The Trip to Squash Land

From the Diary of a Cow

August 1985 •Swedish

A cow dreams away from the barn routine and goes out into the world, becomes a pop star, talks about world peace in the UN, takes a ride in space before she lands in everyday life again.

Red Ball Express

September 1976 •English

A drawn-on-film train builds itself and takes a trip, set to the bluegrass standard Orange Blossom Special.

Vincent

October 1982 •English

Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams that annoy his mother.

Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

November 1953 •English

Professor Owl gives a lecture on the evolution of Western musical instruments, starting with the advent of rudimentary brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments by ancient cave dwellers at the dawn of history.

Roar

December 2017 •English

A good-natured dinosaur has to stand his ground against a nasty opponent.

Islands

May 2017 •French

A sexual reverie unfolds over the course of one ethereal night. Characters wander through an erotic maze of love and lust, blurring the lines between wet dream and lucid nightmare as a macabre, erotic stage performance sends a ripple of lustful desires through its audience and performers.

Beans on Toast

May 2022 •English

Ideas are a confusing concept. When an emerging surrealist pioneer of French art is faced with a stagnant period, he must comply with bizarre forms of inspiration taking that might re-light the flame of his once innovative self. 

Martha the Monster

October 2017 •English

Shy teenage monster making new friends in a new place. In a world where humans live alongside monsters, Martha finds herself stuck with a major identity crisis.

The Circus

October 1923 •English

Silent cartoon.

Agent 327: Operation Barbershop

May 2017 •English

Agent 327 is investigating a clue that leads him to a shady barbershop in Amsterdam. Little does he know that he is being tailed by mercenary Boris Kloris.

Idlewild

May 2018 •English

After discovering a new species of dinosaur on private land, Ruth is forced to contend with forces both big and small in her quest to get it out of the ground before anyone notices.

Aerindor: The silent sacrifice

May 2024 •English

Two elves venture into the wilderness to explore the infamous ruins of Aldemore and the world of Aerindor. The road forces them to explore their friendship and ideologies, and how unsophisticated curiosity can argue with maturity. When met with danger, impulsive choices might lead them to endanger a prophesy of the end times at the hands of a heinous cult.

Alice in Not So Wonderland

July 2007 •English

The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.

About the Hippopotamus Who Was Afraid of Inoculations

April 1966 •Russian

Fabulous animals bathed, rested and had fun on the summer beach of the southern town. Suddenly, the rest was interrupted by an urgent message on a hanging poster: "Everyone needs to vaccinate vaccinations from elephant to fly!". However, all the animals, having read the message, as if nothing had happened, began to rest, dance and sunbathe again. And only Behemoth, worried, began to ask everyone how scary and painful it was to vaccinate.

Thunder

July 1982 •Japanese

A woman’s face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty building full of dark hallways. Designs drawn in the air with light and long-exposure cinematography.

Fallas 37: el arte en guerra

March 2013 •Spanish

In November 1936, a few months since the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the government of the Second Republic moves to Valencia. In this situation, several Valencian artists and intellectuals decide to build four fallas — satirical plasterboard sculptures created to be burnt — to mock fascism.

Levelek

April 2005 •Hungarian

Arc

March 2009 •Hungarian

The Passenger

December 2015 •English

Driving through the desert en route to San Francisco, Sebastian has a chance encounter with Helena, a mysterious and attractive hitchhiker. Together they embark on a journey to the unknown, testing the boundaries of reality along the way.

Beginnings

January 1980 •French

An animated film created from pastel drawings by Clorinda Warny, Premiers Jours traces the complete cycle of life, from birth to adulthood, in four seasons, and through the evolution of earthly landscapes that become human bodies. Completed Postumously by Suzanne Gervais, Lina Gagnon