The Design

Animators and urban planners both create worlds, but Czech stop motion specialist Jiří Barta's ingenious paper cut-out short punctures the stifling architecture of communist housing. Skilled hands blueprint an apartment tower standardized specifications. Envelopes contain the elements of each home. Family dwellings, bachelor pads, scholarly studies and artist studios: different social configurations are permitted but restrained to the same uniform box. A dystopian revision of the REAR WINDOW scenario, THE DESIGN's darkly comic social critique still has teeth.

1981-01-01 | cs

Pupa

How long has it been since she lost control of her body? She is completely tapped out and finds herself wishing that she could just shed her body.

2019-02-09 | ja

About Stepan the Blacksmith

The tale of the blacksmith Stepan, who returned the Moon, the Stars and the Sun to people.

2008-05-06 | ru

I Met a Man

I Met a Man is a piece of whimsy inspired by the ever present whistling wind on the Irish coast of County Cork where the filmmaker was living when she made the film. The film is scratched in 35mm film stock with color added in video postproduction.

2010-01-29 | en

Paranoid

A visceral descent into depths of a depraved mind, Paranoid takes the viewer on a dark trail into the roots of insanity where only fragments of reality remain to color the desperate existence of a tortured woman.

2000-06-14 | en

Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources

Legacy takes the audience on a rapid-fire journey through the evolution of the world, starting with a cosmic bang, evolving through billions of years of plants, animals and the creation of natural resources, ending with man and his bounty – “sitting on his world contemplating his coconut”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

1979-12-17 | en

Contacts... Conflicts...

A satirical film for adults about communication problems.

1984-12-01 | ru

Contacts... Conflicts... 2

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

1985-12-01 | ru

The Little Seed

A little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. Every night, ants move her house from one field to the next. One day, a seed drops into her mouth and a young shoot sprouts from her navel.

2015-09-22 | fr

Contacts... Conflicts... 3

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

1986-12-01 | ru

Contacts... Conflicts... 4

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

1987-12-01 | ru

How Do Dinosaurs Eat their Food?

With methods of eating and manners that are probably all too familiar to children and adults, these mischievous dinosaurs show in a big way that burping, spilling, playing with one's food and outright refusing to eat are not the best ways to enjoy a meal. An entertaining guide to table manners and a good reminder that positive and pleasant mealtime behavior gets the best results.

2009-06-01 | en

The Enchanted Bell

After a magic bell from Tibet is stolen, a little girl and an elephant undertake a dangerous journey to bring the bell home.

2000-05-04 | cs

SNIP

Party girl Annie and Gordon, a homeless man, travel through a remote subway tunnel to a different time; to a world where two children are held captive and tormented by bizarre figures. A multilayered animated film which brings to life the dark history of the Canadian residential school system, in which – as recently as the 1990s – First Nations children were being indoctrinated and estranged from their parents and culture.

2016-09-08 | en

The Naughty Slingshot

A stop-motion animated fairy tale about good and evil using wooden folk toys.

1983-01-01 | cs

The Runaway Bunny

Featuring a restless little bunny who dreams of leaving home, the film is an exploration of love and childhood. Woven throughout the story are songs that accompany the bunny on his imaginary, magical adventures into the world and back home to the comfort of his mother's love.

2021-03-25 | en

Christopher at Sea

Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. His hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.

2022-08-31 | en

Word of Honour

Based on Panteleyev’s tale about a boy who wouldn’t leave his post after he gave his word.

1978-03-12 | ru

Envy

2022-04-29 | de

Zibilla

Zibilla, a young zebra adopted by a couple of horses, is the laughing stock of her new schoolmates. She ends up hating her stripes. When she has her stuffed toy stolen, she takes off without a second thought to look for it and that is where her adventures begin...

2019-10-30 | fr