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- DirectorÉmile ReynaudPre-cinematograph colour animation of the monkey playing his violin
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudPre-cinematography color animation of Abstract expressionism.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudBetween 1877 and 1879, Émile Reynaud realized three series of 10 animations for his Praxinoscope. La danse sur la corde is animation number 7 of the first series.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudBetween 1877 and 1879, Émile Reynaud realized three series of 10 animations for his Praxinoscope. "Zimm. Boum. Boum!" is animation number 10 of the first series.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudBetween 1877 and 1879, Émile Reynaud realized three series of 10 animations for his Praxinoscope. La jeu de corde is animation number 9 of the first series.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudBetween 1877 and 1879, Émile Reynaud realized three series of 10 animations for his Praxinoscope. "Les Chiens Savants" is animation number 8 of the first series.
- DirectorÉtienne-Jules MareyA machine tries to replicate a man walking.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudOne night, Arlequin come to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudLost short film consisting of 300 painted images. It shows a clown entering a circus ring and greeting the audience before he starts to perform tricks with three dogs. The dogs jump through hoops, walk on a ball and jump over a wand.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudLost 1892 French short animated film directed by Émile Reynaud about a wanderer who orders a good beer ("Un bon bock") and meets a traveler who also orders a beer. They enter an argument because a kitchen boy steals their beers.
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudPre-cinematograph colour animation of a woman and man at the beach.
- DirectorÉmile Reynaud
- DirectorÉmile ReynaudStarsChocolatGeorge FoottitLost film that is actually an animated photo-painting in which strips of images create approximately 15 minutes using 500 images per title. This short film is a stage adaption of the folk hero William Tell.
- DirectorArthur Melbourne CooperA stop-motion match makes a written appeal to the audience, asking them to send money that will go to matches for British soldiers fighting overseas.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonA cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonA cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónThree young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unrolls by itself. Two puppet figures then come out and begin to perform a series of routines.
- A boy writes on a board, then tips his hat to the viewer.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónThree friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
- DirectorRomeo BosettiLouis FeuilladeTwo youths unharness a man's donkey, letting the cart tip up, and the pumpkins inside roll down the street. The owner and his donkey then pursue the pumpkins through a variety of obstacles until they catch up with them.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerWilliam V. RanousOn a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothScissors cut out shapes which come to life.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonAn illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word. The first word he writes is coon, which he transforms into a sketch of a black man. The next word he writes is Cohen, which he transforms into a sketch of a Jewish looking man. He is then visited on set by another man, who makes a smudge on the drawing surface. The illustrator turns that smudge into a sketch of that visiting man. And finally, he draws a drinking glass, a bottle of milk and a bottle of seltzer which take on lives of their own.
- StarsMary Cleo Tarlarini
- DirectorÉmile CohlThe first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsSegundo de ChomónJulienne MathieuAn enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
- DirectorÉmile CohlThe nightmare of Émile Cohl's chalk animation is one of unreliable appearances. Fishermen catch fish which eat them whole. Ladders transform into coils which just as suddenly take the form of angry mustachioed soldiers. The human figure at the receiving end of these transmogrifications is subject to all manner of degradations. Genuinely unsettling, THE PUPPET'S NIGHTMARE anticipates Don Hertzfeldt's stick-figure fantasias by a century.
- DirectorArthur Melbourne CooperA boy dreams toys come to life.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA cast of stick figures plays out a series of comic vignettes.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsJulienne MathieuAndré DeedIn the middle of a theatre stage, much to our surprise, a modern sculptor's minuscule creations come to life, until the grand finale where an astonishing metamorphosis awaits.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónA chef comes into the kitchen and throws a lot of rags on the floor: he then casts a spell over them, and immediately they take the form of human beings, and dance a wild saraband around the place. After performing many unique tricks they disappear into space, and are replaced by a group of knives and forks, pans, kettles and spoons. These are all supplied with arms and legs, and dance around the chef as he lies on the floor. Soon one of the knives and forks, drawing near to his prostrate body, proceed to cut him into many small pieces, which are then placed in a pan to be made into a delicious stew.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA magician gives a young girl a magic hoop which, when mounted on a wall, displays fantastic images.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsJulienne MathieuOut from behind two Chinese parasols come two women in oriental costume. They bow and smile to the audience, and calling on two Chinese men they are presented with a prettily decorated board, which they place a black cut-out on. These black cut-outs (Chinese shadows) then become animated, morphing into various figures and objects which do wild and wacky stunts. The oriental women then have the board taken off, and finally they disappear completely before coming back on for a final bow.
- DirectorÉmile Cohl
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonStarsFlorence AuerEdward DillonD.W. GriffithAt a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a dinner with his model during which he becomes so inebriated that he is taken to jail. There he has a nightmare, wherein three busts are created and animated from clay (through stop-motion photography) in the likenesses of Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republicans Charles W. Fairbanks and William Howard Taft. Finally an animated bust of Roosevelt appears.
- DirectorÉmile CohlThe same mysterious ring of Émile Cohl's THE MAGIC HOOP reappears here to bring to life a case of toy soldiers (ninety years ahead of TOY STORY). When one is left behind, a strange course of events leads him to a distant tribe. THE LITTLE SOLDIER WHO BECAME A GOD is easily one of the most surreal of Cohl's live action/stop motion hybrids. This film features actors performing in blackface. Fandor does not condone racist stereotyping, but blackface is nonetheless a significant aspect of American history in general and film history specifically. Early cinema was deeply rooted in vaudeville, where blackface was a popular staple. As film critic Ty Burr wrote in a recent assessment of Al Jolson's THE JAZZ SINGER, "Minstrelsy was the then-accepted cultural mechanism by which the governing white culture could appropriate and tame various representations of black people." The history of blackface is complex (even African American performers donned burnt cork to appear onstage in the early 1900s), and its legacy is far from being resolved. While blackface iconography appears offensive today, it remains deeply telling of the culture from which it emerged.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA series of magic productions with a box of matches. Well rendered and highly entertaining throughout.
- DirectorArthur Melbourne CooperChildren play with their toys while Grandpa dozes. he dreams that the doll's house catches fire and the toys rush to put out the flames. he awakens to find the children squirting him with water.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA scientist is studying microbes under a microscope when his friend enters the room. He explains all the microbes that his friend is infected with.
- DirectorÉtienne ArnaudÉmile CohlTwo lovers perform a fandango dance. A jealous quarrel follows and the heart-broken swain decides to end it all. He throws himself from the window of his room, but instead of being killed the anchor of a passing balloon intercepts his flight and he is taken up high into the clouds. Laughing at the poor, unfortunate mortal, the moon arouses the anger of the desperate lover and a battle between the two ensues. The moon seems to get the worst of it and a comet appears, transforming into a beautiful woman, who remonstrates with him for the trouble caused. The moon enters a complaint against her antagonist and three stars sit as judges to hear the case. The legal battle is terminated in favor of the lover. He, however, implores the pardon of the court and is discharged, whereupon he drops down to earth into the arms of his sweetheart, who is glad to see him.
- DirectorÉmile CohlThis subject presents n remarkably clever series of illusions in which a Japanese lantern, several dolls, chickens, mice and grasshoppers play a very prominent part. Mystifying and highly entertaining throughout and of perfect photographic quality.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA near-abstract animation telling a simple romantic story through drawings almost entirely composed of heart shapes.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA showman invites patrons to step up to his Kinetoscope-style magic box and glimpse the answers to their most burning questions. Émile Cohl's irreverent animation takes over from here, painting less than flattering portraits of futures in marriage and business. The only satisfied customer is the one who asks the right question.
