The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep

The tale follows the romance between a china shepherdess and a china chimney sweep who are threatened by a carved mahogany satyr who wants the shepherdess for his wife.

The Red and the Black

Two shades of paint are pitted against each other in a bullfight that spills self-reflexively from the page into the animator’s studio

Hobby

A woman takes a break from her knitting to snare hapless winged men and deposit them in oversized birdcages.

Journey

Seemingly, nothing happens in the film; At most, a man forgets something at home and must return. The viewer watches his train journey, the rhythm of the soundtrack determined by pylons whooshing by his cabin window.

The Roll-Call

A penal gymnastics session is underway during a roll call in a concentration camp. A brutal voice shouts furious commands: "nieder - auf!" (down – up!). One of the prisoners will not obey the commands, another one will almost survive

Solo in a Fallow Field

Kalina links traditional animation with a re-projection. To the rhythm of the popular folk song Ukochany kraj, umiłowany kraj (Beloved country, dear country) he creates an anti-ballade about the farmer’s hard life and difficult work. Monotonous and mechanical activities degrade a man.

Songs for Dead Children

Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

First Fall

Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their "natures", they never met each other. They are not even supposed to meet. So when Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline, curiosity is overwhelming. Their encounter soon becomes more complicated than they could imagine. Both of them will have to learn compromise to protect the other...

Circus

Flip the Frog is working as a hot dog vendor at a circus. A thief steals a woman's purse and it's up to Flip to stop him.

38-39°C

A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.

Notes on: Biology

An animated account of an organism adapting to its environment.

The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling

Ivor's life is turned upside down after a falling plant pot sparks a series of paranoid reactions.

Le Canard à l'orange

A housewife is preparing a duck à l'orange in her kitchen. But the reluctant bird tries to escape from her but the woman manages to recaptures it and plucks it savagely. Once the duck is put in the oven, an alligator unexpectedly appears in the kitchen, threatening the cook.

The Snowman and The Snowdog

Charming animated sequel to Raymond Briggs's classic The Snowman. When a young boy and his mother move house, he builds a Snowman and a Snowdog who magically come to life.

Yanks

Ferrailles