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

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

The residents in heaven are worried because Santa does not know what to do. All of the children would like a sputnik that beeps for Christmas. Nobody...

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

Olli, the main character in the movie, got a very bad grade and is terribly annoyed. She runs away from home and, together with a dog and a horse,...

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...

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

With the young Friedrich Engel’s letters and drawings from the years between 1838 and 1842, a unique cinematic portrait is created. The viewer...

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

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...

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,...

What would happen if Hitler came back to West Germany after passing the statute of limitations for Nazi crimes on January 1, 1965? Based on West...

Three men shipwrecked on a desolate island are granted a helpful gift by a mermaid, only to misuse it entirely.

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

Caliph Harun al-Rashid was turned into a stork by a power-greedy rival. Only with the help of his wise vizier and a beautiful princess is he able to...

This short, animated piece of agitprop fiercely expresses the hopes of the Chilean people.