Tönende Handschrift II: Pitsch und Patsch

Dans les Bois

June 2018 •French

Once upon a time there was a milk cow who’d never been outside her farm. One day, with the help of a squirrel from the woods, she discovers a whole different life.

Silent

February 2014 •English

A duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.

The Simpsons couch gag [YOU'RE NEXT]

December 2015 •English

The Simpsons family are having a night in watching television when the cheeky bullies of Springfield Elementary enter their home and decide to pull a particularly mean prank on them.

V for Victory

January 1941 •English

This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm film stock and synchronized with a brass band rendition of Sousa's march "The Thunderer."

In the World of the Fables

April 1973 •Russian

The cartoon is based on several Krylov's fables.

Memories for Sale

June 2020 •English

After his alcoholic father's death, a young man decides to sell the last memory of him — his taxi.

Wiener Wuast

January 2006 •English

A series of hand-drawn short animations are photographed in the hand of the artist as she travels to various locations in Vienna.

Rocky and Bullwinkle

October 2014 •English

After receiving the key to the city for their heroic efforts, Rocket J. Squirrel notices that Bullwinkle falls in love with a robotic moose. Unbeknownst to him, inside the moose is Boris Badinov, who, along with Natasha Fatale and Fearless Leader, are carrying out another plan to eliminate Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Party Central

February 2014 •English

Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first party, but no one’s showing up. Luckily for them, Mike and Sulley have come up with a plan to make sure “Party Central” is the most epic party the school has ever seen.

Down by the Old Mill Stream

July 1933 •English

It's apple time, and all the strange little Fleischer bugs waste no time getting the apples to ferment so that they can immediately get drunk.

Mischievous Mice

November 1934 •English

This short opens showing numerous mice eating all the food in Honey's kitchen and ruining everything in her house. She tires valiantly to run them off but they outsmart her. She makes a phone call and Cubby appears at her door. The mice make quick work of him too. Only a fat cat is able to temporarily stop them but they soon turn on him too. Cubby comes to the aide of the cat but the mice outsmart the both of them. In the end the mice have run off the cat, Honey is gone, and Cubby sits dazed on the floor as the mice cheer their victory.

Fiz Amizade com um Fantasma

April 2024 •Portuguese

Bisclavret

April 2011 •French

Song Shopping

May 1933 •English

Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' with Ethel Merman singing the songs.

Canada Vignettes: Dance

January 1979 •English

The metamorphosis of a map of Canada into human forms who share the natural resources to the rhythm of a dance.

Canada Vignettes: The Egg

January 1979 •English

An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.

Shelter

October 2016 •Japanese

Shelter tells the story of Rin, a 17-year-old girl who lives her life inside of a futuristic simulation completely by herself in infinite, beautiful loneliness. Each day, Rin awakens in virtual reality and uses a tablet which controls the simulation to create a new, different, beautiful world for herself. Until one day, everything changes, and Rin comes to learn the true origins behind her life inside a simulation.

Spider Jazz

January 2017 •English

A spider passionately practices classical music on her self-spun instrument. When a fly gets caught in it one day, the spider learns that making music is not about perfection but about improvisation and the fun of playing together.

Hen Hop

January 1942 •English

This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew directly onto 35 mm movie stock with ordinary pen and ink. Colour was added optically.

Chess

March 2007 •

In an old library, two armies of chess pieces are about to start a war.