Through My Thick Glasses

Mr Hublot

October 2013 •

Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.

Napoleon Bunny-Part

June 1956 •English

Bugs takes a wrong turn off the Hollywood freeway and tunnels into the headquarters of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Rabbitson Crusoe

April 1956 •English

Crusoe, played by Yosemite Sam, has been living off coconuts for 20 years when Bugs washes up on his island.

To Be or Not to Be

March 1942 •English

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

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.

Lili Marleen

January 1981 •German

The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.

Rome, Open City

October 1945 •Italian

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the leader of the Resistance is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

Mère Ubu

December 1998 •German

Père Ubu

November 1997 •German

The Sense of Touch

October 2014 •French

Chloé and Louis are secretly in love with each other. Every word is a move, every sentence is a choreography.

MISMATCHED

December 2022 •English

A short film about not being able to choose what to wear on a night out.

Wad

September 2003 •English

The Dutch 'Wad' (coastal mud flats) is a strange place. At low tide, many square miles of mud flats surface between the mainland and the northern islands. The Netherlands grow and shrink with the movement of the moon. Sudden incoming tide make these flats 'sea' again, sometimes drowning hikers by surprise. The Wad does not know what to make of itself. Land, see, mud, ocean floor... Two characters (and their dog) are stranded there in that desolate place. The only dramatic elements in this comical short are the sea, the wind, the sand and a lonely sea gull. Drawn in mud and tar on wet sandpaper.

Fido Beta Kappa

October 1954 •English

A duck hunter sends his stupid mutt to dog college, and he comes back superciliously clever.

Cats A-Weigh!

November 1953 •English

Sylvester Cat accepts a position as mouse-catcher on a ship, and his son, Junior, accompanies him. They encounter baby kangaroo Hippety Hopper being shipped from Australia and, as usual, mistake Hippety for a giant mouse.

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...

The House in the Middle of the Sea

August 2022 •English

After the Germans flooded large parts of The Netherlands towards the end of WWII, the Brouwer family find themselves trapped in their attic surrounded by water. With their rations dwindling, tensions arise within the household.

Samba the Great

March 1977 •French

The adventures of a legendary hero who, dazzled by the beauty of a princess in the hand asks. This imposes several trials he emerges victorious. Only death will eventually bring the two young men.

Ancient Fistory

January 1953 •English

It's the middle ages (sort of); Popeye is working in Bluto's Beanery. Bluto is going to the ball where Princess Olive will choose her mate. Popeye's fairy godpappy appears and it's a reverse Cinderella story, with a car created from a can of spinach.

Half-Pint Palomino

September 1953 •English

Barney Bear sets out to capture the world's smallest horse.

Shuteye Popeye

October 1952 •English

Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.