Cutout Animation Movies

"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....

A handmade animation with paper cut outs inspired by Georges Méliès' lost film of the same name

The scissors cut out a little man with huge boxing gloves from black paper. The boy comes to life and is immediately convinced of his punching power....

An animated adaptation of Poe's famous short story.

In this animated environmental parable, we find a people living in harmony with nature, until carelessness leads to the ravens' revenge. We follow a...

In order to win the hand of a princess, a man must defeat an evil dragon and claim its treasured magic stone. Upon his return, Baghdad has been...

Hare enlists four brave friends to help him reclaim his home from the wily Fox.

A comical animated opera. A chicken leaves to get birch branches for sauna while the rooster stays to warm the sauna. On her way she sees a...

We aren't only created with free will, but also with responsibility. The responsibility to listen to our gut feelings, follow our intuition, the wise...

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

The way bureaucracy works is told by men in the frames.

Roads is a story about the choices of woman who is searching for her future.

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...

"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...

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

Our Lady of the Sphere uses cut-out animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are...

A deeply personal documentary about the loving relationship between the director and her mother. Using interviews and animated family archives, it...

In this short animation film the triangle achieves the distinction of principal dancer in a geometric ballet. The triangle is shown splitting into...

Three parallel stories depict the everyday insanity of the German capital, between motion and gridlock, the ticking clock and money trouble.

The best animation compilation on this side of the thrift store! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFTfsNnVdY