Swans, peacocks, ducks, and more birds dance.
Florence Gill
as Mother Hen (voice) (uncredited)
This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited panorama of the sky, grouping, regrouping or colliding like the stylized burst of some atomic chain reaction. The dance is set to the musical cadences of Bach, played by pianist Glenn Gould.
Ingmar Bergman's "Cries and Whispers" retold in a single minute.
In seclusion at La Quinta del Sordo, Goya confronts illness, memories, and haunting visions, exorcising his demons through the Black Paintings —sacrificing peace, sanity, and self to immortalize his torment.
My name is a “cockroach”. I was called that from childhood.
In the heart of the Douro Valley, the sun still illuminates the last gestures of the grape harvesters. The abundant nature sees the children wandering around, the landscapes change over the hours but already, a light wind lets herald the end of the holiday.
A culture festival is held in the village. Everyone is invited to take part, which is why the devil is also signing up to take part....
"Bartosch showed that animation could be poetic... It was Bartosch who first dared to give animation the dimension of a great art, trusting it to voice his pain, to lay bare his heart, to tell of his hope for a better future - which he never saw." - Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker, 1969
Colorful hallucinogenic trip in a cartoon fantasy world, or, as Timothy Leary put it, "Cheery pop images and mellow lyrics".
Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.
Mister Rossi goes to the seaside.
Mister Rossi goes on a Photo-Safari in Africa.
Mister Rossi buys a car.
Mister Rossi goes skiing.
A group of beavers cheerily build a dam.
An old plate tells the tale of the Emperor of China, whose palace was disrupted by some children.
A spider gets lost inside the sphinx.
A book of nursery rhymes plays for Old King Cole.
