Morana(2021)

Dino Bone(en)

After seeing a suggestive fossil of two dinosaurs "getting it on," an anxious father tells his curious son a series of little white lies to avoid having "The Talk."

Enter Hamlet(en)

Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in balloon in each jump-cut scene as that word is said by the narrator Maurice Evans during his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy recording.

The Odd Hour(cs)

A student from Sutnar in Pilsen, who is also an animation teacher for children, uses faded old objects, transparencies, and an overhead projector in her film experiment to create different moods. However, these speak to the audience not only through their visuality, but also through the poem of the same name by Ewald Murrer.

From Darkness(en)

A lonely fisherman drifts into haunted waters in search of food and finds much more than he bargained for. Based on an Inuit folktale.

The Lion and the Mouse(xx)

This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion that the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves.

I Am Nezha(zh)

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven(zh)

Sun Wukong, the King of the Monkeys, sets off on his first adventure to gain a worthy weapon. This earns the attention of the Jade Emperor of Heaven.

Raining Cats and Frogs(fr)

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alike are dragged through this incredible whirlpool of an adventure.

Faust(cs)

A very free adaptation of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus", Goethe's "Faust" and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.

A Dozen Tough Jobs(en)

A reimagining of the Greek classic story of the twelve labors of Hercules, set in 1920s Mississippi, where Hercules is reenvisioned as a former sharecropper fighting to regain his freedom.

Monkey Magic(zh)

Dearth Voyd, the ruler of the dark side of the universe, wants to turn the human world into a place of violence and evil!! However, a huge meteor falls upon Flower-Fruit mountain giving birth to Kongo, a monkey made of stone! Kongo, now sets out on his quest to fight evil and restore order to a desperate land. Episodes 1-3

Prästbarn(sv)

The story follows Oskar and his two brothers, Jonathan and Lukas, during the 90s, in the outskirts of the Swedish city of Gothenburg. Their father is the local priest of a quiet church and he brings his kids there every Sunday. On this particular Sunday, Oskar doesn’t like what his father says about faith. He and his brothers sneak out to play games in the forest instead. Oskar wants to play a game that has nothing to do with religion, where he has powers of his own. They launch into an anime schoolgirl fantasy frenzy of killing imaginary monsters with laser beams when some older kids find them near the edge of a tall cliff. They bully the brothers, forcing them to confront how weak their faith actually is. Oskar is conflicted: should he stick up for his faith or admit it’s not real?

Dashavatar(hi)

Two children are transported through time to learn about the 10 avatars of Lord Vishnu and discover that Vishnu took on various incarnations to combat evil in every era.

Jack Frost(en)

Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.

Sita Sings the Blues(en)

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.

Aksak Kulan(ru)

This film is based on a Kazakh legend which tells about the story of dombra

Belarusian Sayings(be)

This lively piece uses the traditional Belarusian vycinanka (papercut) style to illustrate eight well-known proverbs through humorous visual vignettes. To complement the folklore-based storytelling, it features music by ethno‑trio Troitsa.

The Mumps(cs)

In the diary of a six-year-old girl, Marie, we learn what important things happened during one holiday month before she started first grade and how she perceived the changes in her family.

Coyote and the Wasichu(hu)

The wasichu scammed all the Indians on the Great Plains. But one day he met Coyote, the master of swindle.

Nahuel and the Magic Book(es)

Nahuel lives with his father in a fishing town, yet he has a deep fear of the sea. One day, he finds a magical book that seems to be the solution to this problem, but a dark sorcerer is after it and captures Nahuel's father. This is where his journey to rescue his father and overcome his fears begins.