Animation – rarefilmm | The Cave of Forgotten Films

GRAVITÁCIÓ (1984)

Jon W. — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:38:19 +0000

An allegorical short film about the price of freedom. A vast, leafy tree stands in the centre of the field. One ambitious apple on a branch does everything to ripen as soon as possible and break away from the branch that ‘holds it back’, while these restless efforts are viewed with profound contempt by the withered apples around it. The young fruit’s efforts are finally rewarded and while the brief moment of freefall induces euphoria, it ends up crushed by the laws of physics.

Director: Ferenc Rofusz.
Writer: Ferenc Rofusz.

1986 Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Hugo for Best Short Film.

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BUTTERFLY R.I.P. 1975 (1972)

Jon W. — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:34:43 +0000

In an open field, a butterfly flies from flower to flower. The charming image is interrupted by cut-out photos of apartment blocks and flats that jump into view to the rhythm of a pile driver. The butterfly is increasingly hemmed in by the buildings, until there’s no more space left, and it is finally mounted and framed on a wall. The last of its kind died in 1975.

Director: Peter Brouwer.
Writer: Gerrit van Dijk.
Cinematographer: Ted Dobson.
Composer: Hessel de Vries.
Animator: Gerrit van Dijk.

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SIENTJE (1997)

Jon W. — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:34:38 +0000

Sientje is a little girl whose mother won’t let her watch TV. She’s angry. Extremely angry: what does a little girl do when she’s so angry? Sientje takes out her aggression on everything, even her most precious stuffed animal.

Director: Christa Moesker.
Cinematographer: Peter van der Zander.
Animator: Christa Moesker.

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MP4 | 25 MB | 600×480 | 25 FPS | 634 kb/s | AAC 129 kb/s
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HUNGER (1974)

Jon W. — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:13:24 +0000

Animated film satire of self-indulgence in a hungry world. Rapidly dissolving, reshaping images, made with the aid of a computer, create a stark contrast between abundance and want. A man eats, at first sparingly, but his appetite grows to gluttony, greed, and gratification of every desire. The nightmare that finally haunts him is the one that hangs over our disparate world.

Director: Peter Foldes.
Composer: Pierre F. Brault.

1974 Cannes Film Festival – Winner of the Jury Prize for Best Short Film.
1974 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film.
1975 Academy Awards – Nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film, Animated.
1975 BAFTA Awards – Winner Best Animated Film.

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MP4 | 540 MB | 1440×1080 | 23.976 FPS | 6500 kb/s | AAC 125 kb/s
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LA BELLE CÉRÉBRALE (1968)

Jon W. — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:12:55 +0000

What do painters’ models dream of during their breaks? The fantasy world of a young girl preoccupied with her own beauty… A mix of live action, animation, and video effects.

Director: Peter Foldes.
Writer: Houria Atmann (script).
Stars: Régine Motte, Clément Harari (voice), Jean Lescot (voice), Agnes Tanguy (voice).
Cinematographer: Raymond Clunie.
Composer: François Bayle.

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MP4 | 56.5 MB | 512×384 | 25 FPS | 400 kb/s | AAC 64 kb/s
Languages: French | Subtitles: None

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A very rare yet amazing short film by Peter Foldes, unfortunately only available in this highly compressed 360p resolution copy with a logo but it seems to be all there is available, if anyone out there has this in better quality please reach out, thank you!

EVEIL (1967)

Jon W. — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:12:48 +0000

Eveil is, in a way, the story of humanity transposed through the dreamlike universe of Peter Foldes, who conceived, created and designed this original work. In an absurd and formless world, in continual mutation, a girl wakes up, naked as on the first day. Drawn into a mad dance, she is finally absorbed by computers and reproduced in thousands of living and identical copies that encounter war, cruelty, death, brutality, old age, physical love, and futility.

Director: Peter Foldes.
Composer: Luc Perini.

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UN GARÇON PLEIN D’AVENIR (1965)

Jon W. — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 19:12:19 +0000

Animated film conceived and directed by Peter Foldes on a dark scenario that can be seen as a metaphor for human cruelty through the growth of a man from his birth where already a baby, breastfed by his mother, he ends up devouring her. As an adult, he experiences his strength, war and indulges in the destruction of everything within his reach.

Director: Peter Foldes.
Composer: Luc Perini.

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ZOLUSHKA (1979)

Jon W. — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:39:31 +0000

A poor working girl goes to a ball and falls in love with the prince. Based on the famous European folk tale as told by Charles Perrault, with Russian verse by Genrikh Sapgir.

Director: Ivan Aksenchuk. AKA Cinderella.
Writers: Charles Perrault (story “Cendrillon”), Genrikh Sapgir (verses). Albert Sazhin
Stars: Tatyana Shabelnikova (voice), Igor Ivanov (voice), T. Shaposhnikova (voice), Elvira Brunovskaya (voice), Vsevolod Larionov (voice).
Cinematographer: Boris Kotov.
Composer: Igor Tsvetkov.
Animators: Iosif Kuroyan, Viktor Likhachov, Aleksandr Panov, Oleg Safronov, Vladimir Shevchenko, Marina Voskanyants.

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MP4 | 634 MB | 952×720 | 50 FPS | 5000 kb/s | AAC 192 kb/s
Languages: Russian | Subtitles: English (hard)

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SOURCE FILE:
MKV | 1.18 GB | 1920×1080 | 50 FPS | 9712 kb/s | AC3 192 kb/s
Languages: Russian | Subtitles: English (soft)

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