Independent
This is the frontiers of animation... the independent and self produced animators on the edge. These brave souls are out there on their own, but do more to puah the art onward than most major studios.
Cartoons
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L'Idée
A naked woman represents a thinker's idea. She goes out into the world, the frightened authorities unsuccessfully try to cover up her nudity. A man who stands up for her is executed, and a…
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Composition #1: Themis
A simple attempt to add the element of time and motion to abstract composition.
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Bambi Meets Godzilla
In a tranquil, pastoral setting, Bambi the deer is taking a drink down by the water's edge, when suddenly... Disney's favorite deer meets up with Tokyo's favorite prehistoric fire-breathing…
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The Galaxy
A series of "animated paintings" by the late Sabin Balasa.
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I Think I Was An Alcoholic
Cartoonist John Callahan recounts his alcoholism, a car accident that left him quadriplegic, and his subsequent sobriety.
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Canhead
Featuring Jay Clay, Blue
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Minotaur
A loose interpretation of the Minoan myth, as seen through the monster's point of view. Abandoned in a labyrinthine island, the childlike minotaur has as his only companion a playful red ba…
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Atlas Gets A Drink
A wonderfully meandering tale about evolution- possibly- complete with walking fish, ravenous land sharks, and extinct gods.
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Son Of Bambi Meets Godzilla
The rematch.
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Tongues And Taxis
A bizarre film about a squirrel killing cat, tongues, and taxis.
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Frog Dreaming
Featuring Prince, Princess, Frog Prince
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Legends From Camp
A surrealist-style film about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, based on the poetry of director Miles Inada's father Lawson, who was interned in the camps as a boy.…
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A Good Joke
Although the details differ between versions, the scene remains the same: a priest challenges a rabbi to a debate on the spiritual condition of Jewish people. But neither speaks the other's…
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Fable
In this cyclical fairy tale, a man and a woman are cursed to be forever apart. We never see them inhabit the same space but yet we feel that there's a connection between them. One common el…
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Yours Truly
Film icons burst through lost layers of yesterday's emulsion. Reassembled into a surreal city, the conflicting story of Frank and Charlie is told as they sacrifice their morals to find love…
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I Wanna Be Famous
Here's a song by Jessica Delfino. She's discovered a guaranteed shortcut to everlasting fame-watch and learn.
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I Met The Walrus
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatles fanatic sneaked into John Lennon's Toronto hotel room and convinced him to do an interview about peace for the school paper.
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The Foxhole Manifesto
This is an adaptation of a poem by Jeffrey McDaniel, who has some ideas for a few appropriately modern gods.
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The Windmill
A short film based on a childhood memory. As a child, I would run to this abandoned windmill whenever I wanted to be alone. It stood at the edge of the woods and in my mind it demarcated th…
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Hey
This is a full CGI animation music video to the song Hey, by the band Eatliz. A Sci-Fi Fantasy journey of a little girl with a special pet friend, a huge toad. Once the girl loses her pet,…
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Laska
A humorous true-to-life story about male-female relations. Infatuation and its consequences are depicted in an ironic way: meeting a guy, dancing, having fun, a sexual act.
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Muto
An ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
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No Corras Tanto
You think you are just a passing thing and nothing sticks around. Don't forget you are a message in a bottle. Take it easy. The thing you are looking for is yourself.
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Stand Up
Told through a single stand-up comedy routine, John J Jones performs to an unforgiving audience. As he loses their interest, his body rebels against him, and the truth behind the one-liners…
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The Hidden Life Of The Burrowing Owl
Seen through the lens of a wildlife documentary film, we meet the Burrowing Owl. He has lost his mate to a large predator that is hunting in his neck of the woods. How will he survive in th…
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Unbelievable 4
How will the superhero team Unbelievable 4 fight against hundreds of evil spaceships approaching the Earth?
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Mary And The Miners
It's 1841 and Mary Watkins is 10 years old and works in a coalmine. She takes us through her day, introducing us to her friend and three brothers who work in the mine alongside their father…
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Alma
Little Alma skips through the snow-covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter...
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Pigeon: Impossible
What happens when a pigeon wants a bagel. I mean REALLY wants a bagel. It could have international repercussions.
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A Family Portrait
A family portrait goes horribly wrong as jealousy and suspicion bubble to the surface under the photographer's relentless gaze. As the session reaches a disturbing conclusion, it's clear th…
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Chokopulpitos
Chokoctopus… mmm, yummy! And they've got to be sold. I most certainly think they do! To whomever and however! But… Just one second… Who is watching over us from beyond the cosmic depths wit…
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Drift
This is the second chapter of an ongoing series of hand-painted animated explorations of childhood and memories, both of which were studies for the longer film, "Feral". This film takes the…
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Germania Wurst
A rapid rundown of German or rather Germanic national history starting with the ancient Roman Empire and ending with the German reunification and the present day.
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O Coidador De Gatos
The boring life of Mariano is set in Pontevedra, between his everyday job and his empty house. The only thing that brings him joy is feeding the cats living in a nearby alley. One day, a my…
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The Orange
Suddenly, a humble citrus fruit is granted absolute power over the universe.
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The Terrible Thing Of Alpha-9!
A space bounty hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.
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Virus
A simple character from a harmless cartoon comes out of its own program onto the computer, and is detected by the system as a virus.
