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Puppet animated film based on a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen,...

A little beetle plans to take revenge on an eagle family for killing his friends. Although the eagle family teams up with the powerful Zeus, the...

The Mapuche tribe asks their Gods for help in difficult situations, including illness and drought. When the Spanish conquerers on their horses invade...

Simple artistic structures, including dots and moving lines, create a story.

A statue, with outstretched arm pointing “forward,” is unveiled to thunderous applause. Then one day it points the other way. Once again,...

The fumes emanating from a traffic jam make everybody, and every animal, cough.

This short animation collage uncovers the financial backing of the Chilean Junta bosses by the US. Screened at the 1976 Oberhausen Int. Film Festival.

Two hands prepare a paper cutting... They create a tailor made from black cardboard and let him go into a paper world. He comes alive and together...

Two neighbours argue about which one of them should get rid of a pile of rubbish.

Somewhere in an unknown land of turtles, an old turtle wants to see the world. After hearing a cancan record she wants to dance and decides to take a...

Animated fairy tale about the mountain ghost Rübezahl and his dealing with a thieving shoemaker.

For his mockery a witch transforms the pert boy Jacob into an ugly dwarf, but teaches him at the same time how to cook. Jacob quickly becomes a...

An elegant crowd attends a meeting but, while they listen to the speech, all they really care about is the buffet.

An old widower comes up with a plan to not spend Christmas alone.

A raindrop falls from a leaf and seeps into the earth. Within, it is permeated by beauty, cruelty, happiness and sadness.