Cutout Animation Movies

An experimental short film by Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica.

A tiny baroque ode to fleeting darkness and pretty make-believes.

"After GYMNOPEDIES, I had long wanted to animate a film specifically for a pre-selected piano piece by [Erik] Satie. MOONLIGHT SONATA is that film....

"Mouris’s film, YOU’RE NOT REAL PRETTY BUT YOU’RE MINE…, built upon the strongest elements of QUICK DREAM, and added a pop...

Edge of Alchemy is the third film in a trilogy examining the psychological terrain of women's inner worlds. In this handmade film, assembled from...

After the adoption of a very unusual pet by this girls mom, she will have to come to terms with living with a seagull named Espanhola.

A small mole is looking for a fallen star in the night forest where everyone else seem to have already found their own treasures.

This animated short is a play on motion set against a background of multi-hued sky. Spheres of translucent pearl float weightlessly in the unlimited...

A collection of mechanical-biological hybrids from the artist's workshop and a variety of rules written on different boards, gathered in order to...

A little boy has a tiger as a pet, but it's a secret. The widemouth of the apartment building is Miss Kotilainen, who is always complaining about...

There is a hint of an under water circus, and many of the performers are acrobats. The sea water, if that's what it is, is yellowish brown. A...

70-year-old Timo makes the most of his short ride to work. Speeding up on a bicycle ends up in a ditch, but the adrenaline rush leaves a feeling of...

The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.

This short, cut-out animation was made by elementary school children at Clark School in St. Louis, MO.

An animated film made from approximately 1700 laser printed photo(collage)s, manipulated by hand.

Emerging from the sea onto land an axolotl swims through complex terrain parallel to a man searching for an encounter with God.

Dressed In Green Many of the youths recruited by the guerrillas in the Vaupés region were taken from their schools. This is the story of one...

"Beginnings are rare and fleeting. All we are left with in life is a long and unavoidable journey to the end. Describe the burdens you carry with you...

An ancient was looking for the plum blossom in the snow storm during the trip.

A frenetic and poetic flight on the wings of classic Greek mythology.