1. The Crocodile (Крокодил)
This story is full of images and context, even though it is a simple story about a crocodile that ate a disagreeable man, it turns out that also addresses the problem of property and economic principles. Of course, all this is done to give a humorous effect, denouncing the social order, which may be contrary to the common sense.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
2. Pete's Dragon
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
3. Battle (Бій)
A man kills a toy designer and steals his latest product. The product, a mini-army complete with weapons, then wages war on the killer.</p><p> The first Ukrainian screen adaptation of Stephen King's story.
It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.
4. The Limited Bird
John's first independent work from 1989. Won Best of Fest Shorts at the Cinequest Film Festival, CA. The film is comprised of highly rendered drawings with very little moving parts to tell a complex story of relationships "gone to the birds".
5. Bloody Fairy Tales (Krvavé pohádky)
From fairy tales or funny gore games - it could be characterized by a black-and-white review of folk tabernacles involving sex with a pig, frowning, and the painful fall of the princess from her prison in the high tower.
6. Columbus Docks To The Shore (Колумб причалює до берега)
Self-confident and eccentric Columbus lands on the American shore in the 20th century.
7. La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra (La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra)
In his travels through the southern sea of Chile, the privateer Francis Drake discovered a strange island. The extraordinary events that he lived there described in his travel diary have disappeared just like the island.
8. Shadow Puppets (צלליות)
Set in Israel during the 80's, a young boy's role model uncle - a shadow puppet artist - is slowly losing his mind, drawn ever deeper into a web of Local folklore, Israeli Ethos, and unearthly puppetry.
9. The Fall (Pád)
As a man waits to fall to his death, overzealous morticians stand in the way of help.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
10. A Window Means Longing
It’s a story of a girl dreaming of a fuller life. With the help of a kind stranger, she has to overcome her fears. Her trepidations may appear absurd but are far more serious in their nature.
11. The Fall of the House of Usher (Zánik domu Usherů)
In this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a mysterious family curse. The brother's senses have become painfully acute, while his sister has become nearly catatonic.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
12. Fronta (Fronta)
Short animation by Diana Cam Van Nguyen
13. The Shadow over Prague (Pérák: Stín nad Prahou)
(Pérák: Stín nad Prahou)
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
14. The Messenger
A dragon deliveryman starts his dream job and discovers that sometimes people will just hate you, no matter how hard you try.
15. Pošťácká pohádka (Pošťácká pohádka)
(Pošťácká pohádka)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
16. Happy End (Happy End)
A splendid chain of unlikely encounters. Hunters, a tractor driver, a disco boy, and a corpse.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
17. The Little Matchgirl
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.
It has an average vote of 7.529 on TMDB.
18. The Awakening of Insects (The Awakening of Insects)
When spring is coming, cute and silly characters wake up from their winter sleep and celebrate the awakening in their unique ways.
19. We Are Human, After All (Jsme přece lidi)
During a very harsh winter, a hare has to deal with the bitter cold, hunger and the threats posed by hunters and other animals. One day he sees the easy, comfortable and safe lives that rabbits lead. He decides to go and stay with them in the hutch.
20. Albert
Capturing life through the lens of a dream, Albert explores the evocation of the subconscious mind through the vivid visualism and dynamism of images.