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Hen Hop

1942

This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew directly onto 35 mm movie stock with ordinary pen and ink. Colour was added optically.

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Chess

2007

In an old library, two armies of chess pieces are about to start a war.

7.0

Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen

1999

Regal is an eagle who is afraid to fly. A little bird offers to help him, but Regal does not believe he can. Will the eagle finally learn to fly?

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Čardášová Julie

1985

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Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk

1994

A Maori writer meets a trickster spirit guide and conjures new worlds from the words she inks on a page.

6.0

A Christmas Wish

2021

Single mother asks for a miracle for her and her daughter during Christmas.

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The Owl & the Pussycat

1968

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

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Scratching and Painting on Film

1968

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform self portraiture, lettering tests and images traced from other films including a Charlie Chaplin short.

1.0

Yak

1970

Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."

5.0

Tondo

1973

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etchings, spirograms and other surreal realities.

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Four Quadrant Exercise

1975

Intended to be an "animation machine," Four Quadrant Exercise finds Jarnow adapting a perspective system, enabling him to render complex motions almost automatically. Created prior to the streamlined ease of computer software, this short is a commitment to the joy of making marks on paper.

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Rotating Cubic Grid

1975

The primary motif in this silent picture is a grid that controls the shapes and motions of forms contained within the framework of a rotating cube. Constructed from interlocking cycles, the film explores branches and loops along paths laid down by geometric logic.

1.0

Dungarees

2020

Transgender Blake and cisgender Cane hang out, play video games and grapple with their insecurities. This is their love story.

5.3

Between Showers

1914

Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.

5.5

Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914

The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming the event.

5.3

Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914

A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.

6.7

Disorder in the Court

1936

The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing Kirk Robin.

6.0

Hrnečku, vař!

1953

While all the inhabitants of a small rural village are working hard to survive the harsh daily routine, the mayor and his wife are gorging themselves to death. Without generosity, they even refuse alms to a penniless old lady. Among the hard workers trying to subsist, a little girl works courageously to help her exhausted mother. One day, during her lunch break, she goes into the forest to fill her cup of water in a river. There, a poor old lady asks for alms from the young lady, having nothing but her little piece of bread, willingly offers it to her. It is then that the old lady, as a reward, enchants the cup of the little girl ...

5.0

Gifts from the Air

1937

A toyless boy finds a broken soldier doll and gets a very special Christmas as a result.

5.1

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

2018

Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chaotic consequences, as ancient sibling rivalries flare up again to sabotage the hoped for season of good will.

Genre	Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Production Companies	Favorite Films of California, ONF \| NFB
Production Ccountries	Canada

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Hen Hop

Chess

Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen

Čardášová Julie

Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk

A Christmas Wish

The Owl & the Pussycat

Scratching and Painting on Film

Yak

Tondo

Four Quadrant Exercise

Rotating Cubic Grid

Dungarees

Between Showers

Kid Auto Races at Venice

Mabel's Strange Predicament

Disorder in the Court

Hrnečku, vař!

Gifts from the Air

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives