Joachim's Dictionary

They Might Be Giants: Here Come The ABCs

February 2005 •English

Learn the ABCs the fun way with The Grammy® - winning rock legends: They Might Be Giants 'Here Come The ABCs' CD + DVD features 24 New Songs PLUS 24 Music Videos. Enjoy both the CD and DVD in this package. The DVD contains over 45 minutes of animations, the wonderful puppets of the Deeply Felt Puppet Theater and performances!

Winnie The Pooh's ABC Of Me

January 1990 •English

The Alphabet with Pooh Bear.

The Alphabet

February 1969 •English

A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.

Mr. Men - The Great Alphabet Hunt

April 1992 •English

The Mr. Men and Little Misses are going on an alphabet treasure hunt field trip on the Misterland Bus to see what things they can find to make up all the letters of the alphabet.

ABC

April 1989 •German

Animated short directed by Alexandra Schatz

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

January 1999 •English

An animated short film based on a 1989 wordless picture book by Bill Martin Jr. "In this lively alphabet rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no - Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom!" -- Amazon.com

Why z?

May 2019 •English

CG animated short film that follows the story of z, the lonely last letter of the alphabet who struggles to find his way in a world that's constantly reminding him of his place at the end.

P for Pelican

January 1972 •Persian

An old hermit lives in a slum and wants to teach the alphabet to the children who regularly go there to play. When a child proposes he use the word “Pelican” for the letter ‘P’, the hermit goes to the nearby park to see this animal he has never heard of.

A, B, C... Z

February 1971 •Albanian

Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters.

O Zé Analfabeto Faz Exame

January 1952 •Portuguese

The ABCs of Death

March 2013 •English

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Alphabet Soup

January 1995 •English

William Wegman and his dogs - Fay Ray, Batty, Chundo, and Crooky - teach children the alphabet.

Kamen Rider W Forever: From A to Z, 26 Rapid-Succession Roars of Laughter

July 2010 •Japanese

A series of 26 net movies, comedy-themed shorts (one for every letter of the alphabet) that were released by Toei to promote the Kamen Rider W summer movie, Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate.

An Alphabet of Weather

January 1991 •English

An educational film that introduces children to the various elements of weather using the letters of the alphabet. Each letter represents a weather-related concept, such as air, clouds, temperature, and storms, providing a fun and engaging way to learn about the atmosphere and its changes. The film highlights the importance of weather in daily life and the roles of meteorologists in predicting it

M is for Marble

January 2013 •English

This is Stake's entry for the ABC's of Death 2013 competition.

The Song of Chapayev

November 1944 •Russian

Glass Mask: The Girl of a Thousand Masks

December 1998 •Japanese

Kitajima Maya is a young girl from a poor background with no talents of use to school or her widowed mother. However, she is obsessed with movies, theatrical plays and TV dramas-to the point of remembering every line from a movie she's seen once, and dramatically acting out the stories, including every character, for anyone who will listen. One day, she encounters an old woman with a scarred face who claims that Maya is the girl she's been looking for-for the old woman has spent years protecting the rights to a 'legendary' play. (Remake of the first few chapters of the manga for the first tv series that aired in 1984)

A Cautionary Tail

January 2012 •English

A little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter's uniqueness and her tail inspires magical make-believe adventures with her friends. As she grows up, however, the young woman faces pressure to fit in, and must choose between conformity and self-expression. An animated short film starring Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, using a striking collage of 3D animated characters and hand-made miniature sets.

Ingen kommentar

January 1987 •Swedish

Combined cel/cutout animation exploring the relationship between two tiny characters living at the bottom of a giant film frame.

Calaveras

January 1969 •French