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Teremok

January 1995 •Russian

In the middle of the forest, a bear finds an abandoned hut full of food and sweets and encounters different animals while staying there.

The Chaperone

September 2013 •English

The Chaperone tells the true, previously untold story of a lone school teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in a church basement in 1970s Montreal, Canada. Told from the first person unscripted perspective of the school teacher and DJ who were there that night, The Chaperone recreates the whole scene using hand drawn animation, miniature sets, puppets, live action Kung Fu and explosions all done in stereoscopic 3D. With over 10,000 hand drawings (many of which were colored in crayon by hand), an original blaxploitation score and featuring a cast of over 200 people, The Chaperone is an unconventional approach to documentary shorts.

Altair

December 1994 •English

One of Klahr's masterpieces, Altair is an 8 minute collage color -noir culled from late-40s pages of Cosmopolitan, which induces a sense of claustrophobia and dread through its use of Stravinsky's The Firebird.

Bonita & the Bandit

April 2024 •English

Bonita & the Bandit is a short film and the full, color-version, of the 'mini-Episode' that plays throughout the Short Film GRUFF.

The Monkey

May 2023 •English

After a near-fatal accident, soon-to-be father Pete Shelburn begins to suspect that his past has come back to haunt him. With his own father at death's door and his brother refusing to make amends with him, he's forced to save his family by confronting a nightmare from his childhood: a cursed cymbal-clapping toy monkey.

Under the Parasol

August 2019 •English

Marie relaxes at the beach under a parasol. The only problem is that it is night time.

You're Gonna Die Tonight

May 2016 •Spanish

The Simpletons

September 1974 •Estonian

The story of a bunch of peasants who have a hard time using logic to build their community.

Ryo

March 2013 •Japanese

The son of a samurai who lost his parents during the attack of English ships on a Japanese town is given the name Ryo and becomes the bodyguard of Ryoma Sakamoto, a man who has his own plan to fight for the country.

I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

October 2010 •English

This short probes the taboos around a very particular second-hand trauma, leading us to a more universal understanding of human experience.

Little Red Riding Hood: A Tale of Blood and Death

September 2013 •German

When Markus realized a filthy girl in front of his house and took it into his flat, his women annika quickly realized something must be wrong with her. She does not feel comfortable with the imagination to have her in the flat for the night and she was right. The girl knows details about the couple she could not and should not know and starts an unnatural mind game, which goes far beyond rationality and should finally end up bloody.

Harry and the Succubus

April 2012 •English

When Harry unwittingly releases a she-demon in a Burbank Cemetery, undertaker Crawford kills him in a freak accident and must recruit Harry's newly minted ghost to send the succubus (Crawford's ex-wife) back to where she came from.

Adam in aeternum

April 2021 •Spanish

On Loop

January 2013 •English

Four in the morning, crapped out, yawning.

Mouse Trapped

December 1959 •English

Hickory and Dickory, the two mice, overhear a news report that all black cats will be exterminated because it is Friday the 13th. Doc, who is a black cat, is being hounded by the police. They try to "help" him but their attempts cause more harm than good (they tell him to hide in Cecil the bulldog's doghouse and inside a running dishwasher). When he discovers he's being given the "run-around", he tries to get his revenge on them (and on Cecil the bulldog) but all his attempts fail miserably.

Fragment of Seeking

October 1947 •English

A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through the surreal explorations of his own sexuality. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Dueling Dumplings

April 2024 •English

Po and Zhen battle over whose dumplings reign supreme.

The Whale Hunt

October 2001 •Japanese

Kujiratori tells the story of school children pretending they are building a boat. As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the ocean, hunting for a whale. A big, gentle whale appears, accompanies them back to land and plays with them. Then the fantasy ends and the children are back in their class room.

Ghiblies

April 2000 •Japanese

Ghiblies, a totally different look on the staff of Studio Ghibli as they go through life, work on new animation projects, office jokes, off the wall events, and deciding what to have for lunch.

Koro's Big Day Out

January 2002 •Japanese

The film is about Koro the puppy, who runs away from his mistress, experiences some adventures around town and who is finally happily returned home.