Movies: Concept Films

Friedrich Nietzsche's Zarathustra returns in the shape of a female travelling teacher seeking shelter at the Alpine chalet of a bourgeois family....

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kellman for Encyclopedia Britannica. “Weed: The Story of Marijuana” combines time-lapse, montage, illustrations, animation (by Paul Fierlinger and emigre...

A group of young people journey to rural Russia, only to find themselves being mercilessly ground by monsters from Slavic myths....

A short film explaining the difference between amphetamines and barbiturates in sometimes hilarious and often heartbreaking ways, through animation, stock footage shots of pills flying through the air, and meaningful interviews with doctors and addic...

"This semi-animated documentary film portrays Czechoslovakian animator Paul Fierlinger's arrival to the United States and covers his production of a film that presents the history, legends, and significance of the American flag. The film was produced...