Movies: Cutout animation

Two duelling birds get the urge to change their plumage. A blue jay wants to be decked out in the green of cedar, and a loon dons the burnished red of oak leaves, but neither bird foresees the consequences of vanity....

Based on a poem by Samuil Marshak about an incredibly absent-minded man from Leningrad....

Hare enlists four brave friends to help him reclaim his home from the wily Fox....

In this episodic animated fantasy from France, an art teacher interprets a series of six fairy tales (each involving a prince or princess) with the help of two precocious students. Princes and Princesses was created using a special style of cutout an...

The way bureaucracy works is told by men in the frames....

In a white lace universe, three inventors create machines which are both pretty and useful. Unfortunately people do not understand them......

The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form....

Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write po...

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica....

70-year-old Timo makes the most of his short ride to work. Speeding up on a bicycle ends up in a ditch, but the adrenaline rush leaves a feeling of pleasure....

A cut-out animation musical adaptation of the Irish mythological epic Táin Bó Cúailnge....

Documentary on industrial lubrification....

The flower fairies help a little girl named Mary to thwart germs....

Edge of Alchemy is the third film in a trilogy examining the psychological terrain of women's inner worlds. In this handmade film, assembled from over 6,000 collages, the actors Mary Pickford and Janet Gaynor are lifted from their early silent featur...

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Animated story of a sad magician...

A third world child pursues the dream of freedom but becomes a victim of exploitation....

In this animated environmental parable, we find a people living in harmony with nature, until carelessness leads to the ravens' revenge. We follow a boy's courageous journey to the spirit world to find the only one who can save his village from the r...

This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other...

An animated adaptation of Poe's famous short story....