About Stepan the Blacksmith

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.

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.

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!

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.

Cyber

November 2007 •English

A short trip on an easychair.

Pszichoparádé

April 2002 •Hungarian

I Want Pluto to Be a Planet Again

October 2016 •French

A transhumanist romance in the near future. A young boy of modest origins, Marcus, an H- , falls madly in love with an H+.

Levelek

April 2005 •Hungarian

The Disheveled Sparrow

April 1967 •Russian

According to the fairy tale of the same name, how the little sparrow Pashka, as a token of gratitude to his mistress, the girl Masha, fearlessly enters the crow's dwelling in order to return the girl's father's gift stolen by the crow.

Gopher Broke

November 2004 •English

A gopher finds himself on a road where trucks are hauling produce to market. He hits on the idea of shaking some of the produce loose for himself, but other animals always beat him to the booty. That is, until a truck comes along with a cow...

LEGO Ninjago: Happy Birthday to You!

September 2017 •English

LEGO Ninjago heroes Kai, Zane, Jay and Cole want to wish you a happy birthday, but they're going to need all their Spinjitzu skills to do it!

Birdsong

April 2022 •English

Based on late field biologist John Sincock's experiences in Kauai.

Miracles in the Sieve

April 1978 •Russian

A bizarre cartoon based on English nursery rhymes.

Motor Tour

January 1982 •Hungarian

Animated hijinks of a man whose car just will not start, no matter what he does.