Animation

Offering filmmakers a freedom unavailable in live action, Animation brings us some of the most inventive and extraordinary flights of imaginative fancy – from hand-drawn to stop-motion to CGI and the myriad styles in between.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Art College 1994

Director Liu Jian

Auteurs Jia Zhang-ke and Bi Gan join the voice cast for this acerbic animated wonder about Chinese art students facing a rapidly changing world.

Selling Fast

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Director Pierre Földes

An enchanting animated take on Haruki Murakami’s short stories starring a gregarious talking frog, an existential bank teller and an elusive cat.

Robot Dreams

Director Pablo Berger

In this beautifully bittersweet hand-drawn ode to friendship, a dog must find new meaning when misfortune separates him from his robot buddy.

Scarygirl

Directors Ricard Cussó , Tania Vincent

Jillian Nguyen, Sam Neill, Tim Minchin and Deborah Mailman lend their voices to this Australian animated adventure based on the popular novel and game.

White Plastic Sky

Directors Sarolta Szabó , Tibor Bánóczki

Becoming one with nature takes a dystopian turn in this visionary rotoscoped romance.