New Year's Trip

The Impossible Voyage

November 1904 •French

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

Kids

February 2019 •English

An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal? Who is steering the crowd? What if it is heading in the wrong direction? Where does the individual end and the group begin? What is done by choice, and what under duress?

Big White/Big Black

January 2006 •Dutch

Diddybob enters the great white open, but fails to leave.

By this River

October 2013 •English

A young boy builds a raft to reach his mother in the land of the dead, which he believes is at the end of the river that runs alongside their property.

Albert

December 2016 •English

Albert is the story of a tiny Douglas fir tree named Albert who has big dreams of becoming Empire City's most famous Christmas tree. When the search for this year's tree is announced, Albert believes he has found his calling and hits the road with his two best friends, Maisie the persistently positive plam tree, and Gene the abrasive and blisteringly honest weed, to fulfill his destiny. With a few prickly situations along the way, and Cactus Pete out to stop him, Albert learns the true meaning of Christmas.

Piccolo

November 1959 •

Two men in adjoining duplexes, good friends, are enchanted by the song of a bird. One buys a small harmonica and learns to play it; he keeps his neighbor awake. The neighbor buys a larger harmonica, and an arms race ensues; the instruments get larger, until it's a piano vs. a pipe organ, and then they start bringing in larger groups of friends until an entire orchestra is playing the 1812 Overture. The houses collapse from all this, atop the dueling orchestras, and on their way up to heaven, the man puts his small harmonica up for sale.

Dziadowski's Blues Non Camera, ie Legs Forward

August 1978 •Polish

An animated film made without the use of a camera using the technique of drawing and painting directly on a film strip, illustrating a grandfather's ballad, the protagonist of which seeks an explanation for the cruel phenomena of the world around him. Rockets thrown to the ground and bombs exploding, a car falling off a cliff, a driver driving a man on the street or a policeman firing a gun at an opponent - images of this type of catastrophic behavior are intertwined with the recurring image of a man running somewhere.

Electric July

November 2014 •French

In the burning heat of July, Thomas and Victor, two 14 years old teenagers, are bored to death and want to escape. Victor decides to take Thomas to an abandoned bridge. He will have to confront his fears and desires.

La pomme ou L'histoire d'une histoire

July 1965 •French

A family's life is transformed into an object of art.

Apple of My Eye

January 2017 •English

A young girl struggles after a traumatic horse riding accident causes her to lose her eyesight. CHARLES, the head trainer of Southeastern Guide Dogs, trains Apple, a miniature horse, to be her companion and surrogate eyes.

The Day Santa Didn't Come

December 2014 •English

In the final days before Christmas, young Curtis is concerned about his status on Santa's List and, despite his good intentions, Curtis gets roped into doing questionable acts by his evil older brother and delinquent father. With the help of his best friends, "Rex" the dog and his "Canuck-Man" action figure, Curtis come up with a plan to turn things around, but their odds of success are pretty low. "The Day Santa Didn't Come" is a story of dearly dysfunctional family life in small-town Canada and the little guy's struggle to overcome it all.

Science Fiction

January 1970 •Polish

Conquerors land on a newly discovered planet and try to colonize and explore a new discovered planet.

Delivery

August 2009 •English

A person receives a delivery that ends up immoral.

H.P. Lovecraft's The Terrible Old Man

October 2007 •English

Three robbers plan to break into the house of a mysterious old sailor to steal his gold. They soon find out that the old man is not as defenseless as they once thought.

Colombina Star y su baile del terror

July 2023 •Spanish

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.

Silent

February 2014 •English

A duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.

Piping Hot

January 1959 •English

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

Christmas with the Andersons

December 2016 •English

Drowning in tinsel and lights every Christmas, Michael and Caroline Anderson throw the year’s biggest party at their house. But this year, with Michael jobless and Caroline’s store struggling, that tradition may end. The Andersons decide to host a very different kind of party and, in the process, rediscover what’s most important about the holiday.

The Snowy Day

November 2016 •English

Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.