scientists explore if everyone can live well without harming the environment and reveal how hope and creativity can inspire change.

Good Old Cuttlas

January 1990 •Spanish

Stick-figure animation makes for a witty genre send-up of the Western.

William Wilson

January 1999 •Spanish

Edgar Allan Poe’s ill-fated hero meets his double.

The Owl & the Pussycat

April 1968 •English

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

Dimensions

January 1966 •English

This short film for kids offers a lesson in proportions in which simple actions achieve surprising results. A man wants a door in a wall. He draws a rectangle and, presto! There is an opening. In the same way, he conjures up furniture. If too high or too low, the raising or lowering of a finger puts everything right.

Salmon

September 2015 •

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed animation.

The Merry Man

Invalid date •English

When a recently divorced man loses custody of his daughter, he finds comfort in a children’s book character in a magical book his daughter has left behind.

The Author

December 2022 •Turkish

It's a Dog's Life

June 2013 •French

In a family with a mother, father, two daughters, and a bulldog, the dog is neglected and taken for granted. It seeks peace under the dining table but is ignored. Eventually, the dog is banished, and a family discussion may be its final humiliation.

2ⁿ: A Story of the Power of Numbers

March 1961 •English

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany the Mathematica: A World of Numbers and Beyond exhibition at the California Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

I'm Here

March 2015 •Japanese

One doesn't know where to go but has to move forward. He has to go to his goal.Always transforming himself, his heart and mind drift and run towards the goal when he finds it.

The Lighthouse Man

June 2020 •English

Helping the little fishing boats and the members of this out-port community is the Lighthouse Man's pride and joy. When the town develops and "outgrows" his analog ways, his sense of purpose is lost and, even worse, he feels like a nuisance in his own home. He gives up his role... But, will the town and its people need him again?

Study No. 5

August 1930 •

An abstract ballet set to "I've Never Seen a Smile Like Yours".

Ruben Leaves

November 2015 •English

It should have been just another day, but Ruben’s scheduled meeting with Dave is making him nervous. Fearful imaginings haunt his morning. He forgets to lock his door, misses the bus and when he enters the office he sees a deer waiting for him.

In the Grass

March 1974 •Polish

The second animated work from filmmaker, sculptor and painter Jerzy Kalina. Using multi-plane techniques mixed with paper animation and coloured grains (an element found in his first film, ...i stała się światłość, W trawie is a fantastical exploration of the world beneath our feet.

Bunbuku Chagama

January 1958 •Japanese

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

The Black Woodcutter and the White Woodcutter

July 1956 •Japanese

On a winter's night a bear, a fox and a squirrel seek refuge from the cold. They are drawn by the hearths in the homes of two woodcutters. One man treats them poorly, while the other welcomes them.

Uriko-hime to Amanojaku

January 1956 •Japanese

A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.

Fox Fears

March 2015 •Japanese

In the evening of a village festival, a young boy named Bunroku goes to the festival with his friend and visits a clog shop on the way. There he learns an old superstition about the fox.

Nami

December 2000 •Japanese

A woman is masturbating when a swarm of fish bursts out from all over her house to disturb her.