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Luminare

May 1986 •English

Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.

The Albatross

January 1998 •English

A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives. An adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by19th Century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly into the surface of color filmstock. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with its message of ecological redemption has a curiously contemporary resonance, but it is at the level of the mythic that the poem has lasting relevance; for this epic tale of extraordinary events simply mirrors the struggle that each human being faces on their own in his or her life. -VDB

Alien Implant

April 2017 •English

A brilliant female recluse sends a distress signal into outer space from a remote location. When the Aliens arrive, they realize it's not a distress signal, it's an ingenious trap designed to exact revenge on the extraterrestrials who abducted her as a child.

Alien Overlords

November 2018 •English

A man learns about alien agendas from a dying agent and feels compelled to warn the world about the impending danger.

25 October, the First Day

October 1968 •Russian

A short film made by Yuri Norstein for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, The 25th - the First Day recounts that day using art from the revolutionary period.

Tea for Two Hundred

December 1948 •English

Donald is preparing a little picnic when he sees some ants passing by. He decides to tease one, ultimately by piling lots of food onto it. The ant eventually stumbles, but realizes Donald is sitting on a veritable gold mine. He rallies his fellow ants, and while Donald is napping, they cart him to a cliff and drop him into the river. When he returns to the raid in progress, he finds himself powerless to stop it. He dynamites the ant hill, but that only separates the ledge he's standing on, and he finds himself in the river again as the ants finish off a cupcake.

The Frog Princess

December 1954 •Russian

A prince discovers an enchanted beauty turned into a frog by Koschei the Immortal. After Koschei steals her again, the prince goes on a dangerous quest to free the land of the evil.

La Noria

September 2018 •Spanish

A young boy who loves to draw and build ferris wheels encounters strange creatures that turn his life upside down.

Worker and Parasite: Nap at Work

March 2022 •English

"СФИР Et. ЅЕᑫОНЖ (Worker & Parasite) is an Eastern Europe's favorite cartoon Cat and Mouse Team. The cartoon was made in a country that no longer exists. The animated series was released from 1959 to 1963. There were 10 episodes in total, each about a minute long." In actuality, this is an animation based off of a gag from The Simpsons.

Wild Life

February 2011 •English

An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.

A Morning Stroll

February 2011 •English

In three distinct eras, a man walking down the street has an unexpected encounter with a chicken.

Fright Show

October 1985 •English

Two obscure film critics host four SF/Horror films: The Thing in the Basement, Illegal Alien, Nightfright, and Dr. Dobermind.

Apocalypse YASSS: Two Girls, One Rapture

May 2025 •English

House Hunting

January 2006 •Japanese

A girl goes exploring to find a new house. Along the way, she encounters many of Japan's guardian spirits.

The Heron and the Crane

January 1974 •Russian

Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane.

Kroamschudd'n in Mariaparochie

December 1988 •Dutch

Film, Film, Film

January 1968 •Russian

The trials and tribulations of putting a feature film together.

TRAJECTOIRE

September 2022 •French

Dinosaur's Hill

June 1967 •Russian

Three Little Bops

January 1957 •English

Three hip, Little Pigs are travelling entertainers, moving from straw to wood, to brick nightclubs, playing swinging tunes for high-class, "with it" crowds, but an uncool Big Bad Wolf keeps intruding on their act with with his "corny horn" and uses it to blow their nightclubs down when they throw him out- until they are playing in their brick club and the Wolf tries a more drastic, explosive method for destroying the "House of Bricks".