Family Marathon

The Wedding Guest

October 2008 •French

Requin

July 2020 •

A man brings his dog to an underground fight.

The Kindergarten Show

February 2020 •French

A master owl tries to present the kindergarten end of year show. Unfortunately the night does not go as planned, as several unforeseen events happened, one after the other, even before the curtain came up.

Spanish Onions

March 1930 •English

A mouse invites his girlfriend to a bullfight and ends up in the ring when the matador is defeated.

Long Bridge of Desired Direction

February 2012 •Russian

A lonely man lives with his pet on a small island and longed to get to 'other people.'

Abu and the Poisoned Well

January 1943 •Arabic

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of the conflict Halas & Batchelor were commissioned by the British Government to make four cartoons featuring a young boy Abu and his mule. They were intended to demonstrate in simple visual terms that Britain was a stout friend and the Axis powers a pernicious evil.

The Circus

August 2010 •French

In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.

Printed Rainbow

May 2006 •

A matchbox collection unites a lonely woman and her cat.

Firmamento

September 2019 •English

On a little planet surrounded by clouds, two robots dream about seeing the sky

Speaker

March 1980 •Polish

A portrait of a speaker, engrossed in his own speech, finds the hall empty.

Metamorphoses

June 1965 •Hungarian

Animated look at an ever-changing portrait of a man and a woman

The Elephant and the Whale

January 1985 •French

An elephant saves an unfortunate whale from being paraded in front of the public and takes it away with the circus caravan to put it back into the sea.

Le nez à la fenêtre

January 2001 •French

Tokyo Mater

November 2008 •English

A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, 'Dragon' Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.

The Song of Flying Leaves

September 2023 •Armenian

A journey to a dream through an encounter between Suna, a twelve-year-old girl who uses leaves as a blanket, and an old man who possesses secret knowledge. A reflection on friendship between a father and a daughter, a teacher and a student, an adult and a child, and the path that can turn the impossible into possible… The invented letters are inspired by the old Armenian symbols.

Karamelltjuven

October 2022 •Swedish

Two children keep order on a fantasy train and keep the passengers happy while a certain candy thief lurks in the shadows.

4000 fetal images

January 1978 •French

The Purple Season

May 2023 •French

On the edge of a mangrove, a group of girls live to the rhythm of the climate and the wild geese around them. They watch each other live and grow up at different ages. As time passes, tensions arise and rivalries develop.

ANNA (kidnapper)

July 2018 •Japanese

196X. Anna, an enigmatic and attractive professional kidnapper, abducts The Professor during his wedding ceremony on request from one of the latter's former girlfriend. This woman, whose face Anna has never seen, wishes to die with The Professor before he marries. Leaving the church with The Professor on the back seat of her motor-bike, Anna starts on the journey to the fictional city of 'Alpha Paris'.

MAN

August 2012 •English

An animated short film looking at man's relationship with the natural world.