Anapoda

Directed by Octavian Fedorovici, music by Alexander Balanescu & The Balanescu Quartet.

Description: A weird little piece of Romanian animation, created by a student of the Cluj Napoca university of Arts and Design. Although the overall meaning, I have to say, eludes me a bit, it is a refreshing bit of animation with an interesting technique and some touching violin notes to go along. Enjoy.

Directed by Peter Foldes.

Description (Robert Reynolds): This short, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, was nominated for an Academy Award. Once you’ve seen it, you’ll see why. Not easily forgotten, although you may wish to. The choice of animation styles was made, I suspect, deliberately, in order to keep viewers off-balance. It’s a perfect choice. A thought-provoking, extremely unsettling look at hunger in many forms. If you are easily disturbed or offended, this probably isn’t for you. Otherwise, highly recommended.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0071636/

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Directed by Ted, story by Edgar Alan Poe. Narrated by James Mason.

Description (jmcusack/YouTube): The Tell-Tale Heart is a wonderful animated short film of 1953 based on Edgar Allan Poe short-story. The story told by a mad man has a dark visual with a perfect work of narration by James Mason. It is a UPA Production and was the first cartoon to be X-rated (adults only) in Great Britain under the British Board of Film Censors classification system.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0046408/

Created by Secret City Records. Music by Patrick Watson.

Written and directed by Tomek Baginski. Soundtrack by Fanfare Ciocarlia.

Description: Fallen art is essentially an animation about an animation, but a more gruesome one at that. It’s the short story of a “mad scientist” that uses photographs of soldiers thrown off a high ramp and smashed on the concrete below to create his own masterpiece. The background music and the excellent graphics make this animation a must-see.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0440846/

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