Brutalism

The Tale of the Old Oak Tree

March 1948 •Russian

Not long ago, a boy Makarka lived in this area. One day after his grandmother left for the city, Makarka cleared up and began to break trees, shoot nests with chicks, cut his own name on the trunk of a tree. An old oak tree made a remark to him: is it possible? On this insolent Makarka boldly said that nothing terrible. Then the angry trees and birds decided to teach the unfit boy a lesson, and something like that started, from which the bully reluctantly had to think and ask for forgiveness.

Quantum Cowboys

October 2023 •English

Two hapless drifters, Frank and Bruno, team up with Linde to recover her land and trek across 1870's Southern Arizona to find an elusive frontier musician. The complex quantum time theory is blended with philosophical musings about art as the way we understand our history and memories, with gunfights, horses, dance halls, cacti, and saloons!

Wolfwalkers

October 2020 •English

In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

Mulan

June 1998 •English

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

Under the Blaze

Invalid date •Urdu

An upcoming hand-drawn animated film about a village boy who works in a brick kiln to support his family after his father's death.

Poppa

March 2025 •English

An unlucky dude encounters a sticky situation after accidentally swallowing bubblegum.

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

December 2022 •English

The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.

Sonst Nichts

January 2001 •German

The story (or: the non-story) is focusing on small, unconscious gestures during a moment of non-communication on a train.

Animated American

August 2008 •English

A toon hating executive has a hare raising experience when he meets an out of work toon rabbit.

Sohrab and Rustum

July 2018 •English

An inspiring English teacher transports her class into the very heart of a Persian poem.

The Life Letter

September 2022 •Lithuanian

A mail trip from battlefield to town, with a purpose of expressing one soldier's feelings.

Absolute Denial

April 2021 •English

An obsessive, genius programmer sacrifices everything in his personal and professional life to build a computer of unprecedented power.

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin

August 1997 •English

Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to school after the holidays. So Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit go in search of Christopher Robin which leads to a big adventure.

Groter dan je bent

Invalid date •Dutch

From Darkness

June 2002 •English

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

Matta and Matto

October 2023 •

In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind-bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.

Bingo in Balahula

January 1931 •English

Bingo, a cartoon dog, lands in the jungle after a hot-air balloon accident.

The Glassworker

July 2024 •Urdu

A young glassworker-in-training living with his pacifist father finds his apprenticeship upended by an impending war and the arrival of an army colonel to their seaside town.

Perlimps

January 2023 •Portuguese

Claé and Bruô, secret agents from enemy Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, must overcome their differences and combine forces to find the Perlimps and infiltrate into a world controlled by Giants where war is imminent.

Guard Dog

October 2004 •English

Why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels... what are they afraid of? This film answers that eternal question. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.