Time Sights (2004)

Bibi

Eight-year old Bibi is chosen to represent her clan in a tournament for Viking warriors. When she eats a lollipop she is able to see the world as candy and she uses her power to make it through the challenges. But will she be able to defeat the terrible Arfur, chief of the Bear clan?

Inki and the Minah Bird

Once again, the mysterious minah bird hops his syncopated way into Inki's lion-hunting expedition. This time the little black bird has a new reality- defying way to disappear: he hops into a haystack which gradually (and with the same catchy hip-hop) shrinks down to a single straw, which vanishes.

The Sensational Cat-Man

A stylized cartoon inspired by 1940s comics, featuring a detective raised by a tiger who moonlights as a superhero.

But Milk Is Important

A man with social anxiety gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature is actually a helper with slightly unconventional methods.

Alarm

Snooze buttons, sunlight…the inescapable cacophony of alarm alerts: waking up in the morning is a battle between the present and the future state of mind. A dream-like war with yourself and other objects that seem to take a life of its own.

Runaway

Runaway is an animated short film about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950s refrigerator, named Chillie.

All the Cats Join In

A hep teen hears a tune on the jukebox at the malt shop and calls his girl; She rounds up a crowd and soon the whole place is jumping.

A Favour

Mistress Hen has a lot of worries every day. She needs to feed the chickens, take them to kindergarten, clean, iron, and prepare dinner. But how to cook something without salt? Hen goes to the neighbor Goose to borrow salt, but she asks to do her a favour. A simple request triggers a whole cascade of favours that must be arranged to get...salt. The cartoon satirically mirrors the rampant barter and blat in the poor Soviet society of the late "stagnation" era.

The Death of a Government Clerk

Animation adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov. A government clerk sneezes on a department general. Although the department general immediately dismisses the incident, the clerk cannot let it go.

Falling Tide

A boy waits for his seat on a train at a platform in the middle of nowhere.

Way of Giants

In a forest of giant trees, six-year-old Oquirá embarks on a quest to understand life.

Inner Workings

This is the story of the internal struggle between a man's Brain—a pragmatic protector who calculates his every move, and his Heart—a free-spirited adventurer who wants to let loose.

Best Friends Forever

Animated short film about being friends with anxiety.

The First Thunder

A musical fantasy about the awakening of nature from hibernation, about the release of a hero from his “little world” into a world full of beauty and adventure.

With What Shall I Wash

An animated short film in which the images blend with humor and originality. Sixteenth-century music sung brings an emotional dimension, which makes this short with a touch of brilliant production in gay cinematography. The short film won the TEDDY AWARD for short films at the 54th International Film Festival in Berlin in 2004. Day break in the red-light district of a Spanish town. Someone who earns their living in these parts makes their way home, sits down in front of the mirror and begins to remove their make-up. As they do so, they reflect on the events of the night to the strains of a song from the Middle Ages entitled "¿Con qué la lavaré?", a lament about single women which was once sung in four-part harmony. A celluloid tribute to homosexual artistes of the late 1970s, just after Franco's dictatorship.

Slipping Away

In a seaside sanatorium, an old man sees his life turned upside by the arrival of a seagull that he gently tames. When the gull is injured, the old man takes care of it and for a moment finds his childhood soul.

Formic

A guy on a skateboard, an ant and a revenge.

Kaluoka'hina: The Enchanted Reef

The vastness of our planets oceans guards unimaginable secrets. One of its most precious is Kaluokahina, the enchanted reef whose magic protects it against humans finding it. Kaluokahinas colorful inhabitants have thus always lived in peace... until the volcano erupts, and the spell is broken.

Pornography

Everything you always wanted to know about pornography (but were afraid to ask).

Ice Pepper

Two penguins friends wander on the sea ice. They discover something that may decide the fate of Antarctica.

The House Spirit

A greedy fox steals the presents from Santa’s sleigh.

Tom in Couchland

A stoner dude is sucked into the couch and must battle crazy couch creatures in search of his remote.

Tales from the Multiverse

God is a single parent and amateur programmer. He’s working on project ‘Earth’ but never seems to get a break from the kids. One day though, he finally gets a breakthrough.

Zoon

Residing in a dark swamp at the bottom of a nocturnal forest, a group of gleaming axolotls pursue lustful games. The creatures relish nuzzling one another and nibbling their companions’ limbs.

Down the Mine

Gordon is in disgrace, and Thomas enjoys teasing him about it – until his foolishness sinks him into his own hole. An adaptation of the story by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry.

First Born

Determined to gain favor in his family's eyes and match his sister's status, a boy must prove his worth and show his potential in an upcoming martial arts competition.

The Fourfold

Based on the shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, this is a testament to the need to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities.

Superman 75

An animated short about the 75 years of Superman.

Fuelled

Fuelled tells the story of a housewife on the path of revenge for her late husband.

Big Buck Bunny

Follow a day of the life of Big Buck Bunny when he meets three bullying rodents: Frank, Rinky, and Gamera. The rodents amuse themselves by harassing helpless creatures by throwing fruits, nuts and rocks at them. After the deaths of two of Bunny's favorite butterflies, and an offensive attack on Bunny himself, Bunny sets aside his gentle nature and orchestrates a complex plan for revenge.

The Shell Shocked Egg

A mother turtle buries her eggs in the sand. While she is away, one of the egg partly hatches and begins roaming the countryside trying to finish hatching.

The Head Vanishes

Jacqueline has lost her mind a bit, but whatever, for her trip to the seaside, she has decided to take the train by herself, like a big girl!

The Legend of the Crabe-Phare

The Crabe-Phare is a legendary crustacean. He captures the lost sailors' boats to add them to his collection. But the crab is getting old, and it is more and more difficult for him to build his collection.

Stage Fright

The Two Curious Puppies wander into a theater and run afoul of a trickster magician's rabbit, a playful seal and an intimidating little bird.

The Timid Toreador

The bull makes short work of the matador, and then turns on Porky, a tamale vendor who wanders into the ring accidentally. But then he makes the mistake of actually eating most of Porky's extra hot tamales.

Holiday Highlights

Blackout gags about the holidays. New Year's (the baby speaks to us). Valentine's Day, Washington Day, etc.

Snubbed by a Snob

A young horse says hi to little donkey Spunky. But the horse's mother pulls him away, saying we don't associate with that kind. Spunky makes a few more overtures, and eventually they set off on a chase, running across a bull from time to time. The horse stops to eat a lot of apples and drink far too much water; this leaves him too bloated to move much at all. The two continue to anger the bull, which gives chase; Spunky saves the colt, and they all live in harmony.

The Early Worm Gets the Bird

A determined bird goes out early to hunt for a worm and the bird gets into trouble.

The Weakly Reporter

A newsreel spoof with WWII homefront gags, including rationing, air raid drills and women filling in men's jobs.

Nasty Quacks

A doting father gives a cute little duckling to his little daughter. That duckling grows up to become Daffy Duck, who soon develops quite a night life, which he loudly explains at breakfast, in the process of eating everything in sight. When the exasperated father's attempts at violently removing Daffy fail, he tries one final measure to drive Daffy away...

Scrappily Married

Henry is terribly henpecked by his wife until he makes friends with Herman Mouse. Turns out his wife is terrified of mice, until she dresses up in a cat costume!

6 Little Jungle Boys

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

Samba the Great

The adventures of a legendary hero who, dazzled by the beauty of a princess in the hand asks. This imposes several trials he emerges victorious. Only death will eventually bring the two young men.

The Cat's Tale

The mouse, tired of being chased by the cat, convinces him there's no reason for it, and that the cat should talk to the dog and convince him too. The talks are not successful...

Meet John Doughboy

Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.

Two for the Zoo

Gabby is forced to take care of a strange animal called a Kango.