- DirectorÉmile CohlTwo nosy neighbors who drill a hole through their wall to spy on the canoodling couple next door get more than they bargained for when the man discovers their plan and casts a magic spell. So-called "Father of the Animated Cartoon" Emile Cohl's blend of live action, stop-motion and hand-drawn animation offers the kind of delightful fantasy common in early French cinema mixed with some gentle comedy. - Marilyn Ferdinand
- DirectorÉmile CohlGrandfather gets a pair of magic spectacles, which he claims to possess the miraculous power of showing the tastes and inclinations of the person who puts them on. There are present at the time a large family gathering, father, mother, sons and daughters, and grandchildren, and each member of the party in turn puts on the spectacles. Then we see on the curtain all that is passing in the mind of the wearer clearly portrayed in each eye, just as if we were looking through opera glasses.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsJulienne MathieuIn the first place, we see a beautiful woman appear before our eyes, and soon she has a clown to assist her in her efforts to entertain. They produce a case of paper, which they fold into cock-a-doodles, which forms all sorts of figures. Next is transformation scenes, in which we see miniature acrobats performing; also pretty dancing girls on the table. Finally, there is an amusing ensemble of all the paper figures, which drill and form all sorts of amusing figures, after which is a beautiful ballet.
- DirectorÉmile CohlAn old and learned doctor discovers the secret of spontaneous generation and makes a microscopic germ which in its growth gives birth to the following people who dissolve into one another and into other shapes with startling mystery: A girl, after passing through numerous forms, becomes a ferocious doorkeeper. He in turn evolves into a sheriff's officer, who changes to a fisherman of great weight, whose evolution forms a collector and a policeman, who in turn dissolve into a series of designs.
- DirectorÉmile CohlMonsieur Clown struggles to keep the circus animals in line in this characteristically agile Émile Cohl stop-motion short.
- African animals, including a lookout monkey, await with trepidation the arrival of big-game hunter Theodore Roosevelt.
- DirectorTakena Nagao
- DirectorCarrie CheneyYarrow CheneyStarsAndy GriffithSteve TwitchellMaddie TaylorThe story of the birth of Jesus Christ from the views of the three kings.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancSam WolfeBugs is chased into a lake by a dog who speaks with a thick Russian accent; the rest of the story unfolds under water.
- DirectorPaul TaylorStarsDouglas SeptKirsten SeversonBrog the caveman has a problem. His wife Oola doesn't want all his stuff in the cave, but Brog is not ready to part from his mysterious stone.
- DirectorNora TwomeyStarsClom O'CuaigCúilín Dualach is born with his head facing backwards and his mother is the only person will have anything to do with him and loves him as he is. Things change when he finds out that there is something he is better at than anybody else.
- DirectorJeff FowlerStarsGreg BergA 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 for himself, but other animals always beat him to the booty. That is, until a truck comes along with a cow...
- DirectorDominique MonferyStarsDora LuzJennifer EspositoSalvador Dalí and Walt Disney's Destino features the tragic love story of Chronos, the personification of time, and a mortal woman as they seek each other out across surreal landscapes.
- DirectorCurt GedaWhile escaping a dull party, Bruce Wayne finds Catwoman robbing a vault and gives chase as Batman.
- DirectorPatrick GilmoreStarsBrad PittCatherine Zeta-JonesDennis HaysbertMarina, Sinbad, and his crew are resting on a small island when they discover that they are not alone.
- DirectorCarlos SaldanhaStarsChris WedgeOnly one sweet, shiny little acorn prevents Scrat, the tireless prehistoric sabre-toothed squirrel, from stashing away the perfect pile of nuts. However, when is enough, enough?
- DirectorPete DocterRoger GouldStarsBilly CrystalJohn GoodmanSteve SusskindMike's bought a new 6-wheel-drive car, and he can't wait to show it off to Sulley. Only problem is, Mike hasn't exactly mastered the controls yet, and they're pretty complicated.
- DirectorJonathan del ValStarsJason SegelPierre CoffinVillainous Vector must figure out how to get off the moon and return to Earth.
- DirectorKarni ArieliSaul FreedStarsMarianne FaithfullA natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form.
- DirectorYufan ChenYuan LiuXinzhi MaZora, trapped in a space station for a long time after a space accident, begins to hallucinate and confront her inner world.
- DirectorDaria KashcheevaStarsZuzana CástkováMarie VernerZuzana StivínováElectra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with dreams and hidden fantasies.
- DirectorTzor EderyTom PrezmanStarsSoa de MuseIn 1942, on a train to nowhere, a former drag queen remembers a night from her past in one of Paris' first queer bars. Remnants of customer gossip recall this mythic bar and its mysterious Jewish-Algerian owner.
