Line drawn animation journeying from individual cell through multiplication, growth and formation. The cycle rises and falls twice.
Line drawn animation journeying from individual cell through multiplication, growth and formation. The cycle rises and falls twice.
2014-04-13
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5.0Initially commissioned to accompany a Danish production of Alban Berg’s LULU, Lewis Klahr’s cut-out animation refigures the opera's themes in a torrent of images. With an ever-inventive approach to color and symbol, Klahr distills the title character's moral predicament, along with a great many of German Expressionism’s characteristic motifs, in the span of a pop song.
10.0Witness the birth of an American icon. This historic compilation chronicles Mickey Mouse's early career, from his landmark debut in 1928's Steamboat Willie to the last of his black and white shorts, Mickey's Service Station, in 1935.
10.0In this final volume, the homage to Mickey's early career is completed with these shorts. From 1928's The Barn Dance to his very last black-and-white short, 1935's Mickey's Kangaroo, his colorful antics in a black-and-white world propelled his stardom to that of a superstar.
7.0A short story about an extremely kind and soft-hearted rhino. His skin was so thin that any slightest bruise caused a lot of pain. He treated any creature he met with the greatest respect.
0.0Can a person overcome what is commonly called fate? After all, it is much easier to succumb to circumstances, even if they are not the most favorable, and allow the flow of life to carry you. But if you want favorable changes, then you need to make efforts. The main character often finds himself in the center of curious situations, as if he is being chased by an unfortunate star. Will he be able to turn the tide of events?
6.6Zillionair playboy Terry has built a spaceship so that he can see the galaxy together with his girlfriend Ferma. Along comes a spaced-out alien who needs to find back to his planet. The trio brings along Little Orbit the Astrodog to assist in the search. On their fantastical journey they battle a phantom space-bird, asparagus monsters (with Bronx accents) that want them for lunch, and a race of space-robots on a machine planet.
0.0A stop motion animated 16mm film combining the Wizard of Oz and the hunt for Bin Laden, with music by V. Vale and Jad Fair.
0.0A story about a little whale, which was always trying to surprise everyone.
9.0Ukrainian folktale telling the story of how the sly fox tricked on village people and how they finally avenged themselves.
0.0A musical animation about a London homeless man who, looking for a place to sleep, unwittingly begins a trip around the world. He manages to act in a movie, take part in a robbery and get married, only to turn back and start the journey again.
0.0Arthur, junior employee in an authoritarian company, has forever been in conflict with his shadow. Up until the day their opposition would lead them towards an unknown world.
7.0Humorous tales about the life of a little boy. About how he was born without a father and mother, how he was hit by a snow lying on the oven in his hut, how he walked into the woods being a kid, and the miraculous things he had seen there. In his fantasies he could fly, make friends with birds, climb trees, and most importantly – do it all in infancy and without looking at anyone else. Based on poems by Stepan Rudanskyi.
0.0One morning, the little mouse crawls out of its hole and decides to have a look around. He hops over hill and dale, marvels at grasses and flowers, overcomes holes and hills, experiences a thunderstorm and an adventurous trip on the water and finally returns tired to his hiding place at home. She proudly believes she has seen the whole wide world.
3.8Oswald plays a cowboy who must rescue Sadie from a runaway stagecoach and Pegleg Pete.
0.0This story takes place in a Ukrainian village. A thievish fox could not resist not eating some poultry. One night he crawled into a house to steal a chicken, but his actions awakened the owners of the house. In an attempt to flee, he fell into a trap. Only the Ouzel could solve all the fox’s problems.
6.3Three stories. The first one is called "Naughty". It tells about a little goat that ran away from his mother. He was very curious and interested in everything around, but when he realized that was lost, he began to worry much about it. In "Braggart" we will focus on the bird that loved to embellish reality. The history "Monster" is about a terrible creation, spewing flames and defeated by beautiful horses.
6.0A story about an agile Cossack named Aeneas. His free and peaceful life was disturbed by the goddess Juno, who did not like our hero and tried with all her might to torment him. Driven by her, Aeneas managed to cope with many difficulties, pass through the fires of hell and even cheat death itself. But the exciting adventures of the Cossack did not end there.
7.0Prince Ihor is going to confront the enemy army from the Polovtsian Land. The solar eclipse foreshadows the fateful finale of the battle... Epic in content and stylized as Byzantine icons in form, the animation is inspired by Kyiv myths and the masterpiece of ancient Ukrainian lyrics "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign". The film won a special jury prize at the Nyon (Switzerland) festival.
5.0This is a story about a man who brings about the end of the world, which his compatriots greet with joy and merriment. Screen adaptation of Andrei Platonov's story, created by Kyivnaukfilm studio. The animation masterfully conveys the whimsicality of the writer's prose, which exposed the absurdity and horror of Soviet life above all.