Best Danish animation movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch animation films from Denmark, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for The Lego Batman Movie

    The Lego Batman Movie 2017

    A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.

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  • Poster for The Lego Ninjago Movie

    The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017

    Six young ninjas are tasked with defending their island home of Ninjago. By night, they’re gifted warriors using their skill and awesome fleet of vehicles to fight villains and monsters. By day, they’re ordinary teens struggling against their greatest enemy....high school.

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  • Poster for Flee

    Flee 2021

    Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

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  • Poster for Ronal the Barbarian

    Ronal the Barbarian 2011

    Ronal is a young barbarian with low self-esteem, the polar opposite of all the muscular barbarians in his village. He's a real wuss. However, as fate would have it, responsibility for the tribe's survival falls on Ronal's scrawny shoulders, when the evil Lord Volcazar raids the village and abducts every living barbarian with the exception of Ronal, who is forced to go on a perilous quest to save his enslaved clan and thwart Volcazar’s plot to rule the world.

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  • Poster for Luis and the Aliens

    Luis and the Aliens 2018

    The story 11-year-old Luis who makes friends with three loveable little aliens, who crash their UFO into his house. In return for Luis' help in finding the home-shopping channel stuff they came for, they save Luis from boarding school - and an exciting adventure follows.

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  • Poster for Checkered Ninja

    Checkered Ninja 2018

    A possessed Ninja doll teams up with a teenage boy to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker.

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  • Poster for Metropia

    Metropia 2009

    In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.

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  • Poster for The Little Vampire 3D

    The Little Vampire 3D 2017

    Tony, a thirteen-year-old boy on vacation in rural Germany, is fascinated by the idea of vampires. Meanwhile Rudolph, a vampire of "similar" age (313!), encounters trouble when his clan is threatened by a dangerously obsessed hunter. Fate brings these two boys together, as Tony & Rudolph set off an action-packed battle to stop the villain, save Rudolph's family and learn the power of friendship.

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  • Poster for Help! I'm a Fish

    Help! I'm a Fish 2000

    Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

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  • Poster for Dreambuilders

    Dreambuilders 2020

    Minna, a young girl, misuses her newfound ability to create and control other people’s dreams to teach her bothersome stepsister a lesson. When her stepsister can no longer wake up, Minna has to enter the dream world to save her.

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  • Poster for LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty

    LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty 2010

    Darth Vader hires Boba Fett to track down Jar Jar Binks, who has caused a lot of trouble for Vader. This leads Binks and Fett on a game of cat-and-mouse like never seen before.

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  • Poster for Terkel in Trouble

    Terkel in Trouble 2004

    6th-grader Terkel begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin. At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begins receiving death threats and must figure out who wants to kill him.

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  • Poster for Checkered Ninja 2

    Checkered Ninja 2 2021

    After Phillip Eppermint manages to evade a prison sentence in Thailand, Checkered Ninja comes alive and seeks out Alex. Together, with Alex and his entire family, they now have to go to Thailand to bust Eppermint.

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  • Poster for The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear

    The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear 2017

    Life in Solby is nice and peaceful until one day Mitcho and Sebastian find a message in a bottle by the harbour. The bottle is from the missing mayor of Solby with a message that he is on a mysterious island and has made a great discovery. Now they must embark on a perilous journey to help save the mayor and bring him home, and in the process they uncover something that will bring great pleasure to the city of Solby – a giant pear.

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  • Poster for Strings

    Strings 2004

    Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he discovers the truth of his own people - and where he least expects it - he finds true love.

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  • Poster for Beyond Beyond

    Beyond Beyond 2014

    Beyond Beyond is a story about wanting the impossible. A story about a little rabbit boy not old enough to understand the rules of life, who takes up the fight against the most powerful force. While doing so, he learns more and more about life.

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  • Poster for The Ugly Duckling and Me!