- DirectorAndrew ChesworthStarsKari Shaw AkersJoanna JahnDrew JansenIn this Old West musical tale with 1940s flair, a fearless little train and his engineer confront obsolescence as bigger, faster, and more automated machines take center stage.
- DirectorDean HamerDaniel SousaJoe WilsonA valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. When the octopus who rescued him transforms into a handsome young man, they fall in love and an epic adventure begins.
- DirectorDavid NelsonStarsBen SchwartzFred TatascioreAlicyn PackardSonic, Tails, and Knuckles are on a quest to return Maddie's books to the library when they encounter one of Dr. Robotnik's drones at Green Hills Junkyard. The trio must stop the drone from upgrading itself and taking over the world.
- DirectorPeter AhernStarsPeter AhernKelly McCormackAfter hitting it off on a blind date, Rick and Becky decide they're ready to go steady. But as the night heats up, an unexpected discovery reveals first impressions can be deceiving.
- DirectorKate VaillantStarsPhilip LamontMy Cat Lucy is a short film about a boy who is convinced his beloved black cat is being possessed by a demon.
- DirectorJonatan SchwenkResiding in a dark swamp at the bottom of a nocturnal forest, a group of gleaming axolotls pursue lustful games. The creatures relish nuzzling one another and nibbling their companions' limbs.
- DirectorShaofu ZhangTony OliverStarsShaofu ZhangDino AndradeErica MendezA bumbling Bidoof with a tendency to bite off more than it can chew finds itself between a rock and a hard place as it embarks on a journey to find its place in the world.
- DirectorEric GoldbergWalt Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit returns in his first traditionally animated short in 95 years, created for Disney's 100th anniversary.
- DirectorSander JoonA father and his son are losing the race. To win, the boy turns himself into a car tyre. Sierra looks at toxic masculinity through dark irony, while pulling us into the surreal car racing world. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, this animated black comedy includes fragments of a stop motion film animated by the director's father during Soviet Estonia.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsChris EdgerlyMaggie and Marge are having a play-date at Springfield's finest toddler play park when Maggie becomes smitten with a little boy. It's love at first suck and Maggie dreams about seeing him again after a day full of make-believe romance.
- DirectorJustin Bruce LeeDetermined to gain favor in his family's eyes and match his sister's status, a boy must prove his worth and show his potential in an upcoming martial arts competition.
- DirectorJeremy SchaeferStarsJonathan MylesAdin RuddLou LambertA pizza delivery boy finds himself in the middle of a clash between a gangster boss and a legendary assassin who the boy has unknowingly delivered instead of pizza.
- DirectorVictoria VincentStarsVictoria VincentTwin tennis stars Darcy and Marcy struggle with their inner demons on the eve of a big championship.
- DirectorValerie LaPointeStarsAnnie PottsAlly MakiJim HanksShort that shows what happened to Bo Peep and her sheep between Toy Story 2 and when she reappears in Toy Story 4.
- DirectorEmily XuFuelled tells the story of a housewife on the path of revenge for her late husband.
- DirectorMild Kamolluck NiamkongkitStarsPaul CartwrightEvan WangA messy breakup occurs between a smoker, Ryan, and his girlfriend, a sentient lighter named El. Unfortunately for Ryan, El does not take heartbreak well, and Ryan must do all he can to keep this relationship from ending in literal flames.
- DirectorMike AlcockCraig GeorgeStarsJames Arnold TaylorDavid KayeArmin ShimermanWhile on an inter-galactic pizza run, Ratchet and Clank discover that the diabolical Dr. Nefarious has developed an interdimensional portal device that would allow him to rule the entire multiverse. The intrepid duo spring into action, liberating the "Portalizer" from Dr. Nefarious and then racing off to securely lock it away in a weapons museum. But along the way, they run into bumbling Captain Qwark, who uses the weapon to accidentally unleash a sentient-pizza-topping mob upon the citizens of Galactic City. It's up to Ratchet and Clank to battle the savory horde and keep the Portalizer out of Dr. Nefarious' evil hands before he uses it to destroy the galaxy.
- DirectorTerril Lee CalderStarsTerril Lee CalderLake DelisleGail MauriceStop-motion animation charts a challenging journey for a baby girl contemplating her path to Hell.
