The Films of Yuri Norstein

The life and death of titular councillor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, an impoverished government clerk and copyist in the Russian capital of St....

Norstein conquered the world 36 years ago with the creation of the legendary Hedgehog in the Fog. It was recognized as the best cartoon of all times...

A very short story about a rat.

An eight-minute film by titan of avant-garde animation, Lawrence Jordan.

A cartoon offering a series of blackout gags, disguised as a newsreel

Anti-drug film set in Harlem.

Margie, receives a charm bracelet from Scrappy. When she falls asleep, the various charms on the bracelet come to life. They have a picnic and a good...

Following the popularity of the original omnibus OVA, this release offers 4 more stories but in animation only.

Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy.

Tetsuya was the product of his mother being raped by a burglar, and after years of abuse form his mother's husband he becomes a serial killer/rapist.

The Slave in the Magic Mirror is the host of this show, designed to explain that all heroes need villains to balance things out. Without villains,...

The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the...