Animation

Different black-and-white animation techniques tell several scary stories. There’s a story of a teenage boy who meets the wrong girl. Another tale deals with a small community where people disappear and are never seen again. Then there’s the narrative of a little Japanese girl who suffers from horrible nightmares followed by a tale where a man doesn’t get the rest he hoped for in an old not-so-abandoned house. These stories are connected by the story about a man with a devilish smile and four enormous dogs from hell and by a woman’s monologue about her fears.Read More »

This is a beautiful documentary with hand-drawn animations for the most part. The film gives the linguistics theories of Noam Chomsky a proper medium of expression to make them understandable even for people who had not any previous contact with the field.
This could be the perfect educational material for the introduction of linguistics to people of almost any age above 10!Read More »

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A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as “unearthly horses” transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers, who are “always expecting the impossible from the doctor,” and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything.Read More »

The movie, which was made at Norsk Film’s studios at Jar outside Oslo, premiered in December 1955. The collaboration with Torbjørn Egner, the author of the book on which it was based, was very productive and the film went on to be a great success, internationally too.

During the screening at the Cannes Film Festival, the puppets on display caused quite a media sensation when they were stolen. However, next day they were returned, and the famous American comedian, Danny Kaye, added to their fame by using them in one of his shows in Cannes.Read More »

In this animated adaptation of the Tomb of Dracula comic book series, Dracula assumes control of a satanic cult and fathers a child through one of his followers, but the forces of both good and evil align themselves against him.Read More »

Deep underneath the surface of the sea, accompanied by a fish orchestra, the voice of the ocean is telling a story about Little, the daughter of the Sea King. Forced to abandon the devastated, plundered waters of their home, the Sea King and his family ventured to live among humans. In a darkened fish shop in the heart of a harbor district, they now lead a tedious life. One day, the fish shop door flies open and in walks J. J. – a charming streetwise dandy. And this is where the plot thickens…Read More »

A documentary about the animated film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). Its production began in the 1960s and ended in the 1990s, but it wasn’t finished by the director, Richard Williams.

Using mostly recent interviews with some of the younger colleagues of Williams, videos of William’s studio, bits of animation and historic footage of Williams himself director Schreck makes a compelling heartfelt tribute to one of the greatest ‘what if’s ” in animation history.Read More »

DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again?Read More »

It is highly unlikely that anybody has any premonition of the approaching catastrophe. Least of all Diego, a man whose name can be read from his face. But suddenly your shoes are filled with water. The click of Julia’s heels echoes in the corridor. Underground no longer speaks in a whisper. This is how it usually begins…
And at some point, the only hope that remains is – the Night of the Carrots.Read More »