The Lost Season

Granpa

December 1989 •English

Granpa tells stories to his granddaughter Emily, who imagines them as crayon drawings in motion.

The Ballet of the Red Radio Valves

April 1938 •English

Stop-motion animated commercial featuring the Philips MiniWatt-E radio tubes.

Pencil vs Pixel

January 2004 •English

A drawn man faces off against his mortal enemy: a 3D man.

Dancing Beer Bottles

May 1965 •English

Circa 1963 - 1975. This is possibly test footage or something for a beer commercial, or something for a variety show of some sort. Dennis Muren animated it with replacement animation. The same technique that was used with George Pal's Puppetoons and the animation of the title character with The Beast From Hollow Mountain (1956). In fact, this technique is used today from Tim Burton to Laika.

Mickey's Steam Roller

June 1934 •English

While streetworker Mickey romances Minnie, Mickey's nephews Morty and Ferdie take control of his steamroller and it's full speed ahead on a very destructive ride.

Girl and Dolphin

January 1979 •Russian

The film is a poetic sketch cartoon about the friendship of a girl and a dolphin.

Wooden Little People

July 1982 •Ukrainian

A tribe of little wooden men lived among the roots of the trees in a dense, over-dense forest, where people almost never appeared. All their years - and they lived a very long time - the little men did nothing, because they did not need to eat, drink, or wear clothes: they were made of wood, and the fiercest frost could not hurt them.

Dance, Move, Shake...

August 1997 •English

MS-DOS demoscene short film that showcases computer animation, art and music.

Emme In Her Mutant Days

June 2023 •

Emme, a 12-years-old girl, is surviving alone in a post-apocalyptic world, where plants and animals have gone through a monstruous mutation. She's starting to mutate herself and is desperate for a cure.

Crossroads

January 1931 •Russian

Sea Cat

January 1988 •Japanese

A short animated film about an orphan kitten raised with love by a sea otter, whom had lost her own child. The film's message was to promote the abolishment of nuclear weapons using anthropomorphic animals.

Everything Grows 2

January 1994 •German

Short stop motion for the German TV youth magazine Dr. Mag. Studio Film Bilder produced 18 different shorts, each time with a different director who interpreted a given subject in his personal style. This time Jürgen Haas dealt with spring, puberty and first love.

Everything Grows 3

January 1994 •German

Short stop motion for the German TV youth magazine Dr. Mag. Studio Film Bilder produced 18 different shorts, each time with a different director who interpreted a given subject in his personal style. This time Jürgen Haas dealt with spring, puberty and first love.

Ego from Mars

January 1999 •English

An alien crashlands to earth with his two stupid henchmen.

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.

172 Views 1981-1988

January 1997 •English

A view of Sydney Harbour. Australia's feathered icon laughs the bridge into animation. The bridge dances to a rhythm created by the hype which sails beneath it. A parody of a view which people pay millions to be near.

The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast

February 1923 •English

Silent cartoon.

The Clock Is Ticking

July 2023 •English

The Clock is Ticking transports its audience into a collage of creative multimedia animation. This short animated film explores the passage of time. Angst grows stronger as Emily questions her purpose in a waiting room, surrounded by strangers with a similar destiny. At the sight of a teddy bear sitting alone on a chair, Emily can’t help but identify with the plushie. She dives deep into her subconscious, reliving her past and expanding into a potential future doomed to destruction. Time doesn’t wait, and the clock keeps ticking. Faced with this realization, Emily snaps out of her dream, deeply changed. She grabs the plushie and escapes the waiting room in a hysterical demonstration of freedom. Emily will no longer wait !

Chuck Webber's Land of Abusement

April 1999 •English

A 35mm cut-out animated infomercial for the world's most dangerous theme park.

Am Kai

May 1989 •German

A fisherman waits on the quay for prey. But when a fish finally bites, unusual things start to happen...