This father and son tale is about the apathy and low mood caused by overwork and isolation. A father is miserable at work while his son, still young, is optimistic about going to school. The son’s cheerful moods get more and more repressed as his … [Read more...]
Bon Voyage
The grim irony of this film’s title demonstrates its hard-hitting treatment of the difficult, important subject of forced migration. The film begins as a traditional animation, depicting a group of refugees styled as simple line-drawings as they flee … [Read more...]
La Grande Migration [The Great Migration]
Although this film is one of the oldest works in the corpus, produced at the end of the 1990s, it is a great example of how to treat a sensitive subject (migration) with allegorical good humour. The film follows a flock of birds migrating to a warmer … [Read more...]
The Amazing Little Worm
The eponymous worm in this short film is frustrated with his identity and would like to be something else. He tries to befriend a pair of caterpillars, but fails to successfully adopt their metamorphosis into butterflies. He even makes a pair of … [Read more...]
Der große Hund [The Big Dog]
The protagonist of this wordless picturebook is scared to start a new school, no matter how much his mother reassures him. The walk to school is frightening: the dog that barks as he walks by, the man who scowls at him from the park bench. The boy … [Read more...]
Office Noise
The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, is one of the most important centres for animation in Europe. This short film explores similar themes to Enough in its depiction of a chicken office worker who becomes driven mad with irritation by his … [Read more...]
Once Upon a Snowstorm
A harsh winter landscape is the centre-piece of this story, as a little boy gets lost in the woods as snow falls. Collecting wood with his father, the pair are separated when a blizzard descends upon the otherwise idyllic scene. The boy takes shelter … [Read more...]
Outremer [Overseas]
An elderly person lives in a beautiful cottage by the beach and passes time painting the sea beyond the window. Unbeknownst to this person, a boy hides in the cottage. The boy is sent into a panic by the pictures of the sea. He runs from the house … [Read more...]
On the Trail
There are very few wordless picturebooks produced in the Baltic region. Indeed, this work, by Anna Ring and published by the Estonian Comics Society, is the only contemporary example of the form. It is a pleasure to explore the wonderful world … [Read more...]
