The Soccamatic

Rups

September 2024 •Dutch

The imaginative Bo (9) lives as the only child in a street full of extroverted adults, who think she is quiet. Her parents try to include her in the group, but Bo prefers to fill pages of crafts about the neighbors in her homemade 'humancyclopedia'. When another kid named Rups comes to live in the street for the first time, Bo tries to prove herself by putting her humancyclopedia aside and starting a friendship with her. In this way, she wants to prove to her judgmental neighbors that she is more than just quiet. 'Rups' is a film about the silent power of the introvert and the magic of fantasy.

Dodo

March 2023 •English

the tale of the Dodo seen through a child's eyes

Fish River Anthology

May 2024 •Finnish

The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.

Troll Girl

October 2021 •English

A trollish child left to be raised in a hostile human village clashes with a town bully and runs away to the forest. When her adoptive mother is kidnapped by a forest beast, Troll Girl is forced to confront the danger and the town’s prejudice head-on.

Ape

December 2003 •English

Tony the Ape becomes the Alpha of Show Biz.

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...

The Flying Nut

February 2002 •English

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

Tabekko Doubutsu: THE MOVIE

May 2025 •Japanese

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.

A Guest from Elsewhere

August 2024 •English

A stop motion 1930s fairy tale follows a monster that yearns to be a part of civilized human society. After an unfortunate mishap, the monster’s hopes of being one with the humans is put on trial.

Quantum Cowboys

October 2023 •English

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!

The Life Letter

September 2022 •Lithuanian

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

Courtesy is Caring

June 1987 •English

The role of courtesy in friendship and daily life.

Beachworld

September 2013 •

"Beachworld" is set in the distant future. Federation ship ASN-29 crashed on an unknown planet, only two members of the crew survived - Shapiro and Rand. They find themselves on an uninhabited planet. Desert, that stretches out in all directions. No food and no water. Despair and insanity creep up on survivals, sand devours everything and very soon they discover that they are not alone on the planet.

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.

Shinsetsu Kachikachi Yama

January 1936 •Japanese

An early, heavily Disney-inspired cartoon, written and directed by Kon Ichikawa. A bandit kidnaps a member of a concert audience as an act of revenge, and the concert's conductor, the Momotaro-esque Dangonosuke, goes to her rescue.

Perpetual Motion

October 1920 •English

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

Mother

May 2023 •English

An overbearing mother struggling to keep a daughter alive after a divorce from her ex-husband.

Under the Blaze

Invalid date •Urdu

An upcoming hand-drawn animated film about a village boy who works in a brick kiln to support his family after his father's death.

Strawberry Shortcake: Adventures on Ice Cream Island

August 2004 •English

Strawberry Shortcake: Adventures on Ice Cream Island (2004)