Bendito Machine I: Everything You Need

Three Little Pigs

May 1933 •English

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

The White Arena

February 1987 •Ukrainian

Welcome to the circus arena, where all the characters are made of white paper.

In The Bird World

February 1974 •Ukrainian

Short humorous sketches. The first is called "solid character", and it describes the history of a tough chick, which was brought to a hairdresser for the first time. The second is about the uncomplicated life of a bird, which, however, did not prevent her from publishing own memoirs. The last story, "Fathers and Sons" tells of the relationship of adults and offspring.

Jolly Chicken

February 1973 •Russian

The Leader

February 1978 •Ukrainian

The leader of a flock of geese talks about the cruelty of people, but not all of them.

Alf, Bill and Fred

January 1964 •English

This is a short film about a man, a dog and a duck who enjoy bouncing together.

Kids

February 2019 •English

An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal? Who is steering the crowd? What if it is heading in the wrong direction? Where does the individual end and the group begin? What is done by choice, and what under duress?

The Wizard Okh

January 1971 •Russian

The old Cossack had a dunce son. And one day he decides to send him for training and re-education to the wizard Okh for a whole year.

Magic Glasses

February 1970 •Ukrainian

A Grandpa Owl lived in a forest. He had his favorite tree to which birds flew and animals came running when they needed help in solving life's problems and challenges. The Grandpa Owl helped everyone without exception, sharing his wisdom. And one day his grandson, a little owl, decided that the grandfather’s glasses were magic and took them away...

Gavroche

February 1986 •Russian

Based on an episode from Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables".

Hrytsko's Books

February 1979 •Ukrainian

Schoolboy Hrytsko had books that he did not respect and offended. All this ended with the fact that the books ran away from him to the library... What should Hrytsko be like now?

The Tree and the Cat

February 1983 •Ukrainian

Away from people, animals, forests and fields stood a very tall tree. It did not need anyone, it was completely indifferent to everyone. Once a cat wanted to learn the style of life of the tree, which has allowed her to stay near it, so that she could take over its attitude to everything around. But eventually the cat affects the tree as well...

Lilla syster Kanin

January 1988 •Swedish

Big brother Rabbit takes care of his little sister all day while their parents are sleeping after a carrot hunt the night before. And he has a lot of patience with his stubborn and waddling little sister.

A Bird in a Guilty Cage

August 1952 •English

Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a display window of an after-hours department store and sneaks inside through a mail server chute. Tweety flees Sylvester by hiding in a hat pile and a doll house, evades the shots from a rifle Sylvester uses, and escapes in a vacuum tube. Tweety sends a dynamite stick through another tube, and Sylvester swallows it, thinking it is Tweety. The dynamite blows up inside Sylvester after the cat leaves the store and walks down the street.

A Corny Concerto

September 1943 •English

Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramore the Hound Dog, a family of swans, and a juvenile Daffy Duck.

Apaja

January 2010 •Estonian

Fisherman trying to catch a mermaid.

A Family Portrait

June 2009 •English

A family portrait session goes horribly wrong, as secrets and jealousy bubble to the surface under the photographer's watchful gaze.

Linda's Film on Menstruation

January 1974 •English

This is an educational short released by the Los Angeles Public Library explaining what to expect when you get your first period.

King of the Cats

January 1984 •English

King of the Cats (1984) is a short film adapted from the children's book of the same name by Paul Galdone, published in 1980. It tells the story of a gravedigger and a strange encounter he has at a cemetery, which he describes to his wife and their cat.

It has to be lived once and dreamed twice

February 2019 •English

In the sixth great mass mortality of the earth, humankind became extinct. Their technology had recently progressed so far as to deconstruct the algorithms of evolution and allow artificial life to develop on Earth.