Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the Hiroshima bomb. During Obon, she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories. Finally Akiko experiences paternal love in the middle of the ruins of Hiroshima.
Fledgling birds, Mooky and Kooky; have just received the best news of their young lives, and it's nothing less than every bird's dream come true - they've been accepted into their town's prestigious Feather Club! Come join these entertaining feathered friends, as they prove - or disprove - the theory that if you want something done right, you've gotta do it yourself!
Cut It Out is a psychological drama following Tara as she is being guided to defuse a bomb in a school, which leads her into a surrealistic situation she has to escape from.
Gerald, the giraffe, wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe to dance than the other animals. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend.
A widowed watchmaker spends his remaining days in solitude distracting himself with chores and pastimes. Like a prisoner, alone in his cell, he looks for meaning in the memories of his past life, but the clock is ticking, and his life nears its end.
A juicy moving picture about words, the world and a beloved, oft overlooked fruit. Tomato is the first in a series of bite-sized, visually punny films that reconsider some of the most humble and ubiquitous foods on our plate— the ways we define and consume them, and also how those foods might be defining us!
Can the consciousness of humans be connected and captured? Can their imaginations collectively power imagery? Operating out of an undisclosed research facility, a bizarre robo-scientist and his human-animal assistants set out to discover these answers. Hans Burger (David Huntsberger) is thrust into action, performing an hour of standup to explore the makeup of the human mind.
Guts and glory are at stake in the Saturday recreational soccer league. This hilarious animation perfectly captures the highs and lows of coaxing together a motley crew to show up on time and game ready every week, but at the end of the day it's all worth it for the beautiful game.
Join the fun as a train pulling a long, heavy load races a speedy little car across the country — through the mountains, through the desert, and through a blizzard! Who will win?
I saw one the other day that looked like you. I quickly realized it couldn't be you - but he moved like you. Ran his fingers through his hair like you. And carried the same rucksack in the same poor condition. So I decided to follow your not-you around a bit.
On a drawing sheet, a brush makes colors appear in watercolor. An object of everyday life is drawn precisely by the hands of an artist. Then two drawings, then three, four, ... superimposed, condensed, multiplied, hundreds of drawings of immobile objects succeed one another on the screen. Grands Canons is an animation short film based on a series of observation drawings that, like the work of 19th-century entomologists and naturalists, systematically lists all the everyday objects that "go into the household."
Larry the Reindeer thinks he can fill Santa’s shoes, but he’s about to get more than he bargained for! When Mighty Bunion, the wicked wizard, casts a spell causing Larry to switch places with Santa, the future of Christmas rests on one simple-minded reindeer’s hooves! Santa’s number one elf, Benny, and three of his trusty reindeer fleet – Tinker, Terry, and Barry – set out to search for their missing boss and rescue their favorite holiday from disaster! With the clock ticking down to Christmas Eve, these North Pole heroes brave a snowy wonderland of friends and foes alike in a race against time to rescue the world’s most famous sleigh-driver!
An unassuming Wall Street lawyer finds himself beset by a new employee, Bartleby, who refuses to work--in an ongoing act of passive refusal, he simply 'prefers not to.' A quiet, dogged battle of the wills ensues in this stop-motion reimagining of a Melville classic.
A project based on a spoken word poem written by Shane Koyczan to further explore the profound and lasting impact that bullying can have on an individual.
An ancient Latvian folk tale is the basis for this colorful animated feature in the tradition of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. A vengeful sorceress casts a kingdom’s princess into a deep sleep at the top of an icy mountain, where she awaits release from the spell that will destroy the land. Of all the men vying for the honor, the shy outcast son of a family of thugs is the most unlikely. Director Kalnaellis brings a playful sense of humor to the characterizations and adds zippy contemporary elements including a chorus of wisecracking crows. (Gene Siskel Film Center)