Joaquin awakens to the sound of his wife shutting the door when she leaves him. He wakes their son, Fernando, a young man. It's quickly clear…
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain an estimated four million children have found themselves living on the streets in the former countries of the Soviet…
The Moon and the Son, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, explores the difficult emotional terrain of father/son relationships as seen through Canemaker's own…
Two crows disturb a badger's hibernation. The badger climbs out of its hole once to try to silence the crows. When that doesn't work, fate intervenes…
This Academy Award-winning documentary takes a look at children born after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster who have been born with a deteriorated heart condition.
A gopher finds himself on a road where trucks are hauling produce to market. He hits on the idea of shaking some of the produce loose…
Lorenzo, an arrogant tomcat, lounges indolently on his soft and satin-covered cushion, while flaunting shamelessly his wealth and abundance as well as his dazzling bushy tail…
Hopelessly searching for true love, Antoine, a 29-year-old man, enters a train in a Parisian subway station, determined to make an announcement. Based on the fact…
Most is the story of a single father who takes his eight year-old son to work with him at the railroad drawbridge where he is the…
It's snowing, evening is falling, and traffic on the E17 in Antwerp is gridlocked. Tim, dressed in a suit, driving alone, is impatient, yelling at his…
Mike has a surprise for his pal Sullivan: Mike's gotten a new car, one with six-wheel drive. He invites Sullivan to hop in and they'll go…
Accompanied by a shamisen, a masterful storyteller verses his lyric and sad rakugo (a traditional form of Japanese verbal entertainment) of a stingy old man living…
The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their everlasting lives on top of their mountain. Therefore they're only mildly amazed by the ongoings…
One by one, a flock of small birds perches on a telephone wire. Sitting close together has problems enough, and then comes along a large dopey…
A soldier awakens on a gray, deserted plane. He rises, stretches - is that a drop of blood we see on the ground? He removes his…
The O'Dell farm is on the rocks. A non-traditional accountant comes with a variety of ways to save the farm.
A being made of sand wakes up in the desert. It finds a bottle near him, but it's empty. The noise of dropping water can be…
In "Mona Lisa Descending a Staircse", images of the human face are transformed to communicate the graphic style and emotional content of key artworks of the…
In the Russian countryside, a family lives next to a railroad track. A boy remembers when he and his parents had a cow, living off its…
A man is stuck living his life in the same 59 minute time frame. He tries various methods of finding out why, eventually consulting a physicist.
Animated illustration of the folksong, "The Cat Came Back," sung by a quartet. Old Mr. Johnson, at 80-plus years, sits in his bed sit playing his…
This film tells the story of a shepherd who repairs the ruined ecosystem of a secluded valley by single-handedly cultivating a forest over a thirty year…
Two men are introduced to the popular parlor game, charades. They are solely given the task of acting out the clues. The two men take decidedly…
The industrialization of Montreal, as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.