The Eye & the Ear

Caminandes: Llamigos

January 2016 •English

In this episode of the Caminandes cartoon series we learn to know our hero Koro even better! It's winter in Patagonia, food is getting scarce. Koro the Llama engages with Oti the pesky penguin in an epic fight over that last tasty berry. This short animation film was made with Blender and funded by the subscribers of the Blender Cloud platform. Already since 2007, Blender Institute successfully combines film and media production with improving a free and open source 3D creation pipeline.

Meaning of Robots

March 2012 •English

This short film profiles the benevolent Mike Sullivan, who has been in the process of shooting a stop-motion robot sex film in his New York City apartment for the last ten years. Obsessed with the meticulous construction of the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands, leaving him only tiny paths to navigate and no place to film his epic.

Hors de l'eau

July 2018 •French

Through the eyes of a macaque mother, a group of snow monkeys has to face the strict rules which govern their community.

The Predator Holiday Special

December 2018 •English

In this stop-motion animated holiday short, the Predator tangles with his most formidable foes yet – Santa and his reindeer.

Do Útero Ao Túmulo

December 2022 •Portuguese

Distant Islands

January 1981 •English

This short animation uses appliqué and embroidered tapestries to recall a young girl's happy summers spent sailing with her family off the coast of British Columbia. Each tapestry, meticulously stitched by hand with brightly coloured yarns, evokes the memory of leisurely days at sea, drifting among the islands.

Mother and Milk

August 2020 •Finnish

What happens when a baby is born? What if there is no milk? Or just a drop too much? An animated short film which describes the mental process of becoming a parent - in a scenery of a catastrophe film. When the baby is born the fresh mother has to give up the life she knew. A flood of breast milk covers everything - her home, work, friends, relationship and a good night sleep. The life she knew doesn’t exist any more. There’s just the mother and the baby - in an ocean of breast milk.

Atomic Love

August 2020 •Spanish

In a city destroyed by mysterious sources, a lonely robot wanders the wasteland searching for love. Suddenly he finds a beautiful lady, hot as an atomic bomb that will make his rusty heart come to life.

The Flight

January 1973 •Estonian

A short Estonian animation about a man's desire to fly.

The Man Who Waited

January 2006 •French

Franz Kafka short film

Yerik

January 1989 •Ukrainian

This is a story about a man who brings about the end of the world, which his compatriots greet with joy and merriment. Screen adaptation of Andrei Platonov's story, created by Kyivnaukfilm studio. The animation masterfully conveys the whimsicality of the writer's prose, which exposed the absurdity and horror of Soviet life above all.

Strange Thing

January 1987 •Ukrainian

Humorous tales about the life of a little boy. About how he was born without a father and mother, how he was hit by a snow lying on the oven in his hut, how he walked into the woods being a kid, and the miraculous things he had seen there. In his fantasies he could fly, make friends with birds, climb trees, and most importantly – do it all in infancy and without looking at anyone else. Based on poems by Stepan Rudanskyi.

Why Elephants?

January 2012 •Croatian

A surrealist animated film.

Monte Adrion

June 2018 •German

The mythical mountain of Monte Adrion (Biokovo) shows us pictures from your life.

Whale

February 2014 •

The whale swims proudly through the sea, but all the animals are afraid of his huge size and his broad grin. Will he find new friends to play funny games?

Rex the Runt: North by North Pole

January 1996 •English

The gang journey to the North Pole, and drill a hole to find out "What's at the center of the Earth?"

Their Fall Our All

December 2014 •English

This dreamlike fusion of political thriller and science-fiction fantasia is set to original music by Beyoncé.

As Sombras Cantantes

September 2021 •English

Wachiwi and her little brother Peopeo live alone inside a fenced garden. While Peopeo dreams of novelty, Wachiwi determines the boundaries that should ensure their protection.

The Secret of the Ice Flower

December 2013 •Danish

The first time Scam tries to cast a spell, he accidentally shoots his great-grandfathers wand deep into the Valley of the Green Peas, where he meets Cheat who changes Scams whole worldview. The two friends return with a different and even more magic wand than the one great-grandfather has been using his entire life. But when Scam once again tries to cast a spell, something goes wrong and he loses grandfather. Cheats good mood inspires Scam to invent a myth about his great-grandfather. Finally Scam has to fight his inheritance to save Cheat and give the entire Valley of the Green Peas a magic show they'll never forget!

Entracte

September 2013 •French

A cleaning lady with a monotonous everyday life and a mime artist without success, will meet through a glass.