- DirectorDomenic RomanoStarsEthan GallardoJacob BrowningHans Van HarkenA sock puppet tries to find his moment in the limelight as a musician in Boston.
- DirectorSasha SvirskyStarsAlexey ProsvirninVadim gathers his courage and leaves his narrow, familiar square to face all the unknown that the world has to offer.
- DirectorShi-Rou HuangGazing at wall cancer and the scar, the woman recalls some ups and downs of love . "Girl in the Water" is a hand-drawn animation, which is based on my personal experiences, painted in watercolor and pastel frame by frame. The film depicts femininity and female internal time-consciousness through the convalescence of woman' s broken heart.
- DirectorLéahn Vivier-ChapasWho will best play her part: the dancing lioness or the little girl we attempt to tame? Only the Boob Fairy will know who is really worthy of her attention.
- DirectorHonami YanoStarsAyamo TanoA little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral. Set on a small island in Japan where the director was born and raised, the film explores the relationship between the death of her father and the bomb storage in the mountain behind the family house.
- StarsJun'ichi SuwabeMao IchimichiMisaki KunoA short anime series following a group of troubled individuals meeting with a mysterious being named Yoru in a dream-like land called the Night World.
- DirectorAndrea LovePhoebe WahlStarsMariya BallouChristopher FlocktonDorothy StanleyA fresh and woolly take on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairytale Thumbelina.
- DirectorSandra DesmazièresStarsSara MartinsLinh-Dan Pham"Like a river" is the story of two sisters who got separated after the Vietnam war. Thao, the youngest, will flee Vietnam by boat to Malaisia. Sao Maï, the eldest, will stay in Vietnam with her parents. An epistolary relationship will feed their lives for over 15 years and narrates their journey until their reunion.
- DirectorZacharias KunukStarsMadeline IvaluLucy TulugarjukJacky QrunnutA young shaman must face her first test-a trip underground to visit Kannaaluk, The One Below, who holds the answers to why a community member has become ill.
- DirectorJason ReisigStarsTom GreenMeghan TrainorJay LenoCitronella, a mosquito who faints at the sight of blood, nervously waits outside her first group therapy session, while the Pill Bug therapist, Dr. Pill tries to calm a neurotic group of bugs, each suffering from a mental-health issue: An OCD germaphobic Fly freaks when he runs out of hand sanitizer. A Dragonfly couple struggle with co-dependency; she's literally on top of him. A Grasshopper, addicted to coffee, is so jumpy, he launches himself in mid-sentence. A Praying Mantis who doesn't pray because she thinks she is God. A terrified Spider is deathly afraid of -- spiders. And, a perfectly-camouflaged Stick Bug complains that no one ever "sees" him. Throughout all this, Citronella battles her urge to flee - while Dr. Pill implores her to share her "embarrassing" problem.
- DirectorFederico CarliniGerman HellerStarsJoss StoneEdward NortonArchie YatesPaper Birds is the story of a short sighted child with an exceptional talent for music. He must find his way through the world of darkness to bring back his sister, taken away by the shadows.
- DirectorSeth A SmithA disquieting tale of a humble rooster facing the great questions of existence.
- DirectorMathias ChelebourgEric DarnellStarsKate WinsletDaisy RidleyGlenn CloseBaba Yaga is a witch in the enchanted Forest. When the viewer's mother, the Chief, falls ill, it is up to them and their sister Magda to enter the forbidden rainforest, uncover its hidden mysteries and get the cure from Baba Yaga.
- DirectorJean CostaStarsEric BoucherJean CostaThomas DucastelIt's Tonio's first time in Corsica. He wanders across the island and on dating apps until stumbling upon the Oracle, a user who tells him about gay life in Corsica. Their conversation is reenacted with an actor who seems to connect deeply with the Oracle's story.
- DirectorErika Grace StradaStarsDean CavallaroThe life of a colorful ensemble of beasts is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a small group of humans that are determined to subdue one of them.
- DirectorMatthew A. CherryEverett Downing Jr.Bruce W. SmithStarsIssa RaeA father tries to do his daughter's hair for the first time.