Nobody Had Informed Me

Pubertät bei Jungen

January 1966 •German

This animated short shows the development of boys up to and during puberty. It depicts the typical external changes that occur with the onset of sexual maturity, the structure and function of the sexual organs, sperm formation and pollination.

Loyal to My Image

April 1992 •English

Through one woman's experience as an adopted person and also as a mother who relinquished her child in 1971, this documentary highlights the many complex issues associated with adoption.

Flirting's for Dummies

August 2009 •English

Will the Gorilla invasion effect Tommy and Brianna's first date?

Once Upon a Snowman

October 2020 •English

The previously untold origins of Olaf, the innocent and insightful, summer-loving snowman are revealed as we follow Olaf’s first steps as he comes to life and searches for his identity in the snowy mountains outside Arendelle.

Out of Sight

July 2010 •Chinese

The main character of little girl in the story confronts a robbery and strays from the road she is familiar with. After passing a hedge, she enters an unknown world and unfolds a magical adventure depending on senses other than vision and her imagination. With soft and cute colors as the main key, we used simple designs to depict the little girls' imaginary world.

The Obolus

February 2009 •English

A fairy tale for adults about a little boy who has to gain strength and courage to find his way out of a mysterious place by making the ultimate sacrifice.

The Darkness of Day

November 2009 •English

The Darkness of Day is a haunting meditation on suicide. It is comprised entirely of found 16mm footage that had been discarded. The sadness, the isolation, and the desire to escape are recorded on film in various contexts. Voice-over readings from the journal kept by a brother of the filmmaker’s friend who committed suicide in 1990 intermix with a range of compelling stories, from the poignant double suicide of an elderly American couple to a Japanese teenager who jumped into a volcano, spawning over a thousand imitations. While this is a serious exploration of a cultural taboo, its lyrical qualities invite the viewer to approach the subject with understanding and compassion.

Uranus

October 2013 •Portuguese

Venus lies in bed with Uranus in the corner.

Blight

December 2018 •French

Elias and Nora discover that their daughter Léa is the fountain of life in human form. Through mutual contact with water, she can cure anyone of anything. But it's not without consequence.

Sergei Parajanov, The Exile

March 2009 •Greek

Sergei Paradjanov, the great Soviet filmmaker of Armenian origin who was born and grew up in Tbilisi, Georgia, studied film in Moscow and worked for many years in Ukraine, talks on camera to Fotos Lamprinos about his life, his films, and events in the USSR under Gorbachev’s Perestroika, a few short months before he died and while the state of his health was already deteriorating. The film includes rare footage of the massacre of Georgian civilians by the Soviet Army in April 1989 and unpublished material from the Ukrainian prison in which Paradjanov served his sentence.

Empire

April 2005 •French

The Pax Americana takes care on our peace, ensures our comfort, guarantees our prosperity… An idyllic postcard of the new Empire.

The Making of 'The Thing'

June 1982 •English

Hoch genug

April 2006 •German

Morbidity, absurdism and a oral fixation for young girls.

Once Upon a Studio

September 2023 •English

Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

The Author

December 2022 •Turkish

Dead Ears

April 2016 •Lithuanian

Two men, an aged farmer and his deaf-mute son, live in a remote area, isolated from civilization. Though sharing the same roof, problems, and sorrows they remain very distant from one another. Their attempts at conversation turn to misunderstanding if not conflict. Father thinks his son is abnormal and childish. Son sees his father as insensitive and crude. Can the two men find their way into understanding one another?

The Well

November 2020 •Czech

Stepan believes that an abandoned well can help his comatose sister.

Tumbili

February 2019 •English

A mischievous eight-year-old discovers a magical wooden box locked inside her house, mistakenly releasing the supernatural danger within it.​​​​​​

The Gift

January 2020 •English

A girl with uncommonly large ears is bullied at school, but finds solace in her friendship with a crow in the woods. She feeds the bird everyday and in exchange it presents her with gifts, until a violent encounter at school causes their ritual to take an unsettling turn.

A Diary for Timothy

November 1945 •English

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.