    The Ugly Duckling and Me! 2006

    The Hans Christian Anderson tale gets a new treatment, this time with a rat trying to exploit the talents of a little ugly duckling for profit.

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  • Poster for Albert

    Albert 2015

    The nice town of Kellyville is too small to accomodate the world's worst scoundrels, Albert and Egon, who decides to go out in the world.

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  • Poster for The Princess and the Goblin

    The Princess and the Goblin 1991

    The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.

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  • Poster for Valhalla

    Valhalla 1986

    Two children in the Viking age find their way into the magical world of Norse mythology.

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  • Poster for Calamity

    Calamity 2020

    1863, a convoy in the American West, Martha Jane needs to learn how to take care of horses to drive the family wagon. Except she ends up wearing pants and cutting her hair. The scandal that its stark character provokes will force to face all the dangers in a gigantic and wild world where everything is possible.

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  • Poster for Ivan the Incredible

    Ivan the Incredible 2012

    Poor Ivan Olsen is plagued by problems bullied at school and constantly pursued by a gang whose greatest pleasure is filling his pants with water. And when Ivan gets home, his dad doesn't have much sympathy for him either because he is crazy about Tarzan and fails to appreciate Ivan's finer qualities. But one day Ivan gets the chance to live up all of his dad's expectations and give the bullies at school a lesson they will never forget. The big question is whether having superpowers makes life any easier?

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  • Poster for The LEGO® Story

    The LEGO® Story 2012

    As toy maker LEGO heads into its 80th year, Lego present this newly launched animated short film, which looks at the history of the iconic brand. A nicely produced look back at the brand LEGO.

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  • Poster for The Backwater Gospel

    The Backwater Gospel 2011

    Backwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker and its dwellers blame a tramp.

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  • Poster for The Saga of Biorn

    The Saga of Biorn 2011

    An old Viking is determined to reach Valhalla, the warrior's afterlife full of excessive drinking and debauchery. To gain entry he has to die honorably in battle, but he discovers that the right death isn't so easy.

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  • Poster for Journey to Saturn

    Journey to Saturn 2008

    A Danish crew of misfits travel to Saturn in search for natural resources. However, the planet is colonized by a ruthless army of Aliens that turn their eye on Earth and invade Denmark. Thus, the crew change their mission to liberate Denmark.

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  • Poster for The Great Bear

    The Great Bear 2011

    Jonathan, 11, usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year his kid sister Sophie joins him. But it's not cool to be stuck with a little sister, so he does what he can to avoid her. He succeeds entirely too well: Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1000-year-old bear. Now, Jonathan has to venture into the heart of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and rescue his sister.

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  • Poster for Less Than Human

    Less Than Human 2017

    In the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, zombies are cured and exiled to secluded camps. There has been talk about rehabilitating post-zombies back into society. Steve, the journalist reporting on the case, thinks the zombies still pose a threat to society. He ventures into one of these camps to prove to the world that rehabilitation is out the question.

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  • Poster for Freddy Frogface

    Freddy Frogface 2011

    Based on a classic Danish children's book by Ole Lund Kirkegaard. Being small doesn't make life easy for little ten-year-old Victor and his friends, who not only have to face a world full of stern grown-ups but also the town bully Freddy Frogface. When a circus comes to the sleepy little town, Victor is thrilled at having the chance to perform in a talent show with his dog Sausage. Yet Freddy soon comes up with a sinister plot of his own to spoil Victor's plans...

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  • Poster for Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms

    Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms 2008

    It's not easy to be Barry. An earthworm gets no respect. He lives at the bottom of the food chain. But one day, an old disco record turns his life upside down. Suddenly he sees before him his own destiny, the star of the world's greatest disco band: Sunshine Barry & The Disco Worms! Okay, he's got no arms, no rhythm and no band. But as Barry says: "We'll do it anyway!"

