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- DirectorJacques DrouinAn artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside.
- DirectorChristoph LauensteinWolfgang LauensteinA group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
- DirectorJirí TrnkaA delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
- DirectorRaoul ServaisStarsWill SpoorFran Waller ZeperSjoert SchwibethusAn unknowing man rescues a rather aggressive and demanding harpy.
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA waltz played with an accordion starts a short story about the running time.
- DirectorPaul DelvauxRaoul ServaisStarsJo Roets
- DirectorRaoul ServaisStarsMarq RawlsA group of convicts slowly drag their balls and chains through a desolate landscape. One of them discovers a strange structure and decides to climb it.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisMonsterlike cranes reign over an inhospitable harbour as prehistorical reptiles. The only human being they accept is a lonesome fisherman. He is to witness a strange encounter between a ship's mate and a mermaid. Imagination or reality?
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelThe viewer takes the perspective of Frankenstein's monster, waking up in a lab and moving through an alienating series of rooms, towards an unknown goal.
- DirectorCaroline LeafStarsMort RansenSarah DwightJohn HoodThis film deals with a Jewish family in Montreal, Canada as they care for a dying grandmother and the young boy who is impatient to get the room he was promised as soon as she kicks the bucket.
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiSubsequent characters appear in a poorly-decorated room, intertwining but never colliding, all possessed by never-ending rituals.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorMarv NewlandBambi is contentedly nibbling the grass, seemingly unaware of his impending encounter with Godzilla. What will happen when the two finally meet?
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerThree surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA small child takes small leaps, which progress into huge bounds over buildings, forests and continents.
- DirectorStephen QuayTimothy QuayStarsFeliks StawinskiInside a box full of curio, a puppet who is recently freed from his strings explores a dusty and forlorn commercial area. The explorer becomes ensnared into miniature tailor shop by baby-faced dolls.
- DirectorFrédéric BackStarsPhilippe NoiretChristopher PlummerThe story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsRobert MayJennifer NyholmDon HertzfeldtA hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsRobert MayKarin AngerLily and Jim are interviewed about their disastrous blind date.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtA balloon wraps itself around a young child's hand, bringing him higher and higher, much to the child's delight... but...
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsJames LauferA father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtA bitter self-parody featuring a guy going through a series of excruciating rejections.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerDaws ButlerThe characters of the traditional fairy tale demand a new approach to the story as a sexy urban comedy with Red as a nightclub singer.
- DirectorAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerA study in pins of a man who loses his nose which becomes a personality in its own right.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsMargaret MercierVincent WarrenTwo ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal multi and after-image effect visuals.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsAleksandr KalyaginDistant, well-worn memories of childhood are inhabited by a little gray wolf. Through astonishing imagery, the memory of all of Russia is depicted.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsJulie SedgewickA humourous and thought provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.
- DirectorAdam ElliotStarsGeoffrey RushKamahlJohn FlausThe odd biography of a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck.
- DirectorCordell BarkerStarsRichard CondieA pesky yellow cat becomes the bane of Mr. Johnson's life as it constantly outsmarts his increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it.
- DirectorJacques DrouinBretislav Pojar
- DirectorGeorges SchwizgebelA musical exploration of the world and all the creatures in it.
- DirectorWinsor McCayStarsWinsor McCayGeorge McManusRoy L. McCardellThe cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
- DirectorFrédéric BackThe industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.
- DirectorBerthold BartoschWhen a liberal idea emerges in a tyranny ruled society, power and wealth unite to bring it down.
- DirectorNorman McLarenThe surreal story of a bird and its cage with both their conflict and union.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancThe short-tempered Daffy Duck must improvise madly as the backgrounds, his costumes, the soundtrack, even his physical form, shifts and changes at the whim of the animator.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancArthur Q. BryanElmer Fudd is again hunting rabbits - only this time it's an opera. Wagner's Siegfried with Elmer as the titular hero and Bugs as Brunnhilde. They sing, they dance, they eat the scenery.
- DirectorRobert CannonJohn HubleyStarsMarvin MillerThe story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects. With story by Dr. Seuss (and Bill Scott of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) this cartoon won the Oscar for best short subject (animated) for 1950.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonThe Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
- DirectorOskar FischingerThis is an abstract film in which every motion is in strict synchronization with music, so the description must be read in terms of the overall impression it gives. Within a deep blue environment, one red cube slowly drifts on a reflecting floor. Suddenly there are multiple red cubes drifting and dancing in various formations. Over the course of the film the angularity of square shapes are transformed into circular and cylindrical shapes. The climax of the film features a multitude of these shapes in Busby Berkeley-like formation, as various circular figures grow and disappear among a simulated sky, with the blue colors giving way to red.
- DirectorIshu PatelTo a percussive soundtrack, a succession of more complex animals forms and is consumed by their successors (all formed from beads). Finally, We reach man, who develops ever more sophisticated forms of war.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorMarcell JankovicsThe film is an artistically spare depiction of the Greek myth of Sysiphus, sentenced to eternally roll a stone up a mountain. The story is presented in a single, unbroken shot, consisting of a dynamic line drawing of Sysiphus, the stone, and the mountainside.
- DirectorJan PinkavaStarsBob PetersonGeri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.
- DirectorNicole Van GoethemThree scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.
