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Rain Boy

A lonely kid who lives in the countryside meets a strange boy who has a ragged umbrella over his head and there is always rain pouring over him. The r

1983

Phosphorus

Basking in a theatres lights, a realm of dust particles dances in unison. One sprite suddenly gets the chance to be centre stage…

2021

Pro and Con

A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer.

1993

The Dowager's Idyll

2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

2001

The Box

An old man ends up taming the mouse he wanted to get rid of.

2018

Lipsett Diaries

A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into

2010

After the End

For René Fustercluck, life was bad, the Apocalypse was awful, and then Gordon arrived.

2015

Shuteye Popeye

Popeye's snoring is keeping his resident mouse awake. The mouse fights back.

1952

Foxy by Proxy

Bugs is provoked by a pack of foxhounds and their hunters stampeding over his hole, so he gets out his Halloween costume from last year (a fox suit) a

1952

Science Please! : Slippery Ice!

A clip in the Science Please! collection, Slippery Ice! uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain why we slip on

1999

Devil in the Room

Have you ever woken in the night unable to move, certain that you are not alone? This is an experimental documentary examining what happens when dream

2013

Simple Destiny Abstractions

A short creation by Douglass Crockwell that can be found on the Unseen Cinema box set.

1938

The Great Philips Review

Puppet animation of Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra performing. A Puppetoon animated short film.

1938

The Frog Pond

In Ub Iwerks' The Frog Pond, many frogs are singing and having a good time until a big bully frog takes some food and basically orders a house built o

1938

Riding the Rails

Betty Boop goes to work on the subway (Trample 'Em R.R. Co.); Pudgy the Pup follows her and gets more ride than he bargained for.

1938

OS Love

Click, click. Tip, tip, tip… Tip, tip. A young woman seeks spirituality and tranquility in the web. Bit by bit she dives into the absurd realm of scre

2016

Belle comme un cœur

Rosie is a 12-year-old girl whose ugliness makes her the laughing stock of almost all her classmates and the victim of incessant bullying. One day, sh

2016

Mère Ubu

1998

Père Ubu

1997

Non-Euclidean Geometry

Where does love go when lovers break apart? Or when they stay together? How do you find the spirit to fall in love again? Is it permissible-possible a

2014