A short film by the Czech animator Vaclav Mergl.
Social & External
A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.
When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducting humans requires precision and a gentle touch, and within a few missteps it's painfully clear why more humans don't go missing every year.
Let's face it, rats are not the most beloved creatures on earth. However, maybe this little tale about the history of human and rat interaction will change the world's tune. At least that is the hope of Remy, the star of Ratatouille, and his reluctant brother Emile as they guide us through world history from a rat's perspective. Why can't we all just get along?
On a high mountain plain lives a lamb with wool of such remarkable sheen that he breaks into high-steppin' dance. But there comes a day when he loses his lustrous coat and, along with it, his pride. It takes a wise jackalope - a horn-adorned rabbit - to teach the moping lamb that wooly or not, it's what's inside that'll help him rebound from life's troubles.
A five-year-old Scottish boy discusses the best way for a group of small dinosaurs to stop a big dinosaur from picking on them. The boy's short discussion with his father is brought to life using a mix of 2D and 3D computer-generated animation.
Two dogs react to each other at a fence.
A cyclist goes for a ride racing all kinds of vehicles only to be passed by a centipede.
In Sara's class, the popular kids, also known as the kings and queens, are subjected to daily humiliations, which include having their pants pulled down or water thrown on them, but this is only a sign of their elevated status. Sara is the only blond and blue-eyed girl in her class, and she is completely overlooked by the kings and queens who do not have blond hair and blue eyes. She has a secret crush on one of the kings, who is way out of her league, and she doesn't have any friends either, but would like to become friends with Karen, also an outsider who aspires to a better status. One day, Sara eyes an opportunity to boost her popularity by humiliating herself and thereby become queen. Karen instantly becomes her friend, she seems to catch the eye of her kingly crush and popularity appears within her reach. However, her happiness is short-lived, and in the end she learns a far more valuable lesson than how to be queen for a day.
A team of workers is sent to planet Gliese 12b to build a gravitational portal. To conserve energy for survival on the frozen planet, each worker is allowed to speak only 113 words per day.
A tender portrait of childhood’s first encounter with love, loss, and the memories that remain.
After being raised on a pig farm in the UK, Matilda the pig decides to undergo a brave and daring escape in order to save herself and her piglets. However, the farmers have a different plan for Matilda and set out to bring her back.
An ambitious king seeks the help of a beaver to build him a castle.
Animated TV magazine for schoolchildren, including the cartoons "A Box with Pencils", "Have You Seen a Hare?" and "Rubik's Cube - clowning".
A modern comedy fairy tale consisting of three comic and instructive short stories, united with one character - the Bear. The hero of the first short story – the beaver who dreams to fly like a bird. The second story is about the duck.
Martynko, while in the guardhouse, found a deck of magic cards with which he could easily beat anyone! He made a quick career to the customs minister, robbing all foreigners to the skin right at the border crossing. However, the princess's unrequited feelings led to the end of his career, and he was abandoned in the forest. After eating wonderful apples, he develops a plan of revenge.
In Late Night Work Club's 2nd project, animators from around the world come together to create an anthology of animated shorts centered around the theme 'Strangers'. Released on Vimeo.com.
The animation tells the story about three dull, but funny brothers from the Pankivka village. They make a mess of all things. If there’s nothing to do, they can easily come up with something that will make them look stupid. They will cut a cock’s feathers instead of brother’s hair, and will make a fish broth in the lake, will choose the longest way of two paths, and will “help” their neighbors with all their hearts.
Continuation of the adventures of strange heroes.
Continuation of the comic adventures with the heroes of the previous issues of the series of cartoons about three strange friends from Pankivka.
Scrat tries to finish his rather large collection of acorns when things start going nutty.
A bust of Stalin is cut open on an operating table, leading to an elaborate animated depiction of Czech history from 1948 (the Communist takeover) to 1989 (the Velvet Revolution).
A glass blower imagines that his creations come to life. A story of love contained within a single drop of rain. A voyage into ethereal beauty.
Bits of found film and different types of animation illustrate a classic chase scene scenario: A woman is abducted and a man comes to her rescue, but during their escape they find themselves in the enemy's secret headquarters.
A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.
A young girl buries in her soul a memory of a painful moment, when as a child she brought home an injured bird and her father burdened by his own weight of worries didn’t notice her feelings and longing for understanding. The girl took her father’s reaction as indifference and closed herself in her inner world longing for her father’s love and its manifestations. Since that moment she and her dad continued to grow apart, and as an adult she is no longer able to accept his endearments. The father suffers from guilt and searches for a way back to his daughter, trying to revive their lost relationship.
A Pixar short about a lost-and-found box and the unseen monster within.
A bumbling knitted dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.
Marcel the shell gives an outline of his life.
Experience these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages for years to come.
After a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life. This film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.
A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each other at first, and quickly get off on the wrong foot. But as they discover each other's unique qualities--and come to realize that each of them offers a different window onto the same world-the friendship helps both to gain a new perspective.
In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He walks a lonely path until a chance encounter changes his life forever: he meets a female zero. Together they prove that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.
Although not the first feature-length animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The appearance of a true character distinguished it from earlier animated "trick films", such as those of Blackton and Cohl, and makes it the predecessor to later popular cartoons such as those by Walt Disney. The film was also the first to be created using keyframe animation.
The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
Mickey has been reading Alice in Wonderland, and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is alive.
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Tom calls the exterminators, but they send a cat, who despite his various tools, doesn't fare much better than Tom usually does.
It's the 1890s, and Donald is riding his penny-farthing bicycle to see Daisy when Chip 'n Dale make fun of him. It quickly escalates into a full-fledged war between Donald and the chipmunks.