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  • Poster for Hugo, the Jungle Creature

    Hugo, the Jungle Creature 1993

    This film introduces us to Hugo, a one-of-a-kind animal who lives in a jungle. Youthful and carefree, Hugo is prone to playing practical jokes on his friends, Zig and Zag the monkeys. His idyllic lifestyle is interrupted when he is captured by CEO of a famed movie company, Conrad Cupmann, to be co-star in a Hollywood-style film. In order to return from Copenhagen to his jungle home, he must escape with the help of a newly found friend, Rita the fox.

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  • Poster for Otto the Rhino

    Otto the Rhino 2013

    Topper thinks summer vacation is boring. He misses his father who is sailing the seven seas. He can't figure out Sille who's cute. And his best friend, Viggo, always has to help out his punctilious dad, Mr Lion, in the café on the first floor of the red house where Topper lives on the top floor with his mother. One day, Topper finds a magic pencil and when he draws a rhino on the wall, the drawing comes to life! While Topper and Viggo try to keep the rhino, which they name Otto, well fed with black bread and raspberry soda before it devours all the furniture, Mr Lion pleads with the local authorities to come and remove the stomping pachyderm.

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  • Poster for Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick

    Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick 2008

    Four shorts based on all four Indiana Jones movies with a little Lego twist and inside jokes.

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  • Poster for The Olsen Gang in Deep Trouble

    The Olsen Gang in Deep Trouble 2013

    New animation featuring the Olsen Gang, the legendary trio of small-time crooks with big money dreams.

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  • Poster for Up and Away

    Up and Away 2018

    Hodja is a dreamer. He wants to experience the world, but his father insists he stays home and takes over the family's tailor shop. Fortunately, Hodja meets the old rug merchant El Faza, who gives him a flying carpet. In exchange he has to bring the old man's little granddaughter, Diamond, back to Pjort. El Faza can’t travel to the Sultan city himself, as the mighty ruler has imposed a death sentence on El Faza, on the grounds that he has stolen the Sultan's carpet. However, city life isn't quite what Hodja expected, and he only survives because of Emerald, a poor but street smart girl, who teaches him how to manage in the big world. But when Hodja loses his carpet to the power-hungry sultan, his luck seems to run out. Will he complete his mission, find El Faza's granddaughter and return safely back to Pjort?

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  • Poster for The Reward

    The Reward 2013

    Inspired by dreams of glory and fame, two young boys set out on the treasure hunt of their lives.

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  • Poster for Pettson & Findus IV – Forget-Abilities

    Pettson & Findus IV – Forget-Abilities 2009

    A swimming machine turns up that has been doctored and modified into a tile thrower, but the machine malfunctions and causes an accident that imparts Pettson with amnesia. Suddenly, it seems as though the only hope for Pettson lies in old stories that will jog his memory, such as the tale about Findus getting lost as a kitten and the one about Pettson and Findus embarking on a thrilling treasure hunt.

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  • Poster for Panda Bear in Africa

    Panda Bear in Africa 2024

    A young adventurous panda travels from China to Africa to rescue his best friend, Jielong the Dragon, who has been kidnapped. On his journey, he discovers a strange amazing new world of mountains, deserts and jungles.

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  • Poster for Olsen Gang Gets Polished

    Olsen Gang Gets Polished 2010

    The Olsen-Gang must carry out an entrusted task for the Prime Minister's Office itself: H.C. Andersen's original quill must be stolen from the Danish Export Museum, supposedly for the Kingdom's safety and good reputation. But Hallandsen has again taken Egon's ass. There is nothing less than the Danish national feeling, Egon's honor and 30 million at stake. But Egon has a plan - he needs a drill, a glass of honey, a bottle of organic prune juice and a good pile of dead rats. Christiansborg is put on the other end, the metro is delayed more than usual and the Queen's guards suddenly dance the cancan.

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  • Poster for Kurt Turns Evil

    Kurt Turns Evil 2009

    One day Kurt discovers that society does not respect forklift operators very much. He quits his job, and starts climbing the social ladder. He wants to be somebody, but when he doesn't have success in any of his projects, Kurt turns – evil.

