This film is by Film Bilder, the studio who made Head Up. This film, part of the Animanimals series by Julie Ocker, depicts the systematic and collective life of an ant colony. The military precision of the ants is an apt catalyst to discuss the … [Read more...]
Hedgehogs and the City [Igel und die Stadt]
This beautiful example of Baltic (Latvian) stop-motion begins with a depiction of the role of industry in a changing landscape: a snowy forest scene is obliterated, and a city pops up in its place. In the centre of the city square is a park in which … [Read more...]
The Elephant and the Bicycle [Le Velo de l’elephant]
This French production by Russian animator Olesya Shchukina is a tender and important tale about sustainable development, social and civic competence, and active participation in one’s community. The star of the film is the elephant, who works as the … [Read more...]
I Walk with Vanessa [Mein Weg mit Vanessa]
French-authored and first published in Germany, this fabulous wordless picturebook presents a realistic storyline that some readers will know all too well. Vanessa is new in town and feels isolated at her school. The story gets going when a classmate … [Read more...]
Fences [Ploty]
This wonderful Polish non-narrative animation takes as its theme the constriction and confinement in which we often find ourselves. Viewers will be able to consider when barriers and borders are and are not necessary. In this regard, the film … [Read more...]
Free Art
The difference between graffiti and street art is raised in this French mixed media short film. A man is on a street in an urban area. He spray paints a trio of birds onto the wall, and is amazed when the birds take on a life of their own and fly … [Read more...]
