A Salute to Olive Jar

The Sensational Cat-Man

September 2023 •English

A stylized cartoon inspired by 1940s comics, featuring a detective raised by a tiger who moonlights as a superhero.

Jasmine

April 2013 •French

France, end of the 70s: Alain is the author of several cartoon films. His romantic meeting with a young Iranian student, Jasmine, changes the course of his life. Teheran, 1978: The revolution sweeps away the despised regime of the Shah. Alain has joined Jasmine, their love grows in secret, with the hope that a new life is possible. The introduction of the Islamic Republic will destroy their illusions, and separate the two lovers ... For how long? 30 years later, it is time for Alain to revisit the theatre of his memory. Several faded blue aerograms, Super-8 films ... Not much remains. With his fingertips, from the bottom of the heart, he resurrects the past, image by image. In the restitution of a mysterious and oppressive Teheran, in the helter-skelter of history, beings of paste and blood fight, like many others, for love and freedom.

The Tenant's Racket

August 1963 •English

The cartoon starts off with Woody who, tired of flying, stops to rest on a cloud...

The Ride to the Abyss

January 1992 •French

‘La course à l’abîme’ is a depiction of the final ride into hell from ‘La Damnation de Faust’ (1846) by Hector Berlioz.

Forward, Comrades

June 2013 •Chinese

A young girl who treated her pets as comrades and liked to play with construction blocks, experiences her life changing after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Connecting Flights

October 2014 •English

On a summer day Julia gets on a plane, on the way to her destination, not knowing what awaits her. Eduard is in a barbershop where the Barber is annoyed by a fly. The Barber tries to chase the fly away. At that moment, panic breaks loose on the plane...

Rising Hope

June 2012 •English

The path is known to all, but few follow it. Rising Hope – once the fastest horse in the race, tries to be one of the few.

Cen's Piñata

October 2024 •Spanish

Cen, a friendly panda, must fight the devil himself, who has stolen his piñata, and thus, the chance to have a great Christmas

El dilema de las papas fritas

September 2023 •Spanish

Explodium

January 2000 •English

Exploring the business of inventing stuff

Beijing Flipbook

January 2003 •English

Short animated film by Marv Newland

Tiny Matters

June 2019 •

When a girl walks out of her house, objects come to life. Some coins are followed by a purse, dices have a fight among themselves, a thirsty glass looks for some water. Those objects try to live their lives dealing with all this "tiny matters".

A Guest from Elsewhere

August 2024 •English

A stop motion 1930s fairy tale follows a monster that yearns to be a part of civilized human society. After an unfortunate mishap, the monster’s hopes of being one with the humans is put on trial.

Beachworld

May 2022 •English

Thousands of years into the future a spaceship traveling through a miscalculated wormhole crashes on a distant planet. The crew struggle for survival among the shifting sands, and encounters with other worldly visitors.

Pal

June 2024 •English

Pal is a short animated film that explores the heartwarming and emotional relationship between a dog and his human.

In My Life

July 2022 •English

A new-to-town carer forms an unlikely bond with her first patient, an elderly man with onset dementia, and together they find ways to reconcile with their pasts and help each other overcome their sense of loneliness.

phoools (the film)

August 2024 •English

"Phoools" dives into an artist's obsession with the simplest of shapes - a few ovals rotated around a circle, universally agreed to be called a flower. As he starts seeing this pattern everywhere, from drain covers to textiles, his perception shifts. The line between observer and observed blurs, reality melts into imagination.

Vision of the Dark Tower

October 2007 •English

Vision of the Dark Tower is a dream within a dream. Based on the Dark Tower novels by Stephen King, this animated short describes the call of the Dark Tower to one of the main characters.

Project EA

July 2022 •English

Animated sci-fi romance story about a couple in a world falling apart, with an engineer building a rocket to save people.

On the Ice

December 1924 •English

Silent cartoon.