Ab ovo - Traces of Sand

A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.

1987-01-01 | xx

Hedgehog in Love

Experimental cartoon which unites various techniques: puppets, sand & water (ebru) animations. About friendship, love and necessity to pay attention not only to the visual appeal.

2015-01-01 | uk

E=mc²

4 minute sandanimation about love, life & death.

1996-01-01 | en

The Ravens

The Ravens was the couple's first sand animation film and the prelude to a unique work.

1967-01-01 | de

Sabbath

A dream-like version of the Sabbath in the Middle Ages: one night at full moon, the women leave home to meet with the devil in the woods. Several orgiastic ceremonies later, they all return home at cockcrow. All except for one, the youngest, who is under an evil spell.

1991-01-01 | xx

Chloé Van Herzeele

Chloé, an old lady, organizes screenings in a subterranean space. She shows to a journalist her galleries where her collection of silver films is stored. As we go down, we dive with her into her altered universe.

2019-07-01 | fr

The Hunter

In this stop motion sand animation, a lone hunter undertakes a search for a missing boy deep in the snow covered mountains. THE HUNTER premiered at SXSW in 2012, has featured in competition at over 50 international festivals and won several awards including the AFI/ AACTA in 2013.

2012-06-01 | en

My Mum's Bonkers

About the loss of a mother, with her unexpected exuberance, but who also cries Puccini melodies. A short poetic collage, as fleeting as the blink of an eye, where sounds and images are superimposed to evoke the at once peaceful and tormented memory of a mother.

2017-03-22 | en

Forest Tales

A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.

1997-12-05 | ru

La Danse Macabre

A beautifully fluid sand animation inspired by Camille Saint-Saëns' piece, 'Danse Macabre.'

1990-12-13 | pl

No Corras Tanto

Animation short made ​​entirely with sand on glass recorded frame by frame without post-production.

2009-01-01 | es

Jacadi

2001-01-01 | fr

Oh Dad II

A sand-and-chain-animated young writer fears for our world.

1989-01-01 | en

Waves

Waves in the sea, the waves formed by wind in tall grass or the boughs of trees. Waves of emotion, shock waves from explosions, waves of people demonstrating against the arrogance of politics, waves of grief, waves of people crossing borders, waves of passion and joy...

2024-05-06 | xx

Shinsei Kamattechan

An old cleaner goes on a cleaning rampage in the sewers of a futuristic city, after he lost his job to a robot. The seventh part of GAINAX' "Music is SF" series.

2011-08-26 | ja

Bluey au cinéma !

2022-10-19 | fr

Wonderland

The mortgage is due by 6 p.m. or Grandma and Oswald will lose the homestead. Oswald is forced to take the beloved old milk cow to market. On the way, he's accosted by a scary old witch. She wants the cow and gives Oswald a bag of magic beans in exchange. The beans grow into a huge beanstalk which transports Oswald to a giant ogre's castle in the clouds.

1931-10-26 | en

Horror News

For reasons unknown to him, Rei receives the Kyoufu Shinbun every morning, a newspaper which foresees deaths and catastrophes... Based on Tsunoda Jirou's classic horror manga "Kyoufu Shinbun", serialized in Weekly Shounen Champion.

1991-07-21 | ja

Ashes in the Thicket

A man who accidentally saw a UFO, falls into a painful illusion as his body is torn apart by a mysterious power. His illusion gets worse as he actually has his lovers kill themselves. But after…

1998-10-03 | ko