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  • Grandma's Hero 2016

    As Lulu graduates from the Hero Academy, he finally gets the chance to prove himself a hero to the society that has always doubted him. He sets off on an epic journey to slay the legendary and terrifying dragon. But to his great despair, his sweet and over-caring grandma decides to join him, and what should have been an epic journey full of freedom, blood and beautiful ladies becomes a family trip that will test Lulu’s nerves to their very limit.

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  • Poster for Hugo the Movie Star

    Hugo the Movie Star 1996

    Hugo, the one-of-a-kind jungle animal, is snatched away from his home for a second time in another attempt for him to become an animal actor. Meanwhile, he's reunited with Rita the kind, streetwise fox. Finding that life in front of and behind the camera isn't so bad, he grows more unaccustomed to wild life once he escapes and slowly weakens his relationship with Rita.

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  • Poster for Grandmother Cricket

    Grandmother Cricket 2009

    When Abuela Grillo (Grandmother Grasshopper) sings, it rains.

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  • Poster for Solar Walk

    Solar Walk 2018

    This award-winning animated mind-bender is a by turns whimsical, mysterious, and psychotropic vision of deep-space discovery.

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  • Poster for Tales from the Multiverse

    Tales from the Multiverse 2020

    God is a single parent and amateur programmer. He’s working on project ‘Earth’ but never seems to get a break from the kids. One day though, he finally gets a breakthrough.

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  • Poster for Final Call

    Final Call 2017

    Excess baggage, an old flame and new encounters.

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  • Poster for A Tale of Two Mozzies

    A Tale of Two Mozzies 2007

    Dagmar the dancing mosquito has the hots for Egon. But Egon, putting love on hold, is busy achieving the ultimate sprint on his bike and wants to see the world. When wicked red ant queen Dominella and her soldiers kill the black ant queen and take over her heap, our heroes are drawn into an exciting forest floor drama that puts their friendship to the test and forces them to use their talents to the utmost.

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  • Poster for Primates of the Caribbean

    Primates of the Caribbean 2012

    Marco the Monkey works as a beach officer. But he spends most of his time trying to win the heart of the beautiful Lulu. He is just about to succeed, when Marco's rival, Carlo, builds a gigantic monkey-shaped casino right on Marco's beach. Lulu is fascinated by the charming Carlo. Jealously Marco starts an undercover investigation of Carlo's strange casino. Soon he discovers the truth. Carlo will take over the island and force Lulu to marry him! When Marco tries to arrest Carlo a problem rises. Literally from the ground. Because Carlo's Casino is a giant robot.

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  • Poster for The Heretic

    The Heretic 2020

    The Heretic is a short film created by Unity’s Demo team. With ”The Heretic”, the team used every aspect of Unity’s High Definition Rendering Pipeline, created advanced effects with the VFX Graph, and undertook the challenge of creating a realistic digital human.

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  • Poster for Out of a Forest

    Out of a Forest 2010

    A family of rabbits are having a birthday party under a big tree, unaware that a mischievous wolf is approaching.

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  • Poster for A invasão das Lesmas

    A invasão das Lesmas 2012

    As morning dawns on a Norwegian suburb, a detachment of killer-slugs, led by the notorious Sergeant Slug, prepare for a heads-on attack on a small garden – their objective? A juicy, delicious flower on the other end, deep within a flowerbed. A new conscript and his close friend, a medical officer, both suit and join in the massive charge into the garden. But as the slugs emerge into the exposed field, they stand head to head with a diligent, elderly lady, hell-bent on keeping her garden pristine and safe from pests. As the two sides clash, it is as the saying goes: All's fair in hunger and war!

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  • Poster for The Apple & The Worm

    The Apple & The Worm 2009

    Torben is a shiny young apple with a dream: making it to the bright lights of the supermarket fruit section. But his dream is shattered one sunny morning when a worm pokes her head out of his perfect skin. Sylvia is her name, and she is really very nice.

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  • Poster for Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Pilot Specials

    Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Pilot Specials 2011

    Long before time had a name, the First Spinjitzu Master created the realm of Ninjago using the four Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu. Before he passed, his two sons swore to protect the weapons from evil, but the older brother, Garmadon, was consumed by darkness and aimed to wield all four weapons so that he could recreate Ninjago in his own image. In the ensuing battle between brothers, the younger brother Wu cast Garmadon down to the Underworld and hid the weapons across Ninjago. Now, Sensei Wu finds four teenage ninja to recover the Golden Weapons and save Ninjago from Garmadon and his Skulkin army.

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  • Poster for Samson & Sally

    Samson & Sally 1984

    Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick. Samson becomes fascinated about it and decides to go on a journey to find Moby Dick.

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  • Poster for Embraces & the Touch of Skin

    Embraces & the Touch of Skin 2019

    EMBRACES & the Touch of Skin is an animated poem about the vital need for embraces and contact with other beings.

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  • Poster for The Public Voice

    The Public Voice 1988

    A short Surrealist animation from Denmark which begins with a zoom into a Paul Delvaux painting, then reverses the process by pulling back from a continually changing picture.

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  • Poster for Raggie

    Raggie 2020

    A story about a very special and very charming living doll that causes a bit of jealousy between brother and sister, but eventually brings them closer together.

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  • Poster for Fibers

    Fibers 2015

    'Fibers' is an abstract experimentation with fiber arts, VFX and modern dance, concerning a self inflicted emotional journey based on fear.

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  • Poster for 100,000 Acres of Pine

    100,000 Acres of Pine 2020

    Ranger Megan Patel loses her brother, Daniel, under mysterious circumstances. Struggling to understand how he died, she finds herself alone, venturing into the vast pine forest. However, as she follows the trail of her brother into the woods, the trees begin to change and shift around her. Soon Megan arrives in places without any recollection of how she got there. Almost as if something is pulling her deeper into the woods. Something dark and dangerous, that Megan might not be able to escape.

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  • Dark Dark Woods 2017

    Young princess Maria has had about enough of her royal life – it’s all lesson, responsibilities and duties on top of each other, every hour of every day. Overwhelmed, Maria is swept away on an adventure into the monster-filled dark, dark woods.

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  • Poster for The Secret Weapon

    The Secret Weapon 1995

    When Hector and Elvira, a pair of young monkeys from two opposing families, fall in love, Elvira comes into possession of a secret weapon, war breaks out among the families and only she can choose between power and love.

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  • Poster for Tsunami

    Tsunami 2015

    Haru returns home in denial after a tsunami, where he must learn to deal with his loss through an encounter with a magical see Spirit.

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  • Poster for War of the Birds

    War of the Birds 1990

    Fagin is the bad bird of an otherwise idyllic forest. He assaults the nest of two wrens and destroys all their eggs except one that, when hatched, is adopted by an owl (patterned on W. C. Fields). A counter-offensive against Fagin is launched with help enlisted from a seagull named Armstrong, two nice mice and a sparrow. There is romance, too, and a jazzy score goes with this animated ornithology extravaganza.

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  • Poster for Benny's Bathtub

    Benny's Bathtub 1971

    A boy explores the hidden depths of his bathtub in a grey world dominated by boring adults.

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  • Poster for The Little Alien

    The Little Alien 2022

    It's the summer holiday, and Little Allan is home alone. But his older neighbor Helge will take care of him. Helge is fascinated by space, and it doesn't take long before Little Allan is pulled into Helge's plan to get in contact with aliens.

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  • Poster for Egg

    Egg 2018

    A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger. EGG is a poetic short film based on a small yet significant moment of the director’s own life. It portrays a moment of shame, defeat and yet of victory.

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