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 [Geros kelionės]
Šio filmo pavadinime atsispindinti skaudi ironija parodo, kad filmo autorius griežtai kritikuoja sprendimus svarbiais priverstinės migracijos klausimais. Filmas prasideda tradicine animacija, vaizduojančia pabėgėlių grupę. Gelbėdamiesi nuo pavojų, … [Read more...]
Tierenduin [Kieno zoologijos sodas]
This look-and-search book challenges the reader to see things differently. The mouth of a tiger hides the face of a sloth; the teeth of a snake become the icebergs upon which a polar bear roams. The book asks us to reconsider what we expect to see … [Read more...]
Kim Bu Gelen? [Kas čia ateina?]
A game of chess between chickens is disturbed by the loud footsteps of a passing giraffe in this eccentric Turkish wordless picturebook. The chickens try hard to get the attention of the giraffe and the picturebook ends with the arrival of an even … [Read more...]
כשירד הלילה [Atėjus nakčiai]
This vibrantly illustrated wordless picturebook explores the role of creation and creativity in the imagination of children. A young girl draws a group of monsters, an elephant, and a little girl on a sheet of paper with a set of pencils. The figures … [Read more...]
Deux Amis [Du draugai]
The animation in this French film is comparable to that of Novembre [November]. An unlikely friendship between a tadpole and caterpillar progresses as each grows up into two very different beings: a frog and a butterfly. The film centres the classic … [Read more...]
La Carotte Géante [Milžiniška morka]
Boldly coloured and cleanly cut computer animation depicts this tale of a family with a giant carrot growing in the vegetable patch. It is only through teamwork that the family are able to uproot the giant carrot. Even the pets join in: the dog, the … [Read more...]
La Grande Migration [Didžioji migracija]
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 [Nuostabus mažasis sliekas]
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...]