- DirectorKôji YamamuraStarsTakeharu KunimotoBruno MetzgerA sad rakugo of a stingy old man experiencing the unforeseen consequences of eating a few cherries whole, without throwing the pits away.
- DirectorBob GodfreyStarsMichael BentineA mock promotional short cartoon film for the 'Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit'
- DirectorBill KroyerStarsMel BlancAn office clerk, fearing replacement by a robot, fights back.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA cowboy is hampered by the imperfections in the film print showcasing his story.
- DirectorBørge RingStarsTonny HuurdemanAnnemieke RingPeter RingTwo sisters look back on their life together.
- DirectorOsamu TezukaA tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forrest, fights to defend his home and faces trials and adversities along the way. Designed as a tribute to the animation of Disney, the artwork and music evolve through a progression of styles from oldest to newest (at the time).
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoStarsKyôko KishidaOn her fifteenth birthday the princess finds a diary written by her mother when she was young. The diary tells of her mother, the Queen's secret, early love. The Princess goes into the forest to meet her mother's former lover. When she looks into his eyes she realizes why her mother had fallen in love.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA man who is on a pilgrimage spends the night with a woman. After they share a moment of passion, he runs away and she chases him.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA cautionary tale about workers who are neglected, lose hope, and fade away while businessmen prosper by selling out to foreign countries. As the greed of the businessmen escalates, the economy collapses, and a young man becomes a poet and gives the people hope.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoA woman taking a trip encounters a nightmarish landscape juxtaposed against scenes of classical beauty.
- DirectorKihachirô KawamotoTwo brothers who live with their sick mother go deer hunting, but encounter a demon.
- DirectorRaoul ServaisA farmer accidentally creates a self-procreating iron Pegasus.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
- DirectorJan SvankmajerLewis Carroll's poem is read and followed by a free-form animated depiction of images and toys from childhood, repeatedly overturned by a live cat.
- DirectorRyan LarkinA cinematic portrait of people walking in their individual ways.
- DirectorJirí BartaAnimators 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 dystopic revision of the REAR WINDOW scenario, THE DESIGN's darkly comic social critique still has teeth.
- DirectorEvelyn LambartNorman McLarenAbstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczStarsWladyslaw StarewiczA stuffed animal goes on a journey through frightening streets to get its kid an orange.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsJulia PottWinona MaeSara CushmanA little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsAleksey PolevoyGeorgiy VitsinClassic Soviet cartoon about the film industry.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtRoxanna Kitten BrownHelp from a friend to pull the wisdom teeth does not end as expected.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsMurwarid AbdianiJaden AlexanderLance AndersonThe evolution of humanity, through countless eons.
- DirectorKurt WeilerStarsHelmut Straßburger
- DirectorÉmile CohlThe first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
- DirectorÉtienne ArnaudÉmile CohlStarsRenée CarlMaurice VinotThe misadventures of a guest in an automatic hotel.
- DirectorKirsten LeporeStarsGarrett DavisThe story is about 50 shapes of you drawn by cute nutty human being that stares directly into your soul.
- DirectorKirsten LeporeA transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.
- DirectorNorman McLarenAn experimental film of dots animated by being drawn directly on filmstock.
- DirectorNorman McLarenAnimation featuring dancing black and white shadows.
- DirectorSantiago Bou GrassoPatricio PlazaA man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
- DirectorKirsten LeporeA girl journeys through a vibrant, pulsing, macrocosmic landscape, but a precipitous incident compels her to venture up a mountain in an attempt to save herself. A story about illness, perseverance, and our connection to everything around us.
- DirectorDamian NenowA short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage.
- DirectorDaisy JacobsStarsAnne CunninghamChristopher NightingaleAlisdair SimpsonTwo brothers whose ageing mother is dying, struggle to care for her.
- DirectorNorman McLarenCanadian WWII commercial selling War bonds.
- DirectorNorman McLaren
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsLorne GreeneA Nazi death's head "congratulates" Canadians for all the helpful military intelligence he overheard from loose talk and gossip.
- DirectorClaude JutraNorman McLarenStarsClaude JutraAn ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon.
- DirectorHelen BiggarNorman McLarenA mixture of puppets, diagrams, animation and live action presents an anti-war message.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigClarence NashMickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.
- DirectorLesley Keen
- DirectorLesley Keen
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksConstruction worker Oswald must save his sweetheart when his boss makes advances toward her.
- DirectorWalt DisneyOswald the Rabbit is the conductor on a runaway trolley.
- DirectorNorman McLarenGrant Munro
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyInspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking.
- DirectorWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyThe Barn Dance is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on March 15, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series; it was the first of twelve shorts released during that year.
- DirectorUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyThe demons of hell play music for Satan, whose delight turns to wrath when an insubordinate refuses to become food for Cerberus.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsRuth CliffordPinto ColvigDessie FlynnThe tree that Mickey and Pluto chop down to bring home for Christmas is the tree that Chip 'n Dale live in.
- DirectorUb IwerksWilfred JacksonStarsAnn HoveyWalt DisneyMickey puts on a show in his barnyard. A short dramatic scene by a chicken and rooster; an operatic ode by Patricia Pig, and then the main attraction: Mickey sings and plays his theme song, then dances to it.
- DirectorUb IwerksWalt DisneyStarsWalt DisneyMickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete.
- DirectorLutz DammbeckA man leads a dull unremarkable life, every once in a while remembering a joyful moment in his childhood.