The Circus

In the vestibule of a hospital room, a young boy waits to see his dying mother. The clamor and spiralling movements of bodies around him intensify, forming a grotesque circus—a cacophonous circle that pushes the child back, depriving him of one final touch of his mother's hand. Using rotoscoped drawings suggestive of charcoal sketches, as well as 3D and object animation techniques, The Circus compels viewing with its unsettling realism. Colour is employed metaphorically to subtly express the promise and the memory of maternal affection. Nicolas Brault's highly personal film, suffused with poetic modesty, casts a poignantly sincere gaze on the heartbreak of a child facing the fearful, mysterious experience of his mother's death.

2010-08-27 | fr

El Triste

On the backstage of a marionette show, El Triste, a poorly crafted marionette, is going through an existential crisis and decides to do all it takes to prove to himself and his fellow poppets that he is valuable but, as in life, not everything turns out the way he expected.

2020-03-05 | es

Dirty Fred, the Captain

After getting injured in a fight, the steward of the luxury steamer Honolulu Star encourages Smiling Jimmy to take over the job of the beaten stoker and waiter, in exchange for both of their wages. On the ship, he meets Mr. Irving, who is incognito, playing the role of the Archduke St. Antonio, as he wants to get to know the "underworld" from the inside. They teach each other how to avoid being exposed during their few-day adventure, and eventually, they switch roles. But the real adventure is only just beginning.

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A Grand Day Out

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1990-05-18 | en

The Wrong Trousers

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1993-12-17 | en

A Close Shave

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

1996-03-07 | en

Downturned Umbrellas

Jelaous of his friend's elaborate umbrella, a young man summons the wrath of God

2020-10-22 | en

So Absent-Minded

Based on a poem by Samuil Marshak about an incredibly absent-minded man from Leningrad.

1975-02-12 | ru

Carmen Torero z „Carmen-Suity”

Utterly astounding, iridescent sand animation from Aleksandra Korejwo based around Bizet's Carmen.

1996-07-02 | pl

La Danse Macabre

A beautifully fluid sand animation inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' piece, 'Danse Macabre.'

1990-12-13 | pl

Morning as a Mayfly

After a night of heavy drinking a young man has a dream where an angel tells him the world will end if he doesn't make a sacrifice.

2022-08-20 | en

Acoustic Kitty

2014-11-21 | en

Borderland

Shots are fired at a woman as she runs through the forest. At the same time, two brothers turn on to a forest road. Their paths will soon cross in a suspenseful film with supernatural elements - where nobody is what they seem to be.

2013-01-26 | sv

sockless

A girl enters the Sock World to retrieve her lost sock.

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Inner Pickle

While peeling away the layers of pain, an onion struggles to find the line between self-preservation and self-destruction.

2024-07-28 | en

We Are What You Have Lost

Two women are far out in the woods. They are not wearing any clothes. And they have no plans to put clothes back on. Ever.

2016-12-26 | da

Nimic

A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

2020-01-30 | en

Dreams into Drawing

The painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. He created 'Ways to Sketch', a series of picture books illustrating humans and animals, all richly expressed. One day he was sketching out a carp, just at that moment he slept and he became a carp in dream. A carp was enjoy to swimming, but a fisherman caught that carp...

2019-08-23 | ja

Puddles

An adventurous young boy discovers that puddles can be portals to a fantastical world, but struggles to get his sister's attention away from her phone to see the magic in the world around her.

2019-08-12 | en

The Race

Grim desperately needs one more soul to win his work competition, but his last scheduled collection at a rigorous bike race turns his world upside-down. At the finish line, he learns that life is not always about the trophy at the end of the race.

2019-08-19 | en