Tango

Zbigniew Rybczyński, Poland, 1980

pixels

trailers

My favourite Australian short animations aren't available online, so here are some trailers instead:

tatooine

Jeremy Messersmith - Tatooine from Eric Power on Vimeo.

countdown

Countdown - HD from Desrumaux Celine on Vimeo.

some graphic stuff

Norman McLaren, Lines Vertical, 1959



Lines Horizontal, 1960



Geometry of Circles, Sesame Street, with Philip Glass, 1979

when the day breaks

POJĎTE PANE, BUDEME SI HRÁT

This utterly gorgeous one comes straight from Michael's childhood memories of Bratislava.

some classics

No. 1 - et cetera, by Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, 1966.




No. 2 - Street of Crocodiles by the Quay Brothers, 1986.
This is a bit long so is in 2 parts:

band practice (official title KJFG No.5)

2007 short from Alexei Alexeev (Hungary). A series called Log Jam followed.

le grand sommeil

A highlight from the Belgian series Panique au Village

hedgehog in the fog

A beautiful Russian animation from 1975 by Yuri Norstein.

chief serenbe

Chief Serenbe from Cartoon Brew on Vimeo.

bottle

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

wolf and pig

NY subway as a stringed instrument