Beyond Oil
Documentary on industrial lubrification.
Shinbone Alley
Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel, but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill.
Secret
A family pod of three dolphins navigates decay as an inevitable register while also having a secret ascension to a higher ground.
Paradise Lost
This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other woodland creatures succumbing to air pollution caused by human inventions.
Schooling
All until yesterday, three birds didn’t even think of taking a look around, but today they heard some voices for the first time and decided to do something meaningful…
Magician
Animated story of a sad magician
Loskutik i oblako
A girl named Patchwork and the real cloud fight the evil king Fontanius I and his treacherous subordinates.
Gegner nach Maß
The scissors cut out a little man with huge boxing gloves from black paper. The boy comes to life and is immediately convinced of his punching power. So he grabs the scissors himself and cuts out a huge opponent to demonstrate his strength. He makes a complete fool of himself in the process. It doesn't help that he cuts his opponent smaller and smaller and finally even sticks him down with glue. Although he adorns himself with the laurels of victory at the end, it is clear that he is just a ridiculous paper hero.
Onisciente
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Award-winning cut-out animation making a full statement on bravado by using two empty words. Available in full at -- https://youtu.be/zJiyvyskYmQ
The Swallow
Three women, three generations. This is a Chinese family without love in 1940s.
The Fox and the Hare
Hare enlists four brave friends to help him reclaim his home from the wily Fox.
Lord of the Sky
In this animated environmental parable, we find a people living in harmony with nature, until carelessness leads to the ravens' revenge. We follow a boy's courageous journey to the spirit world to find the only one who can save his village from the resulting darkness--the Lord of the sky. An artistic unity of form and content, Lord of the Sky is a dazzling combination of 3-D models, puppets, special effects and cut-out paper animation. Its intricate, beautifully rendered drawings reflect the natural environment and cultural heritage of the Pacific Northwest. The film speaks strongly of the need for ecological balance in the world.
Spheres
This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.
We Hear the Distant Ring of Saturn
We hear the distant ring of Saturn.
Vom Fröschlein und seinem Reifen
A little frog jumps out of the pond and wants to see the world. He is excited about new discoveries, not yet knowing about the danger of the stork. He almost gets eaten by the stork, but the frog saves himself at the last minute.
Benu, I Love You
A deeply personal documentary about the loving relationship between the director and her mother. Using interviews and animated family archives, it explores moments of joy and struggle of an ,,unordinary family".
Burglars of "Baghdad" Castle
In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been invaded and he must use the stone to defeat his new enemy.
World Animation Discord: A Team Effort! The Legendary Animation Compilation!!
The best animation compilation on this side of the thrift store! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFTfsNnVdY
Mask of the Red Death
An animated adaptation of Poe's famous short story.