The Year Without a Santa Claus

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

July 2005 •English

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

The Lord of the Rings

November 1978 •English

The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.

TV Dinner

March 2018 •English

Stop motion by Maya Galluzzi.

E.V.A.

December 2018 •English

An astronaut floats lost in the vastness of space awaiting help

Le Père Frimas

December 2013 •French

All the Cats Join In

August 1946 •English

A hep teen hears a tune on the jukebox at the malt shop and calls his girl; She rounds up a crowd and soon the whole place is jumping.

Treasure Planet

November 2002 •English

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

The Santa Clause 2

September 2002 •English

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

Trigger Happy

January 1997 •English

“Trigger Happy” was made with hundreds of objects found on the streets and sidewalks of New York. It began as an attempt to make an animated ballet, but as I was shooting the dance turned rowdy, into more of a nocturnal revel. It was shot on a lightbox with high-contrast film. The backlight silhouetted the objects, making them into graphic icons of themselves. The resulting film is a negative, which turned the objects white and the background black as asphalt. It makes the dance almost phantasmagoric. The trigger I was happy about was on the camera, but the title also fits the velocity of the imagery. Much of the animation happens by the rapid replacement of one object with another. It’s the afterimage in your eyes that animates the difference between the shapes, as one is replaced by another, and another… The music by Shay Lynch perfectly captures the idea of dancing in the streets.” —Jeffrey Noyes Scher

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

November 2000 •English

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

A Wooden Toy Dreamed of Paper Boats

October 2020 •Spanish

An ancient fleet of paper boats is enslaved by the music of a record player; when it breaks down, the boats see an opportunity to rebel.

Red-end and the Factory Plant

October 2015 •Dutch

Redback has to find red peppers in the wood and discovers a bio-industry of carnivorous plants, but gets captured. Red-end sets Redback free by sabotaging the meat factory.

Secret Santa

December 2021 •English

An advertising executive is desperate to create a heartfelt holiday ad for her biggest client. But when the owner of the charity discovers her real motives, she risks losing him—the one person who finally taught her to love Christmas again.

Forest

January 2008 •English

A young girl is lost in a forest filled with eyeball trees, skeletal animals and a nephilim

Norsk Folksang

April 2011 •English

Emerging from the sea onto land an axolotl swims through complex terrain parallel to a man searching for an encounter with God.

Albert

January 1985 •Slovak

Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Now he is playing time from time to rich people. Then Albert meets count Delesov, who tries to change Albert's life. Two different characters, two ways of life confront... Will Albert change? Should he?

The Hunger Artist

June 2002 •English

Set in a city both past and present, on a deserted street where only the distant sounds of life blow by. The Hunger Artist stands alone, locked in his cage. Once famous and adored by the crowds, he now performs alone.

The Toys That Rescued Christmas

January 2001 •English

It's the night before Christmas... and all the presents have mysteriously disappeared from beneath the tree. Smuckey the (wisecracking) sock monkey, Daytona the race car and and Track the train investigate! Can the toys solve the mystery of the missing presents before Christmas morning?

Fighting Fairy Girl: Rescue Me, Mave-chan!

February 2005 •Japanese

Rei Sugiyama never had much self-confidence but always found solace in watching anime. One day at an anime festival he is transported to another dimension where the jet planes from the anime, Yukikaze, take on the form of beautiful girls fighting a never-ending battle against the JAM. Rei will have to choose between going back home and saving the girls from a fate that awaits all anime, being erased by the Demon of Oblivion. In order to save himself and the girls…

'Twas the Fight Before Christmas

December 1990 •English

Nick tries to help his classmate Derrick understand the true meaning of Christmas.