Johann's Gift to Christmas

A Cautionary Tail

January 2012 •English

A little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter's uniqueness and her tail inspires magical make-believe adventures with her friends. As she grows up, however, the young woman faces pressure to fit in, and must choose between conformity and self-expression. An animated short film starring Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, using a striking collage of 3D animated characters and hand-made miniature sets.

Moms Are Simply Waiting for Us

April 2012 •Russian

Scientists have proven that there is a special emotional bond between a mother and a child. But do these forces of nature weaken over time...

Ingen kommentar

January 1987 •Swedish

Combined cel/cutout animation exploring the relationship between two tiny characters living at the bottom of a giant film frame.

Calaveras

January 1969 •French

Eyen

January 2001 •English

Experimental short film that mix drawings of Jean-Luc Chansay's daughter with computer animation and sculptures of Marie Mercier.

Birth

February 2009 •English

Amina, a young woman (17) is pregnant and afraid to give birth. For a consolation and advice she goes to older women but their stories scare her even more.

Show Kids

January 1935 •English

During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William Jenkins, does something different, so he allows his 12-year-old son to put on a kiddie show that packs the house.

Darrel

April 2016 •

The tragic tale of two unlucky amphibians and a series of escalating blunders that ends their flirting for good.

Dog With Electric Collar

January 2008 •English

A dog. An electric collar. And plenty to bark at... Sparks will fly!

The Little Rascals' Christmas Special

December 1979 •English

Spanky and Porky try to figure out a way to get their mother a winter coat for Christmas after she buys them a Blue Comet electric train.

UDIN

Invalid date •Indonesian

Udin, a Betawi boy who loves painting, dreams of joining a competition. But his father insists he practice pencak silat like other boys his age, unaware that Udin is being bullied at the training center.

For Sofia

July 2024 •English

A young musician discovers a forgotten music sheet in his father's belongings, which unravels a painful family secret

We still kick each other under the table

Invalid date •English

What it is like to have a younger sibling

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

My Year of Dicks

February 2023 •English

An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early '90s.

Worker and Parasite: Nap at Work

March 2022 •English

"СФИР Et. ЅЕᑫОНЖ (Worker & Parasite) is an Eastern Europe's favorite cartoon Cat and Mouse Team. The cartoon was made in a country that no longer exists. The animated series was released from 1959 to 1963. There were 10 episodes in total, each about a minute long." In actuality, this is an animation based off of a gag from The Simpsons.

Teddy

May 2018 •English

A desperate father tries his best to wake up his wife who's in a coma.

Cyber

November 2007 •English

A short trip on an easychair.

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

November 2007 •English

Pooh and his friends work together to rescue Santa's lost reindeer-trainee, Holly.

My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas

October 2005 •English

The 'Here Comes Christmas Candy Cane' is an important part of Ponyville: it’s the beacon that shows jolly old Santa Claus the way to the town as he makes his holiday rounds each year. But when Minty accidentally breaks it, it looks like Ponyville is destined to have a bleak holiday season. Minty is determined to do anything to save Christmas for her Pony friends while they, in turn, band together to try and cheer up their despondent four-legged friend.