The Music Scene

The Adventures of Ricardo

A day in the life of young boy with a distorted vision of the world. 3 short little claymation episodes - Ricardo Discovers "Sex," Ricardo's Hero and

1993

The F.E.D.S.

Several Food Education Demo Specialists (F.E.D.S.), the folks who pass out food samples to supermarket customers, talk about their jobs and the people

2002

Pan With Us

A frenetic and poetic flight on the wings of classic Greek mythology.

2003

Sleep Incidents

Hans suffers from insomnia. But there is help available! A self-appointed specialist guides us through this absurd study of sleep.

2016

A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (In Less Than 60 Seconds)

Dark and humorous, this extremely short film features a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the s

2005

Magda

A first love is corrupted as a man recalls his affair with a beautiful circus contortionist in this stop-motion animation of wooden mannequins.

2004

Une Pincée De Sel

A man whose daily life reveals the indifference of modern society will have an encounter that will turn his life upside down...

2020

Experiment

When science gets out of hand, the consequences are disastrous.

2021

Salmon

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed anim

2015

Ta mort en short(s)

2018

Vicious Cycle

Glaxo Wellcome Anti-Tobacco Commissioned Film. (23 Sec. )

1996

Christmas Stars

Christmas Song. (40 Seg. )

1998

Vanille

Vanille is a little Parisian girl who has just arrived in Guadeloupe. She will be immersed in an exotic and mysterious adventure, meeting picturesque

2021

Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies

A hand drawn animated short by Studio Ghibli.

2022

The Owl & the Pussycat

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

1968

Scratching and Painting on Film

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform

1968

Yak

Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."

1970

Tondo

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etc

1973

Four Quadrant Exercise

Intended to be an "animation machine," Four Quadrant Exercise finds Jarnow adapting a perspective system, enabling him to render complex motions almos

1975

Rotating Cubic Grid

The primary motif in this silent picture is a grid that controls the shapes and motions of forms contained within the framework of a rotating cube. Co

1975