Wicker Basket

The Ogre's Garden

February 2019 •English

This short piece is somewhat romantic, despite its title. We do see the ogre however. He inverts himself into the action throughout the film. As usual, the action is partly symbolic, partly surreal.

Death, Music, Catharsis (She Dreamt She Was a Bulldozer, She Dreamt She Was Alone in an Empty Field)

January 2021 •English

An existential odyssey through the unconscious.

The Geniac

June 2013 •English

A surreal, experimental, minimalistic animated film that dives into the inner recesses of creativity, imagination, longing and inspiration. Taking place from the somber point of view of a young wizard as he lives out his day, watching over a little town. Le Geniaque pays homage to Georges Melies and 1920s silent films in general.

.wszechświat

October 2022 •Polish

Plympmania

January 1996 •English

The best wacky, surreal pieces made for the Fox TV show "The Edge."

Tokyo 2001/10/21 22:32~22:41

October 2018 •Japanese

A mother and son are eating sushi at a conveyer belt sushi bar in Tokyo. This film depicts their conversation using cutout animation.

Made in Japan

January 1972 •Japanese

Short animation by Renzo and Sayoko Kinoshita satirizes in a non narrative way the 'economic animal' Japan and predicted the economic recession in the 70s

The Hare

January 1976 •Estonian

A short Estonian animation about a rabbit who creates a mechanical being that struggles to navigate a frantic, pop-art world.

Allegro non troppo

March 1976 •Italian

The film is a parody of Disney's Fantasia, though possibly more of a challenge to Fantasia than parody status would imply. In the context of this film, "Allegro non Troppo" means Not So Fast!, an interjection meaning "slow down" or "think before you act" and refers to the film's pessimistic view of Western progress (as opposed to the optimism of Disney's original).

The Flat

January 1968 •Czech

A man is trapped in a sinister flat, where nothing seems to obey the laws of nature.

Alice

August 1988 •Czech

A quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare - no matter how twisted or odd that way must be. A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll’s novel "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland".

Rubin's Incorporia

February 2021 •English

Rubin chats with two friends.

What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...?

August 2015 •German

A surreal trip into the world of an extremely long german word.

The Pop Show

January 1966 •English

A Pop Art extravaganza by Fred Mogubgub from the late-1960s, innovative in the use of the quick cut, this film is a parade of pop icons of its time. Features a pre-Playboy, pre-N. O. W. Gloria Steinem.

Tripping the Rift: The Movie

March 2008 •English

What begins for Chode and crew as a routine mission to protect a pissed-off princess will soon become a filth- splattered saga of dismembered royalty, indestructible clown assassins and desperately horny housewives.

Today in Our City...

January 1989 •Russian

Mycelium

May 2022 •English

An ant colony finds that the strange new food source they've discovered may be something more of a curse than a boon.

Simulacra

January 2014 •Croatian

Which image is real - the one staring at us from the mirror or the one standing in front of it? In hallways filled with illusions, a simulacrum behind the looking glass, he is trying to find out if he is looking at a stranger or a hidden part of himself.

Uncle Samsonite

September 2014 •English

It's time to have some fun with Uncle Samsonite

Yellow Submarine

July 1968 •English

The wicked Blue Meanies take over Pepperland, eliminating all color and music. As the only survivor, the Lord Admiral escapes in the yellow submarine and journeys to Liverpool to enlist the help of the Beatles.