Morana(2021)

Queen of Serpents(lt)

Based on a Lithuanian folk tale.

The Dog and the Cat(hy)

This is a story about the origin of hostility between a cat and a dog. Based on the ballad of Hovhannes Tumanyan.

After the rain(fr)

A child fishing in a puddle using bananas as bait catches a bigger fish than he can handle and flees with the giant fish in pursuit.

Nikita the Tanner(ru)

Nikita, a simple craftsman, is fighting the Gorynych Serpent.

Pocahontas(en)

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

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.

Baek-il(en)

The Korean legend of Ungnyeo, a bear reborn as a woman, becomes a percussive and mesmerizing riff on the themes of transformation and quarantine. Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.

Aucassin a Nicoletta(cs)

Grimm Fairy Tales Animated(en)

Animated adaptation of the Zenescope Comics horror/fantasy series.

Daughter(cs)

The bond between a father and a daughter is imperilled by matters that go unspoken and hurts that are slow to heal.

Eyes Wide Open(fr)

During a very hot summer, Emma (15) is doomed to boredom at her grandparents's house. She's dying for something to happen. At the edge of a pond, she hides to observe The Young Man. She develops a brief but intense obsession for this fantasized stranger.

Vares ja hiired(et)

A fairytale about the mice and the raven, which is stronger and which is cleverer.

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.

The Rain(ru)

In one of the Russian cities, where local tailors have long sold their fabrics and clothes from it on the market, there were overseas merchants who arrived on an expensive and beautiful boat. Quite quickly, they settled in the shopping aisles and began to attract customers and lure them with their goods.

Love Is Just a Death Away(cs)

Sometimes life starts after death for someone. Like for a little parasite, who walks with a rotting corpse of a dead dog around an old landfill. Trapped in his unpalatable body he tries to find love and friendship.

Не любо - не слушай(ru)

A series of cartoons based on the stories of northern fairy tales by the writer Stepan Pisakhov. Tall tales and funny fantasies about people living near the White Sea.

Brave Pak(ru)

Based on Korean folk tales. Every year a terrible Dragon flies over the distant mountains and burns fields of the industrious farmer Pak. The peasant is convinced that it is possible to overcome the Dragon only with courage and strength. Overcoming numerous obstacles, Pak pulls out a magic sword and, after reaching the lair of the Dragon, summons him to battle.

Prince Bayaya(cs)

Bayaya, a young peasant, protected by the spirit of his dead mother, arrives at the castle of the King, where he entertains his three daughters. He soon realizes that the three princesses are nagged by evil spirits. The little peasant manages to rid them of them, fights a duel with a wicked lord who wanted to marry one of the three princesses. He finally wins the heart of the youngest sister while saving the soul of his mother who was in purgatory.

Grandpa Planted a Beet(cs)

The first Czech cartoon based on a fairy-tale about grandpa, grandma, their granddaughter, dog and cat who all wanted to pull a big beet out from the ground. The picture shows children that a big task can only be fulfilled by joint effort.

The Animals and the Brigands(cs)

The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves.