Directed by René Laloux • 1966 • France
FANTASTIC PLANET was not the first collaboration between writer-director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor. Presented here is a short film they made together in the mid-1960s: LES ESCARGOTS.
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Cockaboody
Directed by John Hubley and Faith Hubley • 1973 • United States
Starring Emily Hubley, Georgia HubleyFaith and John Hubley visualize the spirit of childhood imagination in this slice-of-life short set to recordings of their daughters Emily and Georgia at play.
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No Place Like Home #1 and #2
Directed by Karen Yasinsky • 1999 • United States
Over the course of these two stop-motion films, made by Karen Yasinsky in 1999, a woman—with the help of a pair of ruby-red slippers—delves into her fantasies and confronts good and evil before returning safely to the reality of her life.
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Dad’s Dead
Directed by Chris Shepherd • 2002 • United Kingdom
Starring Ian Hart, Kay D’Arcy, Chris FreeneyA darkly psychedelic blend of animation and live action evokes a man’s memories of his former schoolmate and “best friend”: a charmer whose outward cool concealed a scary, sociopathic heart. Director ...
