Early Grief Special

In a golden, reassuring and muffled clearing, a young child explores the wonders of the landscape with his teddy bear until a frightening storm arrives, which threatens their serenity.

A change in her husband’s scent sends Anne spiraling into a late-night existential crisis.

Birdlime is the name for a sticky substance spread on branches to trap wild birds. This touching lm follows the life of a bird caught in a cage, but who tries by all means to escape.

A stunning display of a stop-motion animation, Dancers of the Grass vividly depicts the majesty of the hoop dance, a tradition symbolizing the unity of all nations.

Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.

Using a toy car and toy dinosaurs, an old flathead Ford is on a dreamlike ride. The car finds a strange land of little dinosaurs, more fragile than they appear. Giving a view of extinction, decaying matter and the predominance of oil culture.

An abandoned house is for sale, but it is said to be haunted. But the cleaner, hired to completely clean the house, is not deterred. But her confidence slowly begins to crumble when inexplicable things start to happen...

Stop motion characters stumble and fumble their way through a clearing in the woods.

A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.

The scissors cut out a little man with huge boxing gloves from black paper. The boy comes to life and is immediately convinced of his punching power. So he grabs the scissors himself and cuts out a huge opponent to demonstrate his strength. He makes a complete fool of himself in the process. It doesn't help that he cuts his opponent smaller and smaller and finally even sticks him down with glue. Although he adorns himself with the laurels of victory at the end, it is clear that he is just a ridiculous paper hero.

Stop-motion animation on the arranging of marriages in 1950/60s set in the Eastern-Polish borderland. The script is based on a part of Mikołaj Smyk's diary, the director's grandfather. The biographical objects used in the animation, such as an authentic headscarf, Polish and Russian books, the copy of Mikołaj Smyk's diary and photographs help situate the story in its original environment.