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Goodbye Jerome!

December 2021 •French

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.

Why Elephants?

January 2012 •Croatian

A surrealist animated film.

A Cat and a Half

January 2003 •Russian

Film by Andrey Khrzhanovsky based on the works of Joseph Brodsky.

Runaway

April 2013 •English

Runaway is an animated short film about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950s refrigerator, named Chillie.

Anatole fait du camping

November 1947 •French

After somewhat hectic travel preparations, Anatole and Margot set off on holiday. The cart arrives at its destination, somehow or other, and it’s time to set up camp. But the task isn’t always simple and Anatole is literally blown away, inflated like an airbed!

Winter Draws On

March 1948 •English

As winter approaches, a variety of birds fly south to see a warmer climate.

Base Brawl

January 1948 •English

At the zoo, the animals have all gone to play baseball. Animals fill the stands as they watch the antics that can only come about from exotic animals who play baseball.

The Shell Shocked Egg

July 1948 •English

A mother turtle buries her eggs in the sand. While she is away, one of the egg partly hatches and begins roaming the countryside trying to finish hatching.

A Feather in His Hare

February 1948 •English

A hungry indian tries to cook bugs, yet Bugs outwits him yet again. Banned for offensive depiction of Native Americans.

Navozande, the Musician

September 2020 •French

A story of love, war, and hardship in 13th-century Persia.

Petits herois

July 2015 •French

Kaleidoscope-68

January 1968 •Russian

My Little Underground

January 2014 •English

In this autobiographical animated short, Elise Simard crafts the story of a young girl seeking self-discovery and rebirth. Drifting between real and imagined events, the film uses time-lapse photography with ink and pastels, creating a haunting, compassionate exploration of addiction and existence.

On the other side of the woods

June 2014 •

Fairytale full of light, magic and nostalgia. A clay doll awakens her surroundings that become a surreal world in constant flow of change. Shot with natural light the visible changes of daylight emphasize the passing of time in the film.

That Lazy Boy

August 2008 •Spanish

Atzimba is going to marry Jose. Her father sends his future son-in-law to take care of various duties. But the young man's cleverness doesn't do a lot of good.

Two Bagatelles

January 1953 •English

Norman McLaren instructs Grant Munro on the movements he is to make. The film technique for Two Bagatelles is pixillation, where the actor is animated frame by frame, as in the film Neighbours/Voisins.

The Ballad of Holland Island House

May 2015 •English

Animated clay paintings tell the true story of the last house on a sinking island in the Chesapeake Bay, a large and important estuary and waterway in Maryland, on the East Coast of the United States. In an Old-Time Music ballad, the house sings of its life and the creatures it has sheltered during its lifetime journey from tree, to timber, to home, to an ultimate return to nature. It contemplates time, environmental change, and the rise of the seas.

Autumn Came

January 1999 •Russian

The cartoon is based on the book by A. Bitov and R. Gabriadze "Hardworking Pushkin".

The Mistress Of The Copper Mountain

March 2020 •Russian

A mystical thriller based on the meaning of the Ural folklore. A rare emerald was found in the taiga. It'll change a lot of owners, but happiness will bring to nobody. This about human passions and the mysterious mistress of the Copper mountain.

Renaissance

March 2006 •French

To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research - where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can be bought but at a great price.