1. The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, poverty, cultural and linguistic barriers, extreme racism and world wars to become one of the most successful vaudeville acts of his time. His showmanship was unrivalled, yet he refused to appear in movies because of the way Chinese were portrayed at the time. A celebration of the spirit of Long Tack Sam's magic and art, this richly textured first person road movie is an exhilarating testament to his legacy and a prismatic tour through the 20th Century. It all begins in a small village in China...</p><p> https://www.nfb.ca/film/the_magical_life_of_long_tack_sam/
2. Wild (Wild)
Wild is the story of an overzealous hunter and his explosive frolick through the peaceful woods. It quickly becomes apparent, though, that he has no idea what he is missing.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. Mildred and the Dying Parlor
Mildred's parents run a dying parlor out of their home. Today's client is not who she expects.
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
4. Náufragos (Náufragos)
Two castaways separated by distance. All their hopes are pinned in the bottles that they just launch to the sea. A travel across the ocean looking for a hand to pick them up. Will they get someone to listen?
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
5. Baby X
In this animated short, a child only known as X is raised without gender norms as part of a social experiment. X is loved by its classmates but despised by adults because no one knows if it is a boy or girl. Based on the book "X, a Fabulous Child's Story" by Lois Gould.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
6. Cubits
Jarnow adapts an architectural grid catalogue of cubic rotations in order to explore a direct relationship between animation procedure and logical numerical operations. The film is as much the making of animation as it is a paper model of a computer. The cube sheet, upon which the film is based, is so constructed that a horizontal cubic rotation and a diagonal pan yields a diagonal rotation. Combinations of these primary moves result in more complex rotations throughout this awe inspiring film.
7. Cosmic Clock
A mind-twisting time-lapse beginning on a hill just outside town, doing for the concept of time what Charles and Ray Eames's 1968 film The Powers of Ten did for space. One billion years in two minutes.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. Cosmic Letter
A companion piece to Cosmic Letter, also produced for 3-2-1 Contact. Jarnow begins at his address in Brooklyn and zooms outward to the farthest reaches of the universe.
9. Cube
A filmed exercise that follows in the path of Rotating Cubic Grid and Cubits, the predictably titled Cube features cubes of varying shapes and size sliding around and growing into and out of one another, demonstrating how multiple parts can make up a whole.
10. Skeletons
A short film made of cel drawings, showing us how various mammals, plants and objects all share similar skeletal structures. Produced for Sesame Street.
11. Architecture
A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings...
12. Anytime Is Ice Cream Time
Looking at life from the perspective of an ice cream.
It has an average vote of 2.8 on TMDB.
13. A Bloody Muddle
Carl and Katie are the kind of people that never normally meet, but they're also the kind of people that retreat to the toilets when they need to sort themselves out. But some muddles need more than a big mirror and the smell of cleanliness, sometimes they need a nose bleed.
14. Mumatar
Mumatar is an original comedy short film about Sandra – a single mum who struggles to adjust when her only child leaves home. After witnessing a bullying incident at the school where she works as a cleaner, Sandra draws inspiration from computer game avatars, dons a homemade costume and becomes a real life local superhero ... Mumatar!
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
15. The Fabric
In a strange, dark asylum, a brilliant physicist with no memory, sits incarcerated. One thing occupies his mind: escaping - to what or where, he has no clue. Haunted day and night, by creatures that roam the halls - or his imagination, he scribbles equations on every surface of his his cell. Not knowing whether he is insane, or on to something truly groundbreaking, every combination of symbols etched onto the walls might be the key to his escape, or just his madness laughing back at him. One day he has a breakthrough.
It has an average vote of 4.75 on TMDB.
16. Fisheye
Set in the early 1950s, FISHEYE is inspired by the classic suspense thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock with an animated twist. The story is about the line between obsession and madness as an oddball writer is compelled to note down everything his neighbours do, no matter what.
17. El cielo de los otros (El cielo de los otros)
After several electrical storms, Jacobo begins to lose his sanity in the middle of a confinement.
18. 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.
19. Yulia's Birthday (День народження Юлії)
A modern fairy tale about a girl who is looking for her lost soul. First love, jealousy, death – everything can be found in this fantastic animation movie. Julia's fiance died tragically. Having grieved a little, Julia decided to get married again. But the dead bridegroom returned for Julia's soul. In order to save her soul, the girl had to go to the other world.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
