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Manivald

Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machin

2018

B.

The true story of B.: Torn between a cold relationship with K. and her feelings for another woman, shy and insecure B. is heading for a disaster. For

2015

Gauche the Cellist

This is essentially a highly condensed remake of the famous 1982 Isao Takahara release. It tells the story of Gauche, a struggling cellist in a provin

1998

Memoria

Vincent, a young, homeless drug addict, stumbles through a wet and dark street in a very awkward state. He walks inside an abandoned house to sleep fo

2013

How the Telephone Talks

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray Studios New York, which was the dominant animation s

1919

Wind

Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect of radiation is shown in a bizarre form.

1988

The Man Who Slept

A young woman lives with her sleeping husband. Prisoner of her loneliness, she refuses to accept that this man is only a memory.

2009

Voyager

After meeting with misadventure, a space probe from the Voyager mission crashes back to Earth, centuries after it left. But Earth is a very different

2016

The Stolen Portrait

A sarcastic horror parody of comic book series from the 1930s.

1976

Spinning

Guido discovers he has a hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner.

2013

Bugged

Red's peaceful morning routine is interrupted by a pesky visitor.

2013

A Bit of Immortality

A bitter fable about Pegasus, the symbol of divine and pure inspiration, and his inability to fit into today's world.

1967

Light at the End of the Tunnel

Author's vision of "life after life". The man for whom death comes with a scythe is taken to the hospital. With the help of complicated equipment, he

1986

Moto-gas

An experimental animation by Kazimierz Urbański about transportation. Combines various techniques: traditional cartoon film, cut-out, documentary phot

1963

Uprooted

A magic axe and ecological vengeance.

2015

Fine Feathers

Two duelling birds get the urge to change their plumage. A blue jay wants to be decked out in the green of cedar, and a loon dons the burnished red of

1968

Model Citizen

A dystopian world where everyone is born and raised to become a "model citizen".

2020

The Trident

When you're the legendary Puss in Boots, life and death go paw in paw. In this epic original short, Puss recalls one of his most daring deaths yet.

2023

Pispisa-khanum and Mouse-bey

The animation was based on Abdulla Shaig's "Tig-tig khanum" fairytale published in 1910.

1974

Power Porridge

We all like porridge. And Seryozha too